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Name the type of carbohydrate that can be digested by ruminants but not by humans. Give the reason also.

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Answer:

Cellulose is the carbohydrate than can be easily digested by ruminants

but not by humans because

Step-by-step explanation:

this cellulose carbohydrate can't be digested by humans because the appropriate enzymes to break down the beta acetal linkages are lacking .

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