The youth will be covering the digestive system of a small ruminant. The adults will be discussing quality assurance with Betsy Hodge.

The four parts of the ruminant digestion system each has a specific function, as well as distinguishing characteristics. We studied them but it was really interesting actually seeing them.

A cow chews is cud, which is also called “ruminating,” is one feature of an interesting and complex digestive system that allows cows and other ruminants such as sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas ...

Ruminants have a digestive system that ferments feeds. The fermentation is aided by millions of microbes that live in this unique digestive systems that is composed of four stomachs.

What they want students to learn with the lab is how a rumen works compared to a simple stomach, such as in a human, and why a ruminant needs its complex digestive system to break down the ...

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 amazing. Along with camels ...

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.

A lamb and ewe at the UC Davis Sheep Barn. Ruminants such as sheep, goats, cattle and deer are among the most successful and widespread groups of mammals. A new study of genomes of 44 wild and ...

That’s important because ruminants are found all over the world, and seeds can hang out in a ruminant’s digestive system for hours or days, often as the ruminant walks around.

Animals produce methane during the digestion process -- some more than others. Currently, around 20 percent of the world's methane emissions stem from ruminants. If this gas is released into the ...