Blood frofile and productivity of male bali duck fed different oils as an energy source

Summary

Livestock consume rations
aimed at meeting energy needs. Cattle will stop eating if their energy needs
are fulfilled. Oil is an energy source for animal feed which is already
femiliar used by breeders in preparing rations. The use of oil in the feed can
reduce dusty conditions in the feed and can increase the palatability of the
feed. Oil as an energy source there are several types with different nutrient
content, micronutrients that are very useful such as omega 3 and there are even
some oil sources containing substances that can pay for livestock and
consumers. Oil as an energy source that can be used in preparing ration
formulations include: coconut oil, used cooking oil, pig oil and fish oil. This
study aims to conduct a study of the use of various kinds of oil as an energy
source in ducks. The target to be achieved in research is to obtain oil as an
energy source that is able to produce productivity and carcass quality that is
categorized as good.

The design used in this
study was a Completely Randomized Design (CRD), with five treatment rations and
4 groups of ducks as replications so that there were 20 experimental units.
Each experimental unit uses 5 ducks so that the number of ducks used is 100.
The treatment of the ration in this study were: ducks fed with no oil (R0),
using 3% coconut oil (R1), using 3% used cooking oil (R2), using 3% pork oil
(R3), using 3% fish oil (R4). The variables observed in this study were: Duck
performance which included: final body source consumption, weight gain, feed conversion,
energy consumption and protein consumption. Blood profile includes: hemoglobin,
erythrocytes, platelets, blood fat, LDL, HDL and blood cholesterol, carcass
variables, namely carcass weight, carcass percentage, carcass commercial cut,
carcass physical composition, meat bone ratio.

The expectation of
researchers is to be able to provide information on oil that can increase duck
productivity and produce good quality carcasses. Researchers also hope to
improve the welfare of farmers.