Ruminants have a stomach system with multiple chambers -- rumen, reticuum, omasum and abomasum -- which use bacteria to digest the plant material they eat.

All ruminants have a specialized, multichambered stomach that allows them to ferment the plants they eat using microbes and to bring material up for further chewing, aiding digestion.

Digestion and metabolism in the ruminant : proceedings of the IV International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, Sydney, Australia, August 1974 / edited by I. W. McDonald and A. C. I. Warner ...

All ruminants have a specialized, multichambered stomach that allows them to ferment the plants they eat using microbes and to bring material up for further chewing, aiding digestion.

The results indicated that these methods significantly altered the starch properties and molecular structures of corn, leading to improved fermentation and digestion in ruminants.

The ungulates that were part of this study include both ruminants, such as deer and elk, which acquire nutrients by fermenting plants in a specialized stomach prior to digestion; and equids, such as ...

The method of digestion means the teeth remain functional for longer. It explains the distinctive shape of ruminant’s teeth: there has been no evolutionary pressure to form more tooth material.

This article is cited by Digesta retention patterns of solute and different-sized particles in camelids compared with ruminants and other foregut fermenters Marie T. Dittmann Ullrich Runge Marcus ...

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The answer, of course, lies in their amazing digestive system. Deer and their relatives, elk and moose, along with many other hooved animals such as goats, sheep and domestic cattle are ruminants.