Pengaruh Penggunaan Fermentasi Tepung Daun Kelor dengan Cairan Rumen Sapi terhadap Kecernaan Bahan Kering dan Bahan Organik Puyuh Petelur (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Abstract

M. AULIA RIZKINTA SITEPU. Effect of Moringa Leaf Flour (Moringa Oleifera L.) Fermentation with Cow Rumen Fluid on Dry Matter Digestibility and Organic Matter Digestibility of Laying Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). (Supervised by EDHY MIRWANDHONO and USMAN BUDI). Moringa leaf flour is a plant that contains good nutrients and high levels of antinutrients. One effort to degrade crude fiber and detoxify antinutrients is through fermentation with cow rumen fluid. This study aims to determine the effect of using fermented moringa leaf flour with cow rumen fluid on dry matter digestibility and organic matter digestibility of laying quail. This study was conducted at the Animal Husbandry Study Program and Research Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra from February to April 2024. The design used was a completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 5 replications, where each replication contained 5 laying quail. The treatments consisted of P0 (100% basal feed), P1 (96% basal feed + 4% fermented moringa leaf flour), P2 (92% basal feed + 8% fermented moringa leaf flour), and P3 (88% basal feed + 12% fermented moringa leaf flour. The results showed that the addition of fermented moringa leaf flour with cow rumen fluid in the feed had a highly significant effect (P<0.01) on dry matter and organic matter digestibility in laying quail. The best treatment was obtained at P2 with a fermentation level of 8%