The effect of leucaena leaf meal (Leucaena leucocephala) fermented by Bacillus laterosporus and Trichoderma viride in the ration on performance of Pitalah ducks

Abstract

Here we try to determine the effect of fermented leucaena leaf meal in the ration of Pitalah ducks. The research design used Randomized Completely Block of Design (RCBD) with 7 treatments, 3 replications and each replication consist of 6 laying duck. The treatment of this research were RO (control), R1 (10% leucaena leaf meal without fermentation), R2 (10% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Bacillus laterosporus), R3 (20% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Bacillus laterosporus), R4 (10% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Trichoderma viride), R5 (20% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Trichoderma viride), R6 (10% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Bacillus laterosporus+10% leucaena leaf meal fermented by Trichoderma viride). Parameter which are observed like: feed consumption, egg production, egg weight and feed conversion. The results showed that the ration treatment influenced different highly significant (p<0.01) for feed consumption, egg weight and egg mass ration treatment but influenced different significantly (p<0.05) on egg production and feed conversion treatment. The use of the product leucaena leaf fermentation with Trichoderma viride and Bacillus laterosporus as much as 20% in Pitalah ducks rations and R2 treatment increase feed consumption (897.47g/bird/week), egg production (59.66%), egg weight 56.23 g/grain, egg mass (234.86g/head/week) and feed conversion (3.58 for R6 treatment). Treatment ration (R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6) is better than control ration and can improve performance of Pitalah ducks. © Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2013.