DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF RUMINANTS &

PSEUDORUMINANTS
PR E PAR E D BY:
JE AN V IKT O R IA L O U IS E L . E S CO BAR
 WHAT IS A
RUMINANT?
RUMINANT
WHAT IS A PSEUDO
RUMINANT?
PSEUDO RUMINANT
 RUMINANTS
VS.
PSEUDO RUMINANTS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OF RUMINANT
 RUMEN
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RETICULUM
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 OMASUM
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ABOMASUM
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 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OF PSEUDO RUMINANT
(THREE CHAMBERED)
 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OF PSEUDO RUMINANT
(THREE CHAMBERED)
 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OF PSEUDO RUMINANT
(MONOGASTRIC)
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ESOPHAGUS

STOMACH
OF PSEUDO
RUMINANT
SMALL INTESTINE

COLON

CECUM

RECTUM

ANUS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OF PSEUDO
RUMINANT
PSEUDO RUMINANT RUMINANTS
NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS NUMBER OF COMPARTMENTS
-Three chambered or monogastric -Four chambered

FERMENTATION OF FOOD FERMENTATION OF FOOD

-takes place in the intestine or the hind gut -takes place in the rumen or the mid gut

ABSORPTION OF FOOD ABSORPTION OF FOOD

-The absorption of nutrients in the pseudo -The absorption of nutrients in the ruminant
digestive system is less as compared to the digestive system is higher because the food is
ruminant digestive system. again chewed.
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