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Can cows eat ear corn that is not ground?
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Posted 12/22/2010 08:08 (#1500324 - in reply to #1498975)
Subject: Re: Can cows eat ear corn that is not ground?


Northeast Misery
What school is teaching that?

Dad used to finish cattle on whole shell corn and a little protein supplement.

When a cow eats something it enters the first stomach compartment(abomasum?). Before passing to the next three compartments(omasum, reticulm, rumen) it must pass through a hole approx. 2 milimeters. The cow regurgitates and re-chews (chews her cud), until dinner will pass through the hole. The larger the material, the slower it should pass through.

That's what I was taught anyway. fwiw
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