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Assertion : Cattles feed on leaves of maize to get nutrition for growth and development.
Reason : A number of symbiotic bacteria are present in rumen of cattle.
BiologyStrategies for Enhancement in Food ProductionAIIMSAIIMS 2013
Options:
  • A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  • B If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  • C If assertion is true but reason is false
  • D If both assertion and reason are false
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The correct answer is: If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
The cattles, buffaloes, goats, sheep, deer and camels are herbivorous animals that feed on plant leaves, twigs, etc. Their stomach consists of 4 chambers: rumen (paunch), reticulum (honeycomb), omasum (psalterium) and abomasum (rennet). In the rumen, food undergoes mechanical and chemical breakdown. Mechanical breakdown results from thorough churning brought about by muscular contractions and aided by cornified surface of villi. Chemical breakdown is caused by symbiotic micro-organisms bacteria such as Ruminococcus and ciliate such as Entodinium caudatum. These micoorganisms live as symbionts in the rumen and reticulum of the stomach of the ruminants (e.g., cows and buffaloes) and in the large intestine of other herbivorous mammals (e.g., horses and donkeys) and release enzymes, cellulases, which act on cellulose and simplify it to shortchain fatty acids. Cellulose is not digested in human being.

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