Ruminant Animal Nutrition

The 3 types of digestive systems are

• carnivore, herbivore and omnivore

• monogastric, modified monogastric and ruminant

• rumen, abomasum and reticulum

These are examples of ruminants:

• pigs, horses, humans and chickens

• sheep, goats, cattle, deer, giraffes

• pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens

• pigs, hippos, llamas

Ruminants always have four stomachs.

• true

• false

The ruminant structures are :

• oesophgus , mouth, teeth and cecum

• rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum

• stomach, small intestine large intestine

The rumen

• digests food

• absorbs nutrients

• ferments food

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Absorption of nutrients into the blood stream occurs in the ______

• rumen

• reticulum

• small intestine

• omasum

The reticulum

• absorbs nutrients

• works with the rumen to mix food

• ferments food

• digests food

The rumen and reticulum are NOT joined.

• True

• False

The omasum is

• ball-shaped

• cylindrical

• honeycomb

• a tube

The abomasum is the __________.

• true stomach where food gets digested.

• cecum.

• stomach where food is fermented.