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Test the Digestibility Feed with Addition of Chicken Feather Meal Fermented by Fungus Isolates from Soil Chicken Cage
Nurjama’yah br. ketaren1*, Zulfikar Siregar2 and Hasanuddin3
1Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al- Azhar University Medan, Medan 20142, Indonesia
2Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra, Medan 20155, Indonesia
3Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Faculty of Agricultural, University of North Sumatra, Medan 20155,Indonesia
2Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra, Medan 20155, Indonesia
3Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Faculty of Agricultural, University of North Sumatra, Medan 20155,Indonesia
Nurjama’yah br. ketaren et al /Int.J. TechnoChem Res. 2021,7(1),pp 13-23.
Abstract
Chicken feather meal from waste chicken feathers. Chicken feather is a waste from
a Chicken Piece House (RPA). Chicken feather waste have the potential to be used because
have a high protein content of 80-90%. But waste chicken feathers have a low digestibility
because it contains 8.8% of the keratin protein content. The use of chicken feather meal as
animal feed in this study should be through touch fermentation technology with fungus isolates
from soil chicken cage. The aim of this study was to test the digestibility feed with the addition
of chicken feather meal fermented by fungus isolates from soil chicken cage. This research was
carried out by isolating the fungus from soil chicken cage to get a fungus isolates from soil
chicken cage capable of degrading keratin in the chicken feather. Fungus isolates obtained are
used to fermentation chicken feather meal and then analyzed the protein content after
fermentation. Chicken feather protein content after fermentation was tested using a completely
randomized design (CRD) non factorial with 4 treatments and 3 ulangan. Chicken feather meal
that has been fermented with some fungus isolates from soil chicken cage used as broiler
chicken feed and chicken growth measurement (feed consumption, body weight gain and feed
conversion) and feed digestibility coefficients. The results of research showed that fungus
isolate from soil chicken cage better able to increase the protein content of chicken feather meal
after fermentation is a fungus isolate inoculum Penicillium sp with as much as 3% with a
chicken feather meal protein content of 90.90 %%, the growth of broiler chickens (feed
consumption amounting to 415.6 gr / head / week, body weight gain of 230, 75 gr / head / week
and feed conversion of 1.8) and feed digestibility coefficient of 28, 89%.
a Chicken Piece House (RPA). Chicken feather waste have the potential to be used because
have a high protein content of 80-90%. But waste chicken feathers have a low digestibility
because it contains 8.8% of the keratin protein content. The use of chicken feather meal as
animal feed in this study should be through touch fermentation technology with fungus isolates
from soil chicken cage. The aim of this study was to test the digestibility feed with the addition
of chicken feather meal fermented by fungus isolates from soil chicken cage. This research was
carried out by isolating the fungus from soil chicken cage to get a fungus isolates from soil
chicken cage capable of degrading keratin in the chicken feather. Fungus isolates obtained are
used to fermentation chicken feather meal and then analyzed the protein content after
fermentation. Chicken feather protein content after fermentation was tested using a completely
randomized design (CRD) non factorial with 4 treatments and 3 ulangan. Chicken feather meal
that has been fermented with some fungus isolates from soil chicken cage used as broiler
chicken feed and chicken growth measurement (feed consumption, body weight gain and feed
conversion) and feed digestibility coefficients. The results of research showed that fungus
isolate from soil chicken cage better able to increase the protein content of chicken feather meal
after fermentation is a fungus isolate inoculum Penicillium sp with as much as 3% with a
chicken feather meal protein content of 90.90 %%, the growth of broiler chickens (feed
consumption amounting to 415.6 gr / head / week, body weight gain of 230, 75 gr / head / week
and feed conversion of 1.8) and feed digestibility coefficient of 28, 89%.
Keywords
Test the Digestibility Feed, Fungus Isolate Soil Chicken Cage, Chicken Feather Meal