Nutritional value of whole coconut, coconut powder, and coconut fiber treated with sodium hydroxide for sheep

ABSTRACT The growing consumption of green coconut - fresh and industrialized - in Brazil generates a large volume of wastes and coproducts that justifies the search for alternatives for their use in animal feeding. The most limiting factor to the inclusion of these coproducts in ruminant diets is th...

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Main Authors: José Cardoso de Araújo Neto, Fernando Yuri Brandão Fernandes, José Carlos Machado Pimentel, Vânia Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Márcia Mourão Ramos Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542016000400475&lng=en&tlng=en