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Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges

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250<strong>Biofuel</strong> <strong>co</strong>-<strong>products</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>livestock</strong> <strong>feed</strong> – <strong>Opportunities</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>challenges</strong>FIGURE 1Flow chart of the mechanical extraction of palm kernel oilPALM KERNELCleaningSize Reduction/Grinding"B" "C" "A"FlakingSteam ConditioningScrew PressingCoarse Screen FilterExpeller Cake (PKC)Filter PressStoragePalm Kernel OilStorage(A) Direct screw pressing without kernel pre-treatment(B) Partial kernel pre-treatment followed by screw pressing(C) Complete pre-treatment followed by screw pressingSources: MPOB, 1992; Tang, 200010.0 <strong>and</strong> 10.5 MJ/kg. The CP <strong>co</strong>ntent is <strong>co</strong>nsidered tobe more than sufficient to meet the requirement of mostruminants. PKC h<strong>as</strong> a good amino acid profile (Table 13),with availability between 62 <strong>and</strong> 87 percent (Yeong,Mukherjee <strong>and</strong> Hutagalung, 1981). Limiting amino acidsare lysine, methionine <strong>and</strong> tryptophan. The protein qualityof the MPOB-Q-PKC, recently introduced by the MPOBis superior to the existing PKC (Atil, 2009). This productis obtained after pre-processing the palm nuts to remove<strong>co</strong>mpletely the shell <strong>and</strong> the fibrous testa of the kernels.However, this product is still under development. PKC also<strong>co</strong>ntains high residual fat (about 10 percent), carotene <strong>and</strong>vitamin E (about 0.3 IU/kg), which can act <strong>as</strong> a naturalantioxidant. Table 14 shows the fatty acid <strong>co</strong>ntent in PKC.Its low <strong>co</strong>ntent of unsaturated fatty acids also reducesrancidity problems.PKC is high in minerals, with P <strong>and</strong> Ca <strong>co</strong>ntents of 0.48to 0.71 percent <strong>and</strong> 0.21 to 0.34 percent, respectively(Table 15). The Ca:P ratio is very low (about 0.36:1) <strong>and</strong>TABLE 12Chemical <strong>co</strong>mposition <strong>and</strong> nutritive value of palmkernel cakeParameterDry matter (DM <strong>as</strong> %) 88.0–94.5Chemical <strong>co</strong>mposition (% in DM)Crude Protein (CP) 14.5–19.6Crude Fibre (CF) 13.0–20.0Ether extract (EE) 2.0–8.0Ash 2.0–10.0Nitrogen-free Extract (NFE) 46.7–75.8Neutral-detergent Fibre (NDF) 66.8–78.9Oil <strong>co</strong>ntent (%) + 4.5–17.3Shell <strong>and</strong> dirt 3.6–21.4Metabolizable energy (MJ ME/kg)Ruminants 10.5–11.5Poultry 6.5–7.5Swine 10.0–10.5Notes: Oil <strong>co</strong>ntent values adapted from from Siew, 1989.

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