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SAI International School
                                            Subject- Biology, Class-VII
                                            Topic- Nutrition in Animals
                                        Subtopic- Nutrition in Ruminants
                                                       Module- 10
                                                     Lesson Notes



               Nutrition in Ruminants

               Cud–chewing animals or animals that brings back food from its stomach and chews it
               again in their mouth are known as Ruminants.
               These animals can digest cellulose with the help of bacteria present in their digestive
               systems. Examples-Some grass–eating animals like cow, deer, goat and sheep etc. are
               called ruminants.




























               The stomach in ruminants is divided into four chambers




                                                   RUMINANTS
                                                     STOMACH






                      RUMEN              RETICULUM               OMASUM              ABOMASUM
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