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BRIEF COMMUNICATION: The effect of palm kernel expeller as a supplement for grazing dairy cows at the end of lactation
F.N. DIAS, J.L. BURKE, D. PACHECO and C.W. HOLMES
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 68: 111-112
Palm kernel expeller (PKE) is a solid byproduct from the palm oil. In New Zealand it is used as a supplementary feed on dairy farms to fill short term pasture deficits and according to MAF (2007), over 350,000 tonnes of PKE was imported into New Zealand during 2007.
Despite its growing use as a feedstuff for ruminants in New Zealand, information is scarce about the nutritional value of PKE and ...Continued
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
palm kernel expeller; supplements, end of lactation, milk production
