Utilization of water hyacinth, palm fronds and fermented sago dregs with the addition of digestive enzyme for the growth of young male Aceh cattle

Abstract

This research was carried out at the Animal Husbandry Field Laboratory of Syiah Kuala University, Rukoh, Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh. The time for conducting the research is from 26 June 2022 to 13 April 2023. The material used in this research is 4 young male Acehnese cattle aged 1.5 years with an average body weight of 170 kg. The experimental design used was a 4 × 4 Latin Square Design (RBSL) with a length of each period of 21 days and an adaptation period of 7 days. The feed treatments for this study were: P0 (100% basal feed), P1 (80% basal feed + 20% fermented feed + 0.03% digestive enzyme), P2 (65% basal feed + 35% fermented feed + 0 digestive enzyme, 02%), and P3 (Basal Feed 50% + Fermented Feed 50% + digestive enzyme 0.01%). The research parameters observed consisted of daily body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion of young male Acehnese cattle.