Evaluation Of Feed Additive Liquid Nano Herbal Extract In Mash Form and Protected As a Feed Supplement To The Appearance Of Laying Hen Production
Lukman Hakim Ahmad Suwito1), Osfar Sjofjan2), Yuli Frita Nuningtyas2), Feri Eko Hermanto2), Filoza Marwi2), Muhammad Halim Natsir2)*

1). Student of Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
2). Lecturer of Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang 65145, Indonesia
Email: *emhanatsir[at]ub.ac.id

Abstract

This study aims to determine the evaluation of the addition of feed additives of liquid nano extracts (ginger, turmeric and teak leaves) in mash and protected form as well as probiotics on the appearance of laying hen production. This study used as many as 400 laying hens of the Isa Brown strain which were raised for 21 days, with a chicken age of 52 - 54 weeks. The feed given is in the form of mash in a restricted manner.The method used in this study is an in vivo study with a nested Complete Random Design (RAL) consisting of two factors, namely mash liquid nano extract (B1) and protected liquid nano extract (B2), each factor has 5 levels of addition, namely L0 :p basalt without the addition of feed additives, L1: basalt feed + 0.2% feed additives, L2: basal feed + 0.4% feed additive, L3: basal feed + 0.6% feed additive, L4: basal feed + 0.8% feed additive, each level of addition consists of 4 replicates. The data was analyzed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and if there was a significant influence, it would be followed by a DMRT test. The variables measured were Feed Conversion Ratio, Hen Day Production, Hen housed Production, Egg Weight and Egg Mass. The results of this study showed that the effect of adding feed additives had no significant effect (P>0.05) on Feed Conversion Ratio, Hen Day Production, Hen Cage Production, egg mass and egg weight. The results of this study show that the effect of adding feed additives has a very significant influence (P<0.01) on feed conversion, HDP, HHP and egg mass. The addition of liquid nano extract in protected form at the level of 0.8% is the best alternative in increasing the productivity of laying hens compared to liquid nano extract in the form of mash.

Keywords: Laying Hens, Production Appearance, Probiotics.

Topic: Feed Resources and Technology