Penggunaan Tepung Daun Jati (Tectona grandiss. Linn. f.) dalam Ransum Terhadap Kualitas Telur Puyuh Coturnix coturnix japonica.

Abstract

Quail eggs are poultry products that can be used as an alternative of protein source by animal. Therefore, it was necessary to find a methode to improve production and the quality of quail eggs. This research was aimed to evaluate levels of utilization Tectona grandiss Linn. f. (tecton) leaves meal in ration to the quality of quail eggs (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The experiment used 180 head of quails aged 40 days and the quails were grouped according to the feeding treatments into four treatments and three replicates. The treatments were R0 (control), R1 (control with 3% tecton leaves meal), R2 (control with 6% tecton leaves meal), and R3 (control with 9% tecton leaves meal). The experiment was conducted using Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The parameters observed were egg quality. The result of this research showed that egg weight, albumen weight, yolk weight, egg shell weight, and haugh unit were significant difference (P>0.05), but shell thickness, and yolk color were not significant. Utilization of Tectona grandis Linn. f. leaves meal up to 6% can increased the quality of quails egg.