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Do horses chew their cud

Updated: 8/9/2023
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12y ago

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no, although pigs are a part of the livestock they do not need to chew cud. this is becaue they only have one stomach whareas animals such as sheep goats and cows chew cud this is because there stomach consists of four diffrent chambers.

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14y ago

Rabit feeds on grass,cellulose present in grass partially digests in the intestine of rabit, to digest the cellulose completely rabit brings back the partially digested grass in to mouth for chewing,this process is called rumination.

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15y ago

According to www.elephantfriends.org/food.html, elephant do not chew the cud. They are "non-ruminating herbivores".

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7y ago

No. Unlike cattle who are ruminants with several stomachs, horses have only one stomach, like humans. This means there is no need to chew cud to help the digestive process.

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12y ago

Horses are not ruminates they do not chew cud at all. They are monogastrics and swallow their food as soon as it's chewed for digestion.

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14y ago

Yes they do .

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