how many stomachs does a cow have?

Question

been told 2 and 4 so far.

Answer 1

two.

Answer 2

4

Answer 3

2

Answer 4

4

Answer 5

3

Answer 6

4

Answer 7

They have four stomachs. They need this stomach to help break down the grass.

Here some info that i found on a site.
"Ruminants have a unique digestive system. You may have noticed cows sitting down, constantly chewing .... then swallowing .... waiting a bit ... then burping and chewing again. Other times you may have seen cows grazing - that is eating grass - and they seem to have their mouths glued to the grass, never pausing to chew! Let's start at the beginning and follow the grass through the cow until it's turned into milk. While we have just one stomach, cows have four! Each one does a different job.
1. Rumen. When a cow grazes grass and other fodder, she swallows it half chewed and stores it in the first stomach, the rumen. In here, digestive fluids and bacteria soften it, then it moves onto the second stomach.

2. Reticulum. In this stomach, big lumps of grass are softened more and formed into smaller lumps called cuds. Each cud returns to the mouth (which looks like the cow burping) and is then chewed for about one minute - or 40 to 60 times! The cow then swallows the well-chewed cud and it goes into the third stomach.

3. Omasum. In here it is broken down even more and some of the nutrients are absorbed into the blood stream. It finally goes into the fourth stomach.

4. Abomasum. This stomach acts rather like ours. In here, the food is mixed with digestive juices which break it down further. Then it passes into the intestine, where the nourishment can be easily absorbed into the blood stream. "

Hope that helped!

Answer 8

A cow, as well as other ruminants, have four chambers that serve as stomachs:
1. the rumen
2. the reticulum
3. the omasum
4. the abomasum
And I have actually put my hand inside the rumen of a live cow, which was very cool!

Answer 9

Cows have 4-stomachs.

Cows are ruminants. Most ruminants, including the cow, have four stomachs, although camels and some other ruminants have three. The first stomach chamber is called the rumen. This is the chamber in which large amounts of food are stored and softened.

After the food is processed and softened in the rumen, it is regurgitated. This substance is called the cud and is chewed again. The chewed cud goes directly to the other chambers of the stomach. In the cow, these chambers are, in order, the reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. Once the cud arrives in these chambers, additional digestion occurs.

In medium sized cattle, the rumen by itself can hold between 25 to 75 gallons. The rumen grows large in early life after the changeover from a milk diet.

Answer 10

they have 2

Answer 11

Cattle are ruminants, meaning that they have a unique digestive system that allows them to digest otherwise unpalatable foods by repeatedly regurgitating and rechewing them as "cud." The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized bacterial, protozoal and fungal microbes that live in the rumen. These microbes are primarily responsible for generating the volatile fatty acids (VFAs) that cattle use as their primary metabolic fuel. The microbes that live inside of the rumen are also able to synthesize amino acids from non-protein nitrogenous sources such as urea and ammonia. These features allow them to thrive on grasses and other vegetation.

Cattle have one stomach, with four compartments. They are the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum. The rumen is the largest compartment and the reticulum is the smallest compartment. Cattle sometimes consume metal objects which are deposited in the reticulum, and this is where hardware disease occurs. The reticulum is known as the "Honeycomb." The omasum's main function is to absorb water and nutrients from the digestible feed. The omasum is known as the "Many Plies." The abomasum is most like the human stomach; this is why it is known as the "True Stomach."