The Evaluation of Wafer Feed Supplement Containing Leucaena Leaf on Pasundan Calves

Abstract

Beef imports began to be restricted, resulting in increased production of local calves beef encouraged to be improved. As an example of the development of local livestock is Pasundan Cattle as an indigenous cattle in West Java. Livestock productivity required a variety of factors, one of which is the quality of feed. Limitation of livestock productivity in several areas in Indonesia are low quality of feed, restricted of forage especially in dry season. A feed processing technology that might be adopted by to farmers the feed of wafers. Feed wafer processing technology is easy and cheap, and easily to stored, and easily given to livestock. The aim of this research to assess the effect of wafer feed supplement containing Leucaena leaf on the production of Pasundan calves. The research was conducted at Laboratory of Feed Industry, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University and animal conducted on Ciamis, West Java, Indonesia. The average body weight in range 99 ± 20 kg. The design used was a randomized block design with 4 treatments and 5 blocks as replication consisting of T0 = control, T1 = conventional feed + 5% wafer feed supplement, T2 = conventional feed + 10% wafer feed supplement and T3 = conventional feed + 15% wafer feed supplement. Parameters were consumption of dry matter and protein, average body weight, final body weight and blood haematology profile. The average daily weight gain by giving 10% of wafer feed supplement to pasundan calves is 58% most highest than other treatment. Final body weight of local calves by giving 10% of wafer supplement most higest than other treatment. The final body weight by giving 10% of wafer supplement around 14% higher than giving conventional feed.