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The first stop in the digestive process is the rumen

Each of the sheep's four stomachs have their own role to play

When the food enters the 4th stomach, it is mixed and churned with more digestive juices. It then

Sheep prefer to eat shorter grass, rather than long grass. They thrive on pasture shorter than

This process produces a lot of gas which sheep get rid of by

Sheep are mammals and they eat

Drenching protects sheep from internal worms and vaccinating protects sheep against

The extra chewing of the cud helps digest the food so that it can enter the reticulum (2nd stomach)

Sheep can drink water up to

Sheep are also ruminants which means they

After an hour of entering the rumen the muscles push the food back into the sheep's mouth for chewing again

Sheep are

A feed budget is a guide to how many sheep they can run at any one time and which paddocks sheep will move to.

Producers develop a feed budget using their knowledge of pasture growth and information

Sheep are domestic animals which are raised on farms for their