Cows have 4 stomachs or 4 compartments to help the cow break down the roughage and grasses that the cows eat.
Grasses and other roughage that cows eat are hard to break down and digest, which is why cows have specialized compartments.
The four stomachs or compartments allow ruminant animals to digest grass or vegetation without completely chewing it first.
Instead, they only partially chew the vegetation, then microorganisms in the rumen section of the stomach break down the rest.
In reality while we say the cow has 4 stomachs they actually have one stomach but for compartments of their stomach to break down the food they digest.
But we say they have 4 stomachs but it's 4 compartments divided up in their stomach.
The cow's digestive tract consists of the mouth, esophagus, a complex four-compartment stomach, small intestine and large intestine.
The stomach includes the rumen or paunch, reticulum or "honeycomb," the omasum or "manyplies," and the abomasum or "true stomach." The rumen.
Most fat digestion and absorption occurs in the small intestine.
Cows absorb more saturated fat than simple-stomach animals.
This is because rumen microbes change unsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids by adding hydrogen molecules.
The main difference between cow and human digestive system is that cow exhibits a foregut fermenter digestion whereas human exhibits a simple monogastric digestion.
Both digestive systems also differ by the type of teeth, mouth, stomach, gut, and digestive enzymes secreted by the gut.