Alperujo - a beneficial complement in diet of dairy sheep during non-grazing periods

The Basque Neiker-Tecnalia technological centre, in collaboration with the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), has demonstrated the benefit of alperujo as a supplement to the diet of dairy sheep during periods when grazing is not available. The analyses undertaken show that sheep fed with alperujo (a sub-product of the olive obtained after milling and pressing) produce milk with healthier characteristics, with a high concentration of unsaturated fatty acids - greater than the milk produced by the same animals before being fed with this sub-product. Thus, alperujo is shown to be a beneficial feed complement for this kind of farm animal...

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