Tofu Dregs Fermentation with Effective Microorganism-4 (EM-4) and its Implications to the Performance Ranks of Chicken Broiler+

Mihrani; Abdulmalik AlHajj

doi:10.55927/pagw1e23

Authors

Mihrani Department of Agriculture, Makassar State University Author
Abdulmalik AlHajj Department of Beacon Development, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/pagw1e23

Keywords:

Tofu Dregs, Consumption, Weight Gain, Conversion Body, Broiler Chicken Rations

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of the addition of fermented tofu dregs with EM-4 in ration consumption, weight gain, and conversion of broiler chicken ration. The material used in this research is 75 broiler chickens that are not distinguished by gender. R0 = Ration control, R1 = Ration 5% Tofu fermented tofu, 95% commercial ration, R2 = Ration 10% Tofu fermented, 90% Rations Commercial, R3 = Ration 15% Tofu fermented tofu, 85% Commercial ration, R4 = Ration 20% Tofu fermented tofu, 80% Commercial ration. The method used is a Completely Randomized Design (RAL) consisting of 5 treatments and 5 replications so it takes 25 units of cages, each unit of a cage containing 3 chickens so required 75 broiler chickens. The data generated were analyzed using statistical analysis if there were significant differences in Duncan's multiple tests. The observed variables included feed intake, weight gain, and ration conversion. The results showed that the addition of tofu dregs fermentation with EM-4 did not give a significant effect (P> 0.05) on the consumption of ration to 20% while, the ration conversion was not significantly different (P <0.5) to 15 percent but significantly different (P <0.5) with 20 percent

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