When it comes to breaking down plant matter and converting it to energy, the cow has it all figured out. Its digestive system allows it to eat more than 150 pounds of plant matter every day. Now ...

Digesta flows from reticulo-rumen into the omasum which contains from 6 to 8 percent of the digestive tract capacity. The omasum has many folds of tissue that resemble a partially open book.

Dear Dr. Bob: Please describe the cow's digestive system. -- B.M., St. Augustine. Response: The bovine digestive system, also known as the gastrointestinal tract, is ...

Digestive System: Cow Stomach Investigation. Special | 6m 40s Video has Closed ... uh, in the rumen and we have a lot of microbes in there and we are still at a point where we don't really ...

Many of our livestock breeds including cattle sheep and goats digest their feed differently than other species such as swine or poultry, Sara Bull writes.

One of the best examples of this thrifty behaviour of Nature is the evolution of ruminants: animals such as deer, goats, cows and antelope have developed a unique digestive system, consisting of ...

To start, a cow is a mammal called a ruminant. Some other ruminant animals include deer, sheep, goats, giraffe and camels. These animals consume forages and feed byproducts that are not suitable ...

Rumen flora from a fistulated cow helps not only sick ... since having a fistula makes it easy to sample rumen contents in order to study how different nutrients affect a cow's digestive system.