Utilization of industrial waste banana chips in feed towards morphometrics and characteristics of thin-tailed sheep carcass

Abstract

This study aimed at the biomass of industrial waste banana chips as animal feed and its effects on morphometric size and carcass characteristics. Research materials in the form of 20 male thin tailed sheep were fed by (P0): 40% of industrial waste banana chips without fermentation in the ration, (P1): 20%, (P2): 40% and (P3): 60% of fermented industrial waste banana chips in ration. This study used a complete randomized design with 4 treatments and 5 replications. The results showed that the use of industrial waste from banana chips as a thin-tailed sheep feed had a very significant effect (P<0.01) on the morphometry size of the sheep body. Likewise in the assessment of carcass quality, the use of industrial waste banana chips as feed had a very significant effect (P<0.01) on the thickness GR or the thickness of longissimus dorsi muscle on rib 12 and the thickness of back fat, but it did not affect the conformation score, kidney fat score, and subcutaneous fat scores. It is recommended to use 40% of fermented biomass of industrial waste banana chips in the ration (P2) because it had the best results on the morphometric characteristics and the quantitative thin-tailed sheep carcass.