Jumat, 07 Maret 2014

The Fruit Peel of Pineapple as Alternative Feed

Processing of pineapples into pineapple juice produce waste products such as fruit peel and flesh squeezed fruit fiber. The waste volume reached 85% of the weight of fresh fruit. Its use as a ruminant feed will provide added value as well as to the development of commercial livestock production business in favor of a national meat production. Fruit peel and flesh squeezed pineapple fiber is a potential energy source for ruminants. The content of fiber were relatively high allowing the material used to replace grass as feed basis.