explain the process of digestion in ruminants . How do ruminants digest their food in two steps?
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Answer:
Due to half way digestion the food matter becomes softer than earlier and the animal can chew it well. Again they swallow the chewed food for the second time where further digestion is carried on. Thus ruminants digest their food in two steps as they swallow the same food twice.
Step-by-step explanation:
Digestion in ruminants occurs sequentially in a four-chambered stomach. ... The mass is finally passed to the true stomach, the Abomassum, where the digestive enzyme lysozyme breaks down the bacteria so as to release nutrients.Digestive juices of the reticulum partially digest the food. The partially digested food in the reticulum is called as cud. While resting, cow brings back the cud into the mouth for regurgitation. Food is chewed completely and swallowed into omasum for further digestion.