Carcass Fractures of 10-week Old Native Chickens Given Ration Containing Fermented Cassava Flour
Luh Suariani *, Ni Ketut Etty Suwitari, Ni Made Yudiastari, Nyoman Kaca, Yan Tonga

Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, Warmadewa University, Jl. Terompong 24, Denpasar, Bali. 80235. Indonesia.

Abstract

One of the local feeds that can be utilized as native chicken feed is Gaplek. Gaplek is made from cassava, but the nutritional content is still low. For this reason, fermentation needs to be done so that the nutritional value increases. The purpose of this study was to look at the effect of giving rations containing fermented cassava flour to 10-week old chicken carcass fractures. The design used in this study was a Completely Randomized Design with five treatments (P0 = ration without fermented cassava flour (TGF), (P1 = ration with 10% TGF, P2 = ration with 20% TGF, P3 = ration with 30% TGF and P4 = ration with 40% TGF) and three replications. Each replication consisted of 5 chickens. The observed variables were breast weight, thigh weight, wing weight, and back weight. The results showed that the provision of fermented cassava flour to a level of 20% was significantly able to increase breast weight, back weight and wing weight of 10-week-old native chicken, but it gives results. not significant on back weight, it is recommended to use fermented cassava flour to 20% in the ration to get the best results.

Keywords: Carcass Fractures, Native chicken, Fermented Cassava Floor, Fermentation

Topic: Chemistry