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Ruminants and Monogastrics

Ruminants are those animals that have a multiple-chambered stomach designed to digest herbaceous matter such as grass by the process of fermentation. Monogastrics are those animals that have a single-stomach that is designed for digestion of animal protein and highly-digestible phyto-nutrients such as fruits and grains. Questions about ruminants and monogastrics, including those about psuedo-ruminants (animals that have a single stomach like a monogastric but have their main fermentation vat in the cecum), can be asked and answered here.

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Why can horses eat grass and still get big if they are monogastrics?

Horses get fat on grass when they eat too much or it. Grass is the primary food they were designed to eat. It has all the nutrients and calories they need. Overeating makes everyone fat.

Define the term ruminants?

Ok let me ruminate on that for a bit, It is an aminal with 4 compartments in its gut.

What is Monogastric System?

A mono-gastric digestive system work as soon as the food enters the mouth. Saliva moistens the food and begins the digestive process.

If an animal chews 'cud' what is it doing?

Resting and chewing partially digested plant matter it ate when grazing or eating hay or grain.

Where do rumen microbes come from?

The ruminant's microbes essentially come from what the animal eats as well as the reproductive activity that goes on in the rumen when like microbes interact to produce new offspring before they die.

Who has four stomach chambers called the rumen the reticulum the omasum and the abomasum which allows them to redigest their cud?

Cattle, sheep, goats, deer, moose, caribou, antelope, bison, buffalo, pronghorns, gnu/wildebeest, and elk/wapiti.

How does the liver fluke affect the ruminant animal?

Most parasites prevent cancer so animal shoud not be excessıviely medicined and sınce cystes finds cancer is where in human, shoud not be removed instantly .

What is rumination?

(1) The act of pondering

(2) The act of chewing cud, a physical digestion involved in foregut fermentation

Are camels ruminants?

No, ruminants are those animals like cows which regurgitate their food and chew it, then swallow it again for further digestion. Elephants don't do this, their food passes straight through the alimentary canal as ours does.

What has the author Carol Rumens written?

Carol Rumens has written:

'A necklace of mirrors'

'A strange girl in bright colours' -- subject(s): English poetry

'From Berlin to heaven'

'Plato park'

What is rumen alkalosis?

When the ph of ruminal goes more than 7 than it is termed as ruminal alkalosis

What factors affect feed digestibility?

The factors that affect digestibility of a feed are fat or energy content, crude protein content, fiber content and water content.

What are three non ruminant farm animals?

Non-ruminant farm animals include the following (I'll list more than three here for you):

  • Pigs
  • Horses
  • Donkeys
  • Mules/Hinnies
  • Chickens
  • Ducks
  • Geese
  • Turkeys
  • Dogs
  • Cats

What is the first compartment of the stomach of ruminants?

The first division of the stomach of a ruminant animal, in which most food collects immediately after being swallowed and from which it is later returned to the mouth as cud for thorough chewing. Also called paunch.

What do sheep eat and what are they are they a non-ruminant?

Since there are three questions all in one question here, the last one should be answered: No. Sheep are ruminants.

As to the other two, such questions have already been answered in two separate questions. Please see them in the Related questions section below.

What is the difference in the digestion of cellulose in pigs and cows?

Cows are able to utilize more from the cellulose than pigs are, because cows have a digestive system that enables them to break down the cellulose into smaller pieces through the process of fermentation. Pigs, on the other hand, are not ruminants (which cows are), but are monogastrics, and cannot efficiently utilize cellulose like cows can. So, essentially, cellulose will simply "pass through" the system without much being taken away from it.

What are difference of simple stomach animals from compound stomach animals?

Simple stomached animals, such as dogs, pigs and horses (and humans) only have one chamber in their stomach. It is generally at a low pH such as pH 2-3.

Animals with a compound stomach have a much more complex arrangement. They have four compartments to their stomach. These compartments are called the reticulum, the rumen, the omasum and the abomasum. The abomasum is similar to the simple stomach. THis arrangement is so the animal can ferment the food they eat. Animals with this arrangement are known as ruminants and include sheep, goats and cows.

Why are the bacteria present in the caecum of ruminants?

Ruminants have green plants as their food. These plants contain a type of complex carbohydrate, called cellulose. In the cecum, a kind of symbiotic bacteria helps digest cellulose. In ruminants, a major part of all carbohydrates, including the complex carbohydrates such as cellulose and hemi-cellulose, is digested by bacterial action.

What ia the gut capacity of rumen in dogs?

Dogs are monogastic animals, meaning that they do not have a multi-chambered stomach like cows, sheep, and other ruminant animals. As such, dogs do not have a rumen, but a single, gastric stomach. As to the gut capacity, this would be widely varied depending on the breed, age, and weight of each dog.

What are the nutritional differences between ruminants and non ruminants in relation of stomach?

Ruminants have to be able to feed the microbes in the rumen (the stomach). As something to help in your research, look at how cobalt and sulfur are required by each as one difference in nutritional differences. Adult ruminants require a dietary intake of these elements while non ruminants do not. The reason for a cobalt has to do with the synthesis of B12 vitamin. This vitamin is synthesized by the gut microbes. Non ruminants, usually have a dietary intake of vitamin B12 and therefore have no requirement for additional cobalt. The cobalt is only needed for the center of the organic ring in B12. Since cobalt is not stored in the body, the only way to get the cobalt to the gut microbes is through oral intake. Injections of cobalt are not a solution, because thi