HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Like ruminants, some pseudoruminants may use foregut fermentation to break down cellulose in fibrous plant species (while most others are hindgut fermenters with a large cecum). But they have three-chambered stomachs (while others are monogastric) as opposed to ruminant stomachs which have four compartments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pseudo-ruminants have similar digestive processes as ruminants but do not have the four-compartment stomach. Processing food involves ingestion (eating), digestion (mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of large molecules), absorption (cellular uptake of nutrients), and elimination (removal of undigested waste as feces).

Detailed explanation-3: -Digestion in the Camelid Camelids are modified ruminants or “pseudoruminants.” Like ruminants, they use foregut fermentation to break down cellulose in fibrous plant species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ruminant digestive system is found in animals that have four compartments in their stomach. Pseudo ruminant digestive system is found in animals that do not have four compartments in their stomach. The stomach can be either three-chambered or a simple monogastric stomach.

Detailed explanation-5: -The pseudo-ruminant digestive system is the type found in some vertebrates that eat large amounts of roughage or fiber. Roughage contains the relatively indigestible carbohydrates cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls. Unlike true ruminants, they do not have stomachs with several compartments.