Pengaruh Pemberian Tepung Ikan Lokal dan Impor terhadap Pertambahan Bobot Badan, Tingkah Laku Seksual, dan Produksi Semen Kambing Kacang
Abstract
This research was aimed to compare quality of local fish meal and imported ones, mainly in term of their
effects on daily weight gain, feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen production of Kacang goat bucks. Fifteen
bucks were allotted to Randomized Block Design with three treatments and 5 replications. Treatment A was concentrate
containing 14.10% soy bean meal and 0.90% urea, treatment B and C were concentrate containing 15% of local and
imported fish meal, respectively. Each buck was put in individual cage, fed on elephant grass ad libitum and the concentrate
of 1.50% body weight. Variables measured were daily weight gain, feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen
production. Semen was collected twice a week for 8 weeks. The results showed that feeding concentrate either containing
local fish meal (treatment B) or imported fish meal (treatment C) gave no significantly different effect on daily weight gain,
feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen production. However both treatments gave better effect on the variables
than those feeding concentrate containing soy bean meal and urea (treatment A). Based on these results, it could be
concluded that quality of local fish meal was not significantly different from imported ones. Thus, it can be used to argue
the perception of fish meal consumers that quality of local fish meal is lower than imported ones.
effects on daily weight gain, feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen production of Kacang goat bucks. Fifteen
bucks were allotted to Randomized Block Design with three treatments and 5 replications. Treatment A was concentrate
containing 14.10% soy bean meal and 0.90% urea, treatment B and C were concentrate containing 15% of local and
imported fish meal, respectively. Each buck was put in individual cage, fed on elephant grass ad libitum and the concentrate
of 1.50% body weight. Variables measured were daily weight gain, feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen
production. Semen was collected twice a week for 8 weeks. The results showed that feeding concentrate either containing
local fish meal (treatment B) or imported fish meal (treatment C) gave no significantly different effect on daily weight gain,
feed efficiency, sexual performance, and semen production. However both treatments gave better effect on the variables
than those feeding concentrate containing soy bean meal and urea (treatment A). Based on these results, it could be
concluded that quality of local fish meal was not significantly different from imported ones. Thus, it can be used to argue
the perception of fish meal consumers that quality of local fish meal is lower than imported ones.
Keywords
Fish meal, local, goat