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Ruminants are a class of herbivorous mammals. They are named so as they regurgitate the partially digested food from their stomach, which is known as Cud, and chew it again. Goat, sheep, camel, cow, giraffe etc. are some distinguished ruminants.The major feature of ruminant mammals is their chambered stomach. While most of the ruminants have four chambered stomachs, camels have only three chambers. Each of these chambers houses numerous symbiotic organisms that play a major role in the host’s digestion cycle. The symbiotic organisms are mainly bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses.