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It is because of the presence of the largest second chamber, called the rumen, out of a total of four chambers in the stomach of an animal labeled as such. All cows, regardless if they are dairy or beef, are ruminant animals.
They "ruminate" or chew cud of the partly digested/fermented (some like to call it "decomposed") plant material that has been regurgitated from the reticulo-rumen, then reswallow it to allow it to ferment and break down some more, before continuing on through the rest of the animal's digestive system.
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∙ 13y agoThis is due to the fact that they have one stomach with four compartments, the first and largest stomach is called the rumen, this is how they got the name Ruminate. The remaining three compartments consist of reticulum, omasum, and the abomasum which is the true stomach and is similar to the stomach of monogastric animals.
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