Back to the cow!

ok, now its time for me to go back researching about the cows digestive system. since my last post on the topic, i only know the digestion process. still, little is known about the four stomachs. today i wen to find out more about them. this is wat i got from the website which i think is the easiest to understand.

Ruminant animals, such as the dairy cow, have four stomach compartments called the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. The rumen is the largest and can hold up to 40 gallons of digesta and contains billions of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and other organisms. The bacteria can digest fiber allowing the dairy cow to consume grass, forages, and fibrous by-product feeds that humans or monogastric animals cannot do effectively.

The abomasum is the stomach compartment similar to the human stomach.

btw, i post my both my biojournal questions on yahoo answers. so if u know anything, i hope u can help enlighten me. thx.

here's the links:
http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080714054351AA7LJv9&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHzJbxmF.M_QgWK_etHl6S2w5ZW4lOCg7Bomw--&paid=asked&msgr_status=
http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiXFZHhKIW.ulU4Q_ZDytqs95Qt.;_ylv=3?qid=20080714053603AA76vdA

14/7/08
Monday