THE “ JAMU TEMULAWAK” OR CURCUMA HERBAL (Curcuma xanthorriza Roxb) AS FEED ADDITIVE TOWARD THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEED IN THE SUPER KAMPONG CHICKEN
Wahyu Widodo (a*), Imbang Dwi Rahayu (a), Adi Sutanto (a), Apriliana Devi Anggraini(a), Harum Sahara (a), Sari Safitri (a)
a) University of Muhammadiyah Malang
Jl Raya Tlogomas no 246 Malang 65144, Indonesia
*) wahyu[at]umm.ac.id
Abstract
The purpose was to analyze the effect of curcuma as feed additive toward the effectiveness of feed in the super kampong chicken and toward determine the best level of curcuma as feed additive toward the effectiveness of feed in the super kampong chicken. This research was taking place at the Closed House and Laboratory of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Science, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Tegalgondo Village, Karangploso District, Malang Regency at January 2019. Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was used in this research through the experimental design. The treatments in this research were: P0: curcuma as feed additive 0.0% (as a control), P1: curcuma as feed additive 0.33%, P2: curcuma as feed additive 0.67% and P3: curcuma as feed additive 1.00%, with 5 replications. Variance Analysis (ANAVA) was used to analyzed the data, if the results were significantly, followed by the LSD test. The conclusion in this research was curcuma as feed additive had a very significant effect on income over feed cost and carcass weight percentage but it had no significant effect on abdominal fat weight percentage, feed efficiency, meat dry matter content, meat organic matter content, meat ash content, dry matter digestibility and organic matter digestibility in the super kampong chicken. The best treatment level was curcuma by 1% as feed additive due to increase the percentage of carcass weight.
Keywords: “jamu temulawak” curcuma herbal, super kampong chicken
Topic: Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture