The Effects of Functional Feed Additive Probiotic and Phytogenicin Rations on the Performance of Local Ducks

Abstract

The research aims to study the use of functional feed additive probiotic and phytogenic in rations on the performance of local duck.The study used 80heads local duck 8-16 weeks old grower phase. The study was conducted byexperimental method, using acompletely randomized design with 4 treatments of rations and 4 replications(5 ducks/pen).The with 4 treatment rations:R1 (basal diet/control), R2 (basal diet+ phytogenic0.4%); R3 (basal diet + probiotic 108 CFU); R4 (basal diet + phytogenic0.4% + probiotic 108 CFU).The observed variableswere:feed consumption, body weight gain, final body weight, feed conversion, and mortality.Data was analyzed by using one-way analysis of variance then continued with Duncan test.The results showed that the use of functional feed additive probiotic and phytogenic gave a positive response to the performance of local duck grower phase. The use of functional feed additive probiotic and phytogenic in ration significantly affect (P<0,05) feed consumption, body weight gain, final body weight and ration conversion, but no significant affect on ration mortality. It was concluded that the use of functional feed additive phytogenicand probiotic could serve as a source of feed additive in local duck ration and able to increase performance of local duck.