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Small ruminants

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005858

Generally refers to domestic goats (Capra hircus) and sheep (Ovis aries), as opposed to larger ruminants like cattle. Like all ruminants, they chew their cud or partially-digested food and have a complex, four-chambered stomach (see ruminants).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005858
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLivestock; Ruminants; Goats; Chamois; Sheep; Vicunas; Mouflon; Alpacas; Deer; Llamas
TranslationsSpanish: pequeños rumiantes
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005858",
  "term": "Small ruminants",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Generally refers to domestic goats (Capra hircus) and sheep (Ovis aries), as opposed to larger ruminants like cattle. Like all ruminants, they chew their cud or partially-digested food and have a complex, four-chambered stomach (see ruminants).",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "livestock",
    "ruminants",
    "goats",
    "chamois",
    "sheep",
    "vicunas",
    "mouflon",
    "alpacas",
    "deer",
    "llamas"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pequeños rumiantes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/small-ruminants/"
}

Record 5,770 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.