Digestion and absorption of lipids in the ruminant

Although this Symposium is concerned primarily with events in the abomasum and intestinal tract, it is necessary first to consider briefly the fate of dietary lipids in the reticule-rumen since this has consequences which significantly affect the chemical and physical state of the lipids which pass on to the abomasum and small intestine.While many of the studies which are discussed refer to sheep, it is reasonable to suppose that the findings apply to ruminants in general.