Authors:
Tom Cameron and Steve Hull
Timberlake Farms, Arcadia, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Publication:
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Publication:
Timberlake Farms

Excerpt:
Alpacas are members of a family that comprise the old and new world camelids. As a group, they all have very similar digestive systems adapted for digesting lower protein plant materials. They have three gut compartments before the intestines. Humans (primates) have one – the simple stomach. Cows, a true ruminant, have four “stomachs”. Like alpacas, cows are classified as ruminants as they chew their cud. Horses are not ruminants as they lack a rumen and do not chew their cud.

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