“…Immediately after a meal, the pH was high (about 5) so that the enzymes secreted in large quantities could exert their coagulating activity. The pH thereafter decreased progressively towards values more favourable to the overall proteolytic activity of pepsin (Henschel, 1973 ;Roy and Stobo, 1975 Debas and Grossman, 1974 ;Desbuquois, 1978 ;Hacki, 1980 ;McLeay and Bell, 1981) ; others seem to have an inhibitory effect on the secretion of acid (secretin, somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal peptide and glucagon) and enzymes (somatostatin and VIP) (Villar, Fender and Rayford, 1976 ;Arnold and Lankish, 1980 ;Hacki, 1980 ;McLeay and Bell, 1981 The psychic stimuli associated with the morning meal (sight, hearing, smell, taste and ingestion) (Siebers, 1978), as well as the distension of the abomasum, act via the parasympathic nervous system or via histamin, leading to a rapid increase in the secretion of enzymes and electrolytes, if the preruminant calf behaves like a monogastric animal (Davenport, 1968) …”