Extracted coconut meal for cow

The crude protein content of extracted coconut meal (ECM) was 22.75 per cent. The lysine and methionine content of ECM were 0.59 and 0.34 per cent, respectively. The critical amino acids, lysine (0.59 per cent) and methionine (0.34 per cent) were lower in ECM compared to values given in NRC (1994) for other vegetable protein sources, which are commonly used in livestock feed like soybean meal (2.69 and 0.62 per cent) sunflower meal (1.00 and 0.50 per cent) and groundnut meal (1.54 and 0.54 per cent).