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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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Utilization of oil palm <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>feed</strong>s for <strong>livestock</strong> in Malaysia 249TABLE 11Effects of oil palm frond (OPF)-b<strong>as</strong>ed pellets on milk yield<strong>and</strong> milk <strong>co</strong>mpositionRationMilk yield(L/28days)Milk fat(%)Milkprotein(%)Weightchange(kg)30% OPF pellets 366 3.5 3.5 22.530% OPF pellets + LG 375 3.5 3.5 16.5Notes: LG = Unchopped guinea gr<strong>as</strong>s hay given at 100 g/<strong>co</strong>w/day <strong>as</strong> longfibre supplement. Four Sahiwal-Friesian <strong>co</strong>ws per group, <strong>as</strong>signed to atreatment sequence in a 4×4 Latin square design involving four 28-dayme<strong>as</strong>urement periods following a 2-week adjustment period. Dailyration fed to each <strong>co</strong>w w<strong>as</strong> limited to 14 kg/day. Source: Abu Bakar etal., 2001.In a separate study, Sahiwal-Friesian heifers fed mol<strong>as</strong>sestreatedOPF were observed to <strong>co</strong>nsume 30 percent more(P

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