Evaluasi Larutan Asam Kandis (Garcinia xanthocymus) sebagai Acidifier terhadap Performa Ayam Broiler

Abstract

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengevaluasi pengaruh asam organik terhadap kinerja ayam broiler. Sebanyak 300 ekor ayam broiler strain hybro dibagi menjadi empat kelompok. Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari 4 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan. Tiap ulangan terdiri dari 15 ekor ayam. Perlakuan P1, P2, dan P3 diberikan larutan asam kandis sebagai acidifier dengan pH 4, pH 3 dan pH 2 selama 3 minggu (saat ayam berumur 3 sampai 5 mingu). Kelompok control (n=75) mendapat air minum tanpa aditif. Peubah yang diukur adalah konsumsi pakan, konsumsi air, konsumsi asam organik, bobot badan, pertambahan bobot badan, rasio konversi pakan, mortalitas, dan income over feed cost (IOFC). Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) dan jika ada perbedaan yang signifikan maka akan diuji lebih lanjut dengan Uji Duncan menggunakan SPSS 25. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada perbedaan performa yang signifikan antara ayam yang diberi larutan asam kandis dengan derajat keasaman berbeda sampai umur 35 hari(P>0.05). Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini, pemberian larutan asam kandis dengan berbagai pH tidak berdampak negatif pada performa ayam broiler sehingga dapat diaplikasikan.

This study was conducted in order to evaluate effect of organic acids on broiler performance. Totally 300 chickens broiler of hybro strain was devided into four groups. This study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of 4 treatments and 5 replications. Each replication consisted of 15 chickens. Experimental group P1, P2, and P3 received kandis acid solution as acidifier with pH 4, pH 3 dan pH 2 for 3 weeks (broilers from 3 to 5 weeks old). Control group (n=75) received drinking water without any additives. The variables that were measured in the experiment are feed consumption, water consumption, organic acid consumption, body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, mortality, and income over feed cost (IOFC). All the data collected within the present study were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and if there were significant differences further tests needed to performed with Duncan’s multiple range test by SPSS program version 25. There were no significant performance differences among broilers given with different kandis acid solution with different acidity degrees until 35 d of age (P>0.05). From these results, it can be concluded that water with the addition of kandis acid acidifier with different degrees of acidity not provided a negative effect on the performance of broiler chickens so that it can be applied.