NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four compartments allow ruminant animals to digest grass or vegetation without completely chewing it first. Instead, they only partially chew the vegetation, then microorganisms in the rumen section of the stomach break down the rest.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ruminants and camelids are a group of animals that have stomachs with multiple compartments. Ruminants have four compartments to their stomachs while the camelids have three compartments. Examples of ruminant animals include cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo and deer. Camelids include llamas, alpacas and camels.