Open AccessThe Production Performance and Meat Quality of Kampung Unggul Balitbangtan (KUB) Chicken Fed with Food Containing Indigofera Meal
Author(s) -
A. Nurhayu,
Andi Ishak,
Matheus Sariubang,
Andi Ella
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/828/1/012008
Subject(s) - bran , meal , completely randomized design , biology , feed conversion ratio , food science , fish meal , soybean meal , zoology , body weight , microbiology and biotechnology , fish <actinopterygii> , raw material , ecology , endocrinology , fishery
This study aimed to determine the production performance and meat quality of KUB chicken meat fed with food containing Indigofera meal. In total, 36 female KUB chickens were raised within the period of 4 to 19 weeks in The Agricultural Technology Research and Assessment Installation, Gowa, South Sulawesi. The experimental design was a complete randomized design divided into three treatments with 12 replications. In addition, the given treatments were categorised as R1 (100% commercial feed), R2 (75% commercial feed, 10% Indigofera meal, 5% bran, 9% corn, and 1% red ginger meal), and R3 (50% commercial feed, 15% Indigofera meal, 9% bran, 25% corn, and 1% red ginger meal). The parameters measured were slaughter weight, carcass weight, and nutritional content of meat. The results showed that the treatment of feed significantly affected (P < 0.05) the slaughter weight and carcass weight of KUB chicken. R2 treatment showed the highest slaughter weight and carcass weight compared to other treatments, which are 1069.5 g/head and 701.2 g/head. Furthermore, the meat crude protein and crude fat analysis indicated that R2 treatment had the highest crude protein (30.18%), lowest fat (0.11%), and cholesterol content (47.8 mg/100 g). Conclusively, the addition of 10% Indigofera meal to the feed was able to improve the production performance and meat quality of KUB chicken.