Effect of banana weevil enriched with β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on productivity and abdominal fat of broiler chickens

The study aimed to evaluate the utilization banana weevil enriched with β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on performance and abdominal fat of broiler chickens. The research stages were started from fermented banana weevil flour with Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Fermipan® from PT Sangra Ratu Boga) with 0.5% administration (pruduced β-glucan content 2240 mg/kg). Dietary treatment was initiated when the broiler was 22-day-old with an initial body weight 459.41±50.71 up to 35-day-old. The feed used BR1 (Patriot Feed) from PT. Panca Patriot Prima. Treatment consisted of T0 (control without β-glucan), T1 (β-glucan administered at 25 ppm), T2 (β-glucan administered at 50 ppm), T3 (β-glucan administered at 75 ppm), and T4 (β-glucan administered at 100 ppm). Parameters observed were feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, final body weight (performance), and abdominal fat. The study was assigned in a completely randomized design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 4 replicates (10 birds each). The results showed that the utilization banana weevil enriched with β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae had no significant effect (P>0.05) on feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, final body weight and abdominal fat of broiler chickens. The use of banana weevil enriched with β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae up to a level of 100 ppm has not been able to improve performance and reduce abdominal fat for broiler chickens that are maintained until 35-days-old.