Explain the process of digestion in ruminants digest their food in two steps?
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The food that thr ruminants swallow hurriedly first goes to the largest chamber thr rumen. here it is partially digested and is called cud. it thr. goes to the second chamber or reticulum from where it is returned to the mouth again for thorough chewing and then swallowed again. it now bypasses the first two chambers and enters the third chamber the omasum. here it is broken into small peices.. the food then enters the fouth chamber or abomasum. here a kind of gastric juice containing an enzyme and hydrochloric acid that is secreated and the process of the digestion ends. the undigested food then passes through the large intesine and then is egested from the body.
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Answer: In the first step, they eat the half chewd , partially digest it, and swallow it. This half chewed and partially digested food is called cud .when they are relaxing ,the food comes back into their mouth in small lumps for further chewing. When a ruminant swallowed the half chewed , it enters the rumen when some bacteria and some microorganisms act on the food to digest cellulose present in it .When the food is completely chewed , it directly reaches the the omasum Where water present in the food is partially observed . The food is then pushed to the abomasum , the true stomach. In the chamber ,gastric juices are secreted and digestion is further carried on .
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