@conference {75910,
	title = {The apparent digestibility of palm kernel expeller (PKE) consumed by pasture-fed sheep},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {71},
	year = {2011},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {223-228},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Invercargill},
	abstract = {<p>Palm kernel expeller (PKE) usage in New Zealand has increased despite little being known about its nutritional role as a supplement in pasture based diets. The chemical composition of PKE is often reported in New Zealand, but the digestibility is not. A digestibility study was conducted with twenty four lambs fed one of four different amounts (0, 15, 30 or 45\%) of their dry matter (DM) intake as PKE, plus molasses pellets (PKEM; 90\% PKE and 10\% molasses) with the remainder of the diet being fresh pasture. Sheep were fed at either maintenance or ad libitum during two experimental periods, that differed in pasture quality. Digestibilities were extrapolated linearly to estimate digestible energy concentration and the apparent digestibility of DM, crude protein, neutral detergent fibre and gross energy at any intakes for a diet consisting of 100\% PKEM. Overall, the estimated apparent digestibility of DM, crude protein, neutral detergent fibre and gross energy for PKEM at intakes of 670 and 1,214 gDM/lamb/day were 63.0, 52.0, 67.0 and 64.0\%, respectively. The values estimated for digestible energy concentration (MJ/kgDM) of PKEM ranged between 12.4-12.7, from which values for metabolisable energy concentration of 10.2 and 10.5 MJME/kgDM could be calculated.</p>
},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Burke JL and Dias FN and Pacheco D and Lopez-Villalobos N and Holmes CW}
}
@conference {42058,
	title = {The effect of palm kernel expeller as a supplement for grazing dairy cows at the end of lactation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {111-112},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Brisbane, Australia},
	abstract = {Palm kernel expeller (PKE) is a solid byproduct from the palm oil. In New Zealand it is used as a supplementary feed on dairy farms to fill short term pasture deficits and according to MAF (2007), over 350,000 tonnes of PKE was imported into New Zealand during 2007.
Despite its growing use as a feedstuff for ruminants in New Zealand, information is scarce about the nutritional value of PKE and ...Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Dias FN and Burke JL and Pacheco D and Holmes CW}
}
