A High Proportion of the Food That Cattle Eat Cannot

question 24

Multiple Choice

A high proportion of the food that cattle eat cannot be digested by cattle.

• A) True, cattle have large saclike pouches that house plant-digesting microbes.
• B) False, cattle are herbivores and thus produce the necessary enzyme to digest plant material.
• C) True, this is why cattle have to eat large amounts of food, because most passes undigested through their gut.
• D) False, cattle eat highly nutritious plants that are readily digested.

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