Kandungan Vitamin A, C dan Kolesterol Telur Ayam yang Diberi Mengkudu (Morindra citrifolia) dalam Ransum

Abstract

Morinda citrifolia known as a medicinal plant that can decrease cholesterol in human blood. The research was designed to evaluate the effect of Morinda citrifolia in laying hens diet on egg quality. A Completely Randomized Design was used to analyze the data obtained from this research. One hundred and fourty seven layers were divided into 7 treatment groups with 3 replications and 7 hens in each replicate. Seven treatment diets were diet with 0% Morindra (R0); diet with 3% Morindra leaf meal (R1); diet with 6% Morindra leaf meal (R2); diet with 9% Morindra leaf meal (R3); diet with 3% Morindra juice (R4); diet with 6% Morindra juice (R5); and diet with 9% Morindra juice (R6). The parameters observed were age maturity, feed consumption, egg production, feed conversion, egg yolk colour, egg yolk cholesterol and egg yolk vitamin A and vitamin C. The results of this research showed that the age maturity, egg production, feed conversion, egg weight, egg yolk colour and egg yolk cholesterol were significantly different (P<0.05) for all treatment diets. Feed consumption was not significantly different for all treatment diets. This research showed that 9% Morindra leaf meal (R3) in the diet gave the best performance and the best quality of eggs than the other treatment groups because it contained the highest vitamin A and the lowest cholesterol in the egg yolk.