非反刍动物并不能从植物的坚硬部分汲取太多能量；但是它们的肠胃能够快速地消化并且处理食物，从而大大地弥补了这方面的不足。
Nonruminants cannot extract much energy from the hard parts of a plant; however, this is more than made up for by the fast speed at which food passes through their guts.
话说回来，他们发现的这些途径让人觉得人类看起来更像是反刍动物：比如山羊和绵羊，这类动物都是用细菌来消化所食植物中其它无法消化的物质。
Nevertheless, the pathways they found leave humans looking more like ruminants: animals such as goats and sheep that use bacteria to break down otherwise indigestible matter in the plants they eat.
本文综述了日粮纤维对非反刍动物肠黏膜形态和上皮细胞更新的影响及其作用机理和对动物消化功能的影响。
Effects of dietary fiber on intestinal mucosal morphology and epithelial cell turnover, mechanisms and digestive functions in non-ruminant animals were reviewed.
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