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description
- In artiodactyl: Abundance and distribution
- In artiodactyl: Annotated classification
digestion and animal nutrition
- In feed: Proteins
esophagus
- In esophagus
fatty acid composition
- In meat processing: Fat
livestock farming
- In livestock farming

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Nutrition of ruminants.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 04, 2025
	Add new Web site: South Dakota State University Extension - Ruminants: A Digestive Powerhouse.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 17, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - The ruminant digestive system.	Gloria Lotha	May 25, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biology and Diseases of Ruminants (Sheep, Goats, and Cattle).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: Mississippi State University Extension Service - Understanding the Ruminant Animal Digestive System.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 24, 2023
	Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Ruminant.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 05, 2023
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Jun 25, 2021
	Add new Web site: Canadian Cattlemen's Association - What is a Ruminant Animal?	Gloria Lotha	Feb 21, 2019
	Add new Web site: UltimateUngulate.com - Suborder Ruminantia - Ruminants.	Emily Rodriguez	May 24, 2016
	Add new Web site: Fort Lewis College - Ruminant Digestive System.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 11, 2016
	Add new Web site: University of Fribourg - Faculty of Science - The Ruminantia.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 11, 2016
	Add new Web site: The Natural History Collections of The University of Edinburgh - Suborder Ruminatia.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 16, 2016
	Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Lungfish.	Shiveta Singh	Jun 01, 2008
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 09, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998