Question

explain the process of digestive system in ruminants

Answer 1

Rumination is also called second chewing. Ruminant stomach: The stomach of a ruminant is divided into four chambers – the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. Rumen is the largest part of the stomach. Process of digestion: Grass-eating animals swallow the food quickly and

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.