Abstract
Summary o 1. The rumination pattern was studied by means of records of jaw movements in 24 young goats. 2. The total time spent ruminating, the distribution of this time throughout a 24-hour period, and the length of rumination cycles were studied. 3. The pattern of rumination in goats was found to be similar to those of cattle and sheep reproted in the literature. 4. The goats spent an average of 7 hours 44 minutes ruminating in 24 hours, an average of 75 per cent. of which was performed at night. 5. Large differences between rumination behaviour of different goats and considerable variation in the behaviour of any one goat on different days were observed. 6. The duration of the rumination cycle was shorter during the day. 7. The pattern of rumination in these goats showed no important change during the period of observation.
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