COPRA
MEAL Coconut
meal or copra meal is produced from the ripe fruit (nut) of the
coconut palm (Cocos nucifera).
Note The nut
is split and the kernel is removed and dried below 6% moisture.
This meal is called copra meal and still contains the
oil.
Care is
needed when feeding copra meal to livestock to ensure that it is
not rancid, as this will cause diarrhoea. Rancidity usually
develops as a result of the meal being stored for too long under
unfavourable conditions such as high temperature. Color
& Appearance: White to cream compressed coconut
residue Aroma:
Sweet smelling with no off-odour
Moisture:
*0% max Crude
Protein: *1% min Lipid:
***0% Fiber:
**5% Ash: 4 -
6% Carbohydrates:
*5 - *3 %
Uses: Copra
meal has high calorific value, so it is used as animal feed,
especially during winter. Copra meal can be fed to Cattle, Dairy
feed, Pigs, Broiler feed, Layer feed, Fish meal, etc...