The nutritive value of coconut cake meal was studied through a digestibility trial, in a rotative equilibrated latin square design, with adult wothers. The digestibility of the conventional nutrients was taken out by association with Rhodes grass hay (Chloris gayana - Kunth.). Three levels of cake plus hay were tested: zero percent (treatment A), 15% (treatment B) and 30% (treatment C). Treatment C was the higher in fat (about 6%) and its coefficient of digestibility was also the highest for fat, probably due to the good quality of the cake oil. The average TDN of the coconut cake, calculated from association with the hay, was 71,06%. It was concluded that the cake is also a good source of energy, since the level of protein is around 22%.
Nutritive value; coconut meal