EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION IN RUMINANTS AND THE ROLE OF A FOUR CHAMBERED STOMACH
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ᴅɪɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ʀᴜᴍɪɴᴀɴᴛsᴏᴄᴄᴜʀs sᴇǫᴜᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴ ᴀғᴏᴜʀ-ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀᴇᴅ sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ. ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ɪs ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇɴ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜᴍᴇɴ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇssᴇᴅ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴄᴀɴ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴏsᴇ (ғᴏʀᴇɢᴜᴛ ғᴇʀᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ).
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Digestion in ruminants occurs sequentially in a four-chambered stomach. Plant material is initially taken into the Rumen, where it is processed mechanically and exposed to bacteria than can break down cellulose (foregut fermentation).
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