Effect of Addition Fermented Herbal Dregs as Feed Additive on Quality External of Quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) Devita Amelia (a), and Osfar Sjofjan (b)
a) Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
*dvtmly_[at]student.ub.ac.id
b) Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the addition fermented herbal dregs on the external quality of quail eggs. This material used 200 quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) starting from 35 days old quail given the addition of herbal dregs as a feed additive with different feeding composition. Maintenance time and data collection were carried out for 45 days. The methods were conducted experimentally using the complete randomized design (CRD) method with 5 treatments and 4 replicates to determine the effect of the addition herbal dregs fermented feed additives on the external quality of quail eggs. The treatments implemented differed only in the levels of herbal dregs mixed with basal feed T0 = Control Treatment, T1 = Basal feed + 0.25% fermented herbal dregs, T2 = Basal feed + 0.50% fermented herbal dregs, T3 = Basal feed + 0.75% fermented herbal dregs, P4 = Basal feed + 1.0% fermented herbal dregs. The variables measured were egg weight, egg length, egg width, egg index, specific gravity, and quail egg shell thickness Data were analyze by complete random design and DMRT. The results showed that the addition of fermented herbal pulp did not give a significant effect (P>0.05) on egg weight, egg length, egg width, egg index, egg gravity, and egg shell thickness. The use 1,0% herbal dregs fermentation give the best effect of external quality of quail.
Keywords: Quail, Feed Additive, Fermentation of Herbal Dregs, External Quality of Eggs
