Question

Which is the largest chamber of the ruminant stomach? What is its role?

Answer 1

Ruminants have a compartmentalised stomach. There are 4 compartments, the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum. A non ruminant does not have a compartmentalised stomach, the non ruminants stomach has similar fucntions to that of the abomasum in the ruminants

Answer 2

the primary different between ruminants and nonruminants is that ruminants stomach have four compartment rumen - primary site of microbial fermentation. reticulum. omasum- receives chewed cud, and absorbs volatile fatty acids.