AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ruminant stomachs have four compartments: the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum . Rumen microbes ferment feed and produce volatile fatty acids, which is the cow’s main energy source.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and white-tailed deer are mammals that have a multi-chambered stomach used to digest plant materials through fermentation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ruminant stomach has 4 compartments: 1) rumen, 2) reticulum, 3) omasum, and 4) abomasum (Van Soest, 1994). Pregastric fermentation and breakdown of feeds occurs in the rumen, reticulum, and omasum, whereas the abomasum is the true stomach and is similar in structure and function to the non-ruminant stomach.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sheep, cattle, goats, deer, giraffes and llamas are ruminant animals. This means that they have a four-chambered stomach. The four chambers of the ruminant stomach are the reticulum, rumen, omasum and abomasum. The rumen serves as a large fermentation vat in which bacteria and other microorganisms reside.

Detailed explanation-5: -If you own livestock, you may know cattle and sheep as ruminant animals. The term refers to a large group of herbivores with a four-chambered stomach. Most ruminants have hooves with two digits, and they are also the only animals that can digest their food without thoroughly chewing it.