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What do you mean by Ruminant ?

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Question added by Mohammad Abdul Awal Bhuiyan , Veterinary Surgeon , Directorat of Livestock Services, Bangladesh
Date Posted: 2015/07/26
Fast Mind
by Fast Mind , Farm Manager , 7214 Livestock Farm

The Animals which have ability to regurgitate and have four parts of Stomach are called Ruminants

Milena Drljaca
by Milena Drljaca , Faculty

It is a group of animals, mammals,  which are able to acquire nutrients form pants by fermenting a food.

For fermentation in their stomach it is charge a specials microbes.

wided belbali
by wided belbali , vétérinaire , groupe avicole de l'est

 

Ungulate mammal whose complex stomach allows rumination (suborder of ruminants, eg cattle, deer).

nadir hassan
by nadir hassan , محاضر , جامعة البحر الاحمر-كلية الزراعة- قسم علوم الانتاج الحيواني

Ruminant animals are animals that has ability to chew and regurgitate their food more than one time, and digest it multiple times in different stomachs.

zamashandu mbatha
by zamashandu mbatha , Senior , Rainbow Farms

cloved animals like cattle

That mean The Animals which have ability to regurgitate and have four parts of Stomach are called Ruminants such as catle/baffalo/Goat/Sheep

Moustafa Mohamed Abdel Rahman Elshazly
by Moustafa Mohamed Abdel Rahman Elshazly , Senior veterinary Incharge , Al-watania poultry

Ruminants usually have a stomach divided into four compartments (called the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum), regurgitate and chew a cud  d, partially digested  sollowed food.  for examples  cattle, sheep, goats,  and camels.   

Shaik Sayed Md  Rashidul Hossain
by Shaik Sayed Md Rashidul Hossain , Deputy Manager , BRAC

Ruminant may defined as hoofed animal that chews its cud and has a stomach with four chambers/ 

 

Abdulsalam-Akanji Tawakalitu
by Abdulsalam-Akanji Tawakalitu , Veterinary Nurse , Petcare Clinic

Ruminants are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach (four stomachs - rumen , reticulum, omasum, abomasum) prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

Masum ul Alam alam
by Masum ul Alam alam , Assistant Veterinary sergeon , Kishorgong Veterinary Hospital

The animal which have four chamber stomach and can regurgitate feed is called ruminant

Michael Kaziro
by Michael Kaziro , Senior Veterinary Officer , Amudat District Local Government

Is animal which has four different compartments of stomachs. They include Reticulum, Abomasum, Rumen and Omasum