EFFECT OF INCLUDING FERMENTED FEATHER MEAL AS SUBTITUTIOUN OF CONCENTRATE IN DIET ON DIGESTIBILITY PROTEIN AND BETN OF PIGS

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluat effect of including fermented feather meal (FFM) in basal diet as substitution of concentrate KGP-709 on digestibility protein and BETN of starter pigs. There were 16 landrace crossbred pigs 2-3 months old with 6-19 kg (average 13.59 kg; CV= 29.59%) initial body weight used in the study. Trial method used is a method experiment and used complete block design 4 treatments with 4 replicates procedure was applied in the study. The 4 treatment feeds were formulated as: R0: basal diet with 100% concentrate without FFM (control); R1:basal diet with 90% concentrate + 10% FFM; R2: basal diet with 80% concentrate + 20% FFM; and R3: basal diet with 70% concentrate + 30% FFM. Variables evaluated were: intake basal diet, intake protein, digestibility pro- tein, intake BETN and digestibility BETN. Statistical analysis shows there were not significant (P>0.05) on research variable but gave elatively the same effect on each treatment. Concluded in this reaserch is concentrate KGP-709 in the diet could be replaced with FFM because it gave relatively the same results as the control.