Coffee husk is
the cattle may be able to consume this feed, if they are fed after mixing them with cereal straws. Even for
maintaining animals, when this feed forms a part of the ration, the requirement of energy rich feeds will be more in order to make up the poor energy content of this husk.
Nutritive value
Coffee husk contains 7-8% crude protein. NDF and ADF contents are 60 and 49%, respectively. However, calcium and phosphorus content is 0.51 and 0.25%, respectively.
Groundnut husk
Grounfnut husk is also unpalatable to cattle and poorer in nutritive value than rice husk and coffee husk. Milling of this by-product, and adding molasses and one percent urea to this ground product may improve its palatability.
Maize husk
Maize husk is superior to even gram husk in its nutritive value. About 50% of the dry roughage portion in the rations of adult non-producing cattle can be replaced by this by- product.
