Definitions
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- adjective Not ruminating.
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- adjective Not
ruminant . - noun Any animal that is not a ruminant.
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- adjective not ruminant
Etymologies
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non- + ruminant
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Examples
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Mimosine is a toxic amino acid in leucaena foliage (2-6% dry matter) that causes hair loss and other damage in nonruminant animals.
Chapter 28 1990
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In the nonruminant, fibre acts largely as a diluent for other nutrients and to some extent non-ruminants can increase their intake of feed to compensate for such dilution, this being particularly marked in the rabbit.
Chapter 5 1988
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Mimosine, which is of concern in feeding leucaena foliage to nonruminant animals, is absent in calliandra.
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Horses, hogs and other nonruminant animals are less affected by prussic acid because their stomachs convert the prussic acid to less toxic formic acid and ammonium chloride.
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