Evaluation of Local Feed in Broiler Diets in Small Scale Farm in Palu Central Sulawesi

Abstract

Feed is the basic component that plays an important role in poultry industry. The cost of feed were taken more high cost than other aspects. Poultry feed companies are required to provide feed at a cheaper price with the use of local feed ingredients as a base feedstuffs in the preparation of the diets formula. Besides, feed manufacturers also are expected to produce good quality feed at affordable prices. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the use of diets by used local feedstuff as an ingredients of base material feed on growth performance, feed e ciency, and carcass yield of broiler chickens. The experiment was conducted in small scale farm in Pengawu Tatanga District Palu Central Sulawesi. The experiment was used 360 day old chicks (DOC) broiler strain CP 909. That chicks was reared in small scale farm with divided in two blocks treatment i.e. treatment with applied local feed (block 1) and treatment with applied commercial feed (block 2) as a control diets. Each treatment was used 180 chicks that placed in 6 plots stages with 30 chicks for each plot and its were reared up to 5 weeks old. Observed variable were growth performance (body weigh, gain, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio), feed e ciency (e ciency utilization of feed, income over feed and chick cost), carcass yields (carcass dressed, carcass components, abdominal fat pad). Data were calculated and analyzed by t-test in SPSS 17 program. Results of the experiment was showen no signi cant effects on growth performance (body weight, gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio), feed ef ciency, and carcass yields. However, the treatment was affected signi cantly different (P <0.05) on slaughter weigh and wings components parts. In uenced also in highly signi cant (P <0.01) different on abdominal fat and income over feed and chick cost of the two treatments. The use of local feed as a basic ingredients of ration in broiler small scale farm resulted relatively the same response with the use of commercial diets. An excess of use local feed is more cheaper than commercial diets, available all years needed, and increasing income farmer as a results of a declined the feed prices.