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The replacer of Antibiotic Growth Promoter (AGP) is essential in poultry since its use has been banned in 2018. The search of locally available alternative AGP replacer is important because currently the replacer products are imported. The use of essential oil from clove oil is potential to be elaborated. The current research is aimed to examine the effect of clove oil level in the feed of Indonesia hybrid duck on carcass weight and its physical quality characteristics. This experiment used 120 Day Old Ducks allotted to 4 treatments namely P0 as control feed+ virginiamycin, P1 control feed+ 200 ppm clove oil, P2 control feed + 400 ppm clove oil, and P3 control feed + 600 ppm clove oil. Each treatment was repeated 5 times. While they were raised until 7 weeks of age, feed and water were provided ad libitum. The variables measured were carcass weight, carcass parts (breast, leg, wing and fore and hind quarter weights), Water content, Water Holding Capacity (WHC) and cooking loss. The data subjected to ANOVA statistical analysis, if significant result obtained then continued with Duncan Multiple Range Test. The results showed in Table 1 indicated that no significant effect (P>0.05) was found on replacement of antibiotic with clove essential oil toward carcass and its parts weights as well as physical quality of carcass of hybrid duck. It is then concluded that the use of clove essential oil might replace the role of antibiotic in hybrid duck nutrition.