Ruminants and Monogastrics

The major difference is protein sources. Ruminants require less protein than non-ruminants, and consequently require more fibre in their diet than non-ruminants. Non-ruminants cannot digest fibre and cellulose nearly as well as ruminants can, and thus need higher concentrate feedstuffs to actually do well.

Yes. A ruminant animal chews its cud (grass material brought back up out of a stomach). Humans do not chew cud, ergo, are not ruminant animals.

Hay, grass, grain and/or silage.

A cow...but it's not actually multi-chambered they have 4 separate stomachs.

A ruminant's digestive tract has 4 sections to its stomach. Because the plant matter that most ruminants enjoy is hard to digest, ruminants have to regurgitate food to chew it again (e.i., "chewing the cud"). The four stomachs allow the hard-to-digest food to be digested many times.

The capacity of the reticulum in goats can vary from 1 to 2 US quarts.

The rumen, also known as a paunch, forms the larger part of the reticulorumen, which is the first chamber in the alimentary canal of ruminant animals. It serves as the primary site for microbial fermentation of ingested feed. The smaller part of the reticulorumen is the reticulum, which is fully continuous with the rumen, but differs from it with regard to the texture of its lining.

following are the non ruminants..........HUMANS,PIG,MOUSE,HORSE etc

Grasses , a variety of plants ,

Cud is regurgitated food mostly in cattle that chew it up again and again to break down hay, grain, etc. Animals that chew their cud include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, bison, yaks, water buffalo, deer, camels, alpacas, llamas, wildebeest, antelope, pronghorn, and nilgai.

No they are not ruminants. They actually have a digestive system similar to horses, and it is not very optimal, they have a rather great loss of nutrition's, which of course, is a benefit to other feces-eating species in the ecosystem.

horses, rabbits and guinea pigs are all modified monogastrics

The omasum is the third and smallest compartment of the ruminant stomach. The omasum is responsible for water (and a little nutrient) absorption from the feed that came from the rumen. The many folds found in this stomach chamber increases the surface area so that more liquid and nutrients could be absorbed back into the ruminant's body at a faster more efficient rate.

The abomasum is the 'true stomach' of ruminants, such as cows and sheep.

It is the only glandular section of their stomach - and is acidic (it is very similar to the simple stomach of monogastrics, such as pigs).

The stomach of a ruminant is called rumen

The digestive system of ruminants consists of four stomach.

Yes, the horse has only one true stomach compartment, but they are actually pseudoruminants because they have an enlarged cecum.

It stores BABY for digestion. Naw just messing around. Why don't you google it?

While there are more advantages than disadvantages of a monogastric digestive system, there are still disadvantages that exist. Animals with a monogastric digestive system are unable to extract energy from the cellulose that they consume in their foods.

Cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, bison, deer, elk, moose, etc.

The abomasum, this is the 'true" stomach which is able to easily absorb the number of antibodies from the colostrum and the high amounts of protein. The rumen and remaining stomachs will begin to develop once the calf begins to intake roughages (hay and grains).

To learn more about the development and function of the Rumen, view the attached related link.

Camelids, like camels, alpacas and llamas. They are not ruminants because they do not have a rumen, but they are not non-ruminants either, because they still have three chambers in their stomachs that act like a true ruminant's and eat the same forages like any ruminant would.

Ruminant animals include cattle, goats, sheep, giraffes, bison, yaks, buffalo, deer, gazelles, dik-diks, mouse deer, hartebeests, wildebeests, moose, caribou, elk, reindeer, muskox, etc.

Please see the related question below for more such animals.

cellulose which is present in grass can be digested by ruminants but cannot be digested by humans

A ruminat's stomach has four compartments - the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum, each with different cellular and surface structures and the human stomach is a single organ with a smooth structure.