The effect of binahong leaf meal (Anredera cordifolia (ten.) Steenis) as feed additive on digestive organs profile of broiler chickens

Abstract

Binahong (Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis) is known as an herb plant that has a biofunctional compound and is used for medical treatment. This study aims to determine the effect of binahong leaf meal (BL) on the digestive organs' profile, namely intestinal length and weight (duodenum, jejunum, and ileum), and percentages of liver, heart, and bursal of broiler chickens. A total of one hundred and ninety-two male DOC of broiler were divided into six treatments with four replications, and each replication consisted of 8 birds. The treatment groups were: C (negative control), T: tetracycline 50 ppm (positive control), B1 (1% BLM), B2 (2% BL), B4 (4%), and B8 (8% BL). The data obtained were performed by analysis of variance and followed with Duncan's multiple range test. The results showed that BLM's addition increased to 8%, significantly different (P <0.01), to jejunum length, ileum length, liver and heart weight percentage. Based on our study, it can be concluded that the addition of BLM up to 4% produced the best performance on the broiler's digestive organ profile.