HUMAN NUTRITION

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: -Cows actually only have one stomach… but it has four different compartments to it, so you will hear them being described as having four stomachs. Each compartment is used for a different stage of their digestive process.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cow has four stomachs and undergoes a special digestive process to break down the tough and coarse food it eats. When the cow first eats, it chews the food just enough to swallow it. The unchewed food travels to the first two stomachs, the rumen and the reticulum, where it is stored until later.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cows technically only have one stomach, but it has four distinct compartments made up of Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum and Abomasum. It is very different than a human stomach. That’s why people often say that cows have four stomachs.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the third compartment, the omasum, food is further broken down and filtered. All the water is also absorbed out of the food in the omasum. Finally, the food reaches the fourth and final compartment, the abomasum, which is sometimes called the “true stomach” because it most closely resembles the human stomach.