ANN 111: Principles of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology (2+1)

COCONUT MEAL

It contains 20-26% crude protein with low lysine and histidine content and 2.5-6.5% oil content. The higher oil in meals tends to get rancid and may cause diarrhoea; hence low oil content meal should be preferred. It should be restricted in swine and poultry as it contains low protein and high fibre and low fibre coconut meal can be fed to monogastric animals with lysine and methionine supplements. Coconut meal produces firm milk fat that is most suitable for butter making.

Not recommended to swine & poultry. Produces firm milk fat that is most suitable for butter making.