Effects of Andaliman (Zantoxylumachantopodium, DC) Supplementation on Broiler Immunity

Abstract

The research aimed to effect of andaliman fruit flour (AFF) supplementation in the ration on broiler immunity. This study used 80 broiler strains of CP 707 (charoenpokhphand Indonesia) who were given a treatment ration starting at 3 days with an average body weight of 71.28 ± 3.07 g/bird and terminated on day 30. This research was conducted in July to August 2019 at the Mix Farm Experience Faculty of Animal Science UM-Tapsel. A completely randomized design (CRD) with four treatments and four replication and five birds in each replication was used in this experiment. Dietary treatments were: P1 = basal ration + 0% AFF (control); P2 = basal ration + 0.25% AFF supplementation; P3 = basal ration + 0.50% AFF supplementation; P4 = basal ration + 0.75% AFF supplementation. Variables measured were broiler immunity by the weight of the thymus and bursa fabricius. The results showed that AFF supplementation in diet a significant effect on the weight of the bursafabricius (P <0.05) and no significant effect on the weight of the thymus. Supplementation of 0.50% AFF in diet showed that highest level of immunity based on the average weight of the bursa fabricius (0.0350 ± 0.001) compared to AFF supplementation (0.0120 ± 0.006), supplementation 0.25% AFF (0.0095 ± 0.0015), and supplementation 0.75% andaliman (0.0255 ± 0.0055). The conclusion of this study was that supplementation of AFF 0.50% in the diet increased broiler immunity.