RUMINANT STOMACH

The ruminants have special stomach chambers to digest olant food. When a ruminant swallows, food passes in to the largest stomach, the rumen, where microorganisms break down cellilose. The animal regurgitates the partly digested food, called cud, and chews it for a second time. The food then passes throughthe other stomach chambers, the reticulum, the omasum, and abomasum, where digestion is completed.

Stamch system of cow

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In general, meal is sold in others name. You can beaware of ,which part of meal or stamach, would you buy?

Cross section of stomach

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This below figure appear capacity of stomach. The rumen rate is the biggest in the chambers. The rumen is stodking grasses eaten.

Relative Capacity of Stomach

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