Rumen rumour

Cattle and other ruminants are markedly different from monogastric animals, such as man, in that they have an additional organ, the rumen, at the beginning of the gastrointestinal tract. But the rumen is a complex organ and needs special attention. The rumen allows ruminants to extract and absorb energy from fibrous plant material not otherwise available to mammalian enzymes. Additionally, the microbial protein, produced as a by product of this digestion, provides the host with much of it