Nutritive value of oilseeds for ruminants: apricot kernel and its oil cake

摘要

Theuseofapricotalmondsandtheiroilcakesasproteinsourceinthefeedoftheruminantsisapossibilitytobetakenintoaccountowingtothefactthattheacidcontentshydrocyanicaremoderateandtheycannotconstituteanobstaclefortheiruse.nbsp;Theyhaveagooddigestibilityofthetotalnitrogenmatters(76,3%)andorganicmatter(79,1%).ThefoddervaluessomuchinUFLthaninUFVareratherconsequentandarebelownbsp;1UF.nbsp;Proteinvaluesaresufficientlyimportanttobeabletojustifytheiruseinthefoodformulasoftheruminantsthusallowingareductionofthecurrentproteindeficit,areductionintheproteinicrawmaterialimportsandtoensureabettercostpriceoftheexpectedproductions.