Question

Explain briefly the process of digestion in ruminants ?

Answer 1

Ruminants are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

Explain the process of digestion in cow. ... These animals have four chambered stomach and the process of digestion is as follows: The food is chewed and swallowed quickly and passed into the first stomach called Rumen. The microorganisms help in breaking down the food.

Answer 2

Digestion in grass eating Animals :

The grass eating animals such as Cow, Buffaloes, Horse etc. swallow half chewed grass quickly and store it in a part of their stomach called rumen.

Here, the food gets partially digested, which is called Cud. When the animals are not eating, the Cud return to the mouth in small lumps and is chewed again. This process is called rumination.

Those animals are called ruminants. Ruminants have four chamber in their stomach, i.e., Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum and Abomasum.