Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LX
Written by Tuti WIDJASTUTI, Iwan SETIAWAN, ABUN
Sentul chicken is recognized as a dual purpose local chicken breed and it is very potential because it growth rapidly and it has high eggs productivity. They are able to adapt to the environment and it remains productive even thoughthe diets given are low of quality, and they resist to diseases and the husbandry of the does not require a special skill. One of the alternative to improve eggs quality is by giving the ration added with a Turmeric (Curcuma domestica Val) meal. Turmeric is one of the medicinal plants used as an herbal medicine containing atsiri oil (volatile oil) and curcuminoid. The aim of this research was to evaluate the hen-day production and thequality of Sentul’s egg added turmeric meal in the ration. Sixty Sentul Chickens at 42 weeks of age were used. The data were analyzed using a Completely Randomized Design consisted of four treatments, which were 0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 percent of turmeric meal, and each treatment was repeated five times. The statistical analysis indicated that the effect of the addition of turmeric meal (Curcuma domestica, Val) in ration was significant (P0.05) on yolk index, Haugh unit value and shell thickness. All and all the use of turmeric meal in the ration of Sentul chicken up to 0.2 percent support the high quality egg formation, and theaddition of 0.3 percent turmeric into Sentul chicken’s ration have positive effect on egg yolk color.
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