Difference between Ruminants and Non ruminants
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Ruminants |
Non- ruminants |
1. | Ruminants refers to the animal which have multi-chambered digestive system and those animals who chew their food for multiple times, and can digest that food more than once in the various stomach. | Non- ruminant refers to the animal which have simple digestive system with simple stomach structure and those animal who digest their food in only one stomach. |
2. | Most of the ruminant animals are herbivorous. | Most of the non-ruminant animals are both carnivorous and omnivorous. |
3. | In the protein digestion process, ruminants cannot synthesize enzymes which are required in protein digestion. | In the protein digestion, non-ruminants can synthesize enzymes that are required in protein digestion. |
4. | Liver of ruminant animals is large when compared to non-ruminant. | Liver of non-ruminant animals is smaller than ruminants. |
5. | Ruminants can digest cellulose. | Non-ruminants cannot digest cellulose. |
6. | Examples of ruminant animal includes deer, goats, buffalo, sheep and cattle etc. | Examples of non-ruminant animal includes swine, rabbit, dog and human etc. |