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What About A Cow’s Digestive System?

What About A Cow’s Digestive System?. What is a Rumen?. the first stomach of ruminating  animals (cows & sheep) food is regurgitated (as cud) for rumination

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What About A Cow’s Digestive System?

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  1. What About A Cow’s Digestive System?

  2. What is a Rumen? • the first stomach of ruminating  animals (cows & sheep) • food is regurgitated (as cud) for rumination • brings up swallowed food (usually grass or hay), chews it, and swallows it. This aids the animal by allowing it to eat quickly and chew later while it is resting. • cellulose is broken down by the action of symbiotic microorganisms

  3. Let’s Look Inside a Cow! • http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/dirty-jobs-cow-innards.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY4QkhwQMRA

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