(1) Ruminants are those grasseating mammals that ruminate, i.e.chew 'cud' for many hours in a day. They possess a unique digestivesystem with a four-chamberedstomach. The food that they ingestis directly taken to the rumen andreticulum (chambers of stomach)where it is converted to cud. Thecud is then sent back to the mouthof ruminants for thorough chewing.Examples of ruminants are cow,goat, yak, deer, buffalo, sheep, etc