TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE USE RATION FOR MALE FATTENING BALI CATTLE FARMERS PATTERNS WITH SUPPLEMENTATION COMPLETE FEED CONTAINING SILAGE BANANA STEMS
Sukawaty Fattah1, Gusty A. Y. Lestari1, Bastari Sabtu1, Yohanis Umbu L. Sobang1, Marthen R. Pelokilla2, Fredeicus Dedy Samba1
1Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, 85361 Indonesia
2Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, 85361 Indonesia
Abstract
The aim of this research was to study the effect of giving complete feed containing silage of banana stems with different levels of feed conversion, efficiency of ration usage, production costs and profits from fattening Bali cattle farmers pattern. Experimental animals employed in this research were 12 heads of growing male Bali cattle of 1 to 1.5 years old with the body weight ranging from 140,5 to 166 kg with an average of 155 kg and coefficient variation (CV) 8.72%, were employed. The experimental design used was completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications : T0: local feeds (commonly used by farmers) + 1 kg complete feed without banana stem silage, T1: (commonly used by farmers) + 1 kg complete feed containing 10% silage of banana stems, T2: (commonly used by farmers) + 1 kg complete feed containing 20% banana stem silage, T3: (commonly used by farmers) + 1 kg of complete feed containing 30% silage of banana stems. Data collected was subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that the effect of treatments was not significantly (P>0.05) on feed conversion, efficiency of ration usage, production costs and profits from fattening Bali cattle farmers pattern. The conclusion of this study is the provision of complete feed containing silage of banana stems with different levels giving the same effect between treatments on feed conversion, efficiency of ration usage, production costs and profits from fattening Bali cattle farmers pattern.
Keywords: banana stem silage, complete feed, technical and economic value, fattening Bali cattle farmers patterns.
Topic: Feeds, feeding, and animal nutrition