Pemanfaatan Tepung Kulit Pisang Sebagai Sumber Energi Alternatif dalam Ransum Terhadap Performans Itik Raja

Abstract

This study was aimed to determine the effect of banana peels as energy source in the
diet on the performance of king duck, those were feed intake, body weight gain, final body
weight, feed conversio, and Income Over Feed and Duck Cost (IOFDC). Research method in
this study was completely randomized design (CRD) with four treatments and five replications.
Each replication consisted of three ducks, thus ducks used in this study was 60 head. Treatments
in this experiment were KP0 (Without starchy banana skin (control) in the ration, KP1 = feed
containing 12% flour banana peel in the ration, KP2 = feed containing 24% flour banana peel
in the ration, and KP3 = feed containing 36% flour banana peel in the ration. The use of
banana peels flour in treatment KP1 was effective as indicated by feed consumption, body
weight gain, liveweight, and feed conversion. However, the highest weight gain and liveweight
were obtained from control treatment, that were 758.67 and 1106.67 g / head, respectively.