Weight Gain of Young Bali Cows Given Feed Quality
Ni Made Ayu Gemuh Rasa Astiti and Ni Ketut Sri Rukmini

Universitas Warmadewa Denpasar

Abstract

Bali cattle are known to have good genetics. It is necessary to conduct research on Weight Gain of Young Bali Cows Given Quality Feed. The research was conducted in the Abiansemal Badung Strait Village. The cattle used were 6 male Bali cows with an average age of 1 year with an average body weight around 90 96 kgg, which were fed elephant grass and bran with a ratio of 3: 0.5 from dry matter, without EM4 in water. drink treatment A, while treatment B with the addition of 5 ml / liter Em4 drinking water. The research was conducted using an experimental method consisting of 2 treatments and 3 replications. Feed consumption in treatment A 3.21 kg / day and treatment B 3.40 kg / day. The results of the Ttest analysis showed that the consumption of treatment B was higher at 0.19 kg / head / day. on the consumption of dry matter feed in treatment A, this is due to the protein content in drinking water filled with Em4 so that the level of animal preference for the feed given is higher. Where one of the functions of Em4 is to increase the palatabality of ruminants. The average feed conversion in this study was treatment A 7.6 and treatment B 6.2. The figures in treatment A illustrate that Bali cattle in this study consume 7.6 kg of dry matter to increase their body weight 1 kg. Whereas in treatment B requires as much as 6.2 kg of feed to increase 1 kg of body weight. The conversion rate in treatment B was lower than treatment A, meaning that Bali cows that consumed drinking water supplied with EM4 resulted in a more efficient conversion than treatment A. The conversion in treatment B was lower than treatment A, meaning that Bali cows that consumed drinking water supplied with EM4 produces a more efficient conversion than treatment A. Addition of EM4 in drinking water for one year old bulls can increase daily body weight and reduce ration consumption, and be more efficient in using rations.

Keywords: Feed Efficiency, Ration Consumption, Weight Gain, Bali Cattle.

Topic: Menggali Potensi Lokasi Sebagai Keunggulan Daya Saing Masyarakat