Pengaruh cekaman puasa terhadap performans ayam petelur

Abstract

The purpose of this study to study the influence of fasting stress on performance of laying hens. The research used 180 medium type chickens, strain Dekalb Warren, aged 84 weeks old. The research applied 2x2x2 factors and used complete randomized design in 5 times replications with 4 chickens for each repeat. The first factor was water supplying and without water supply. The second factor was the duration of no feeding for 10 and 5 days. The third factor was the amount of feed given during recovery period, that was 50% and 25% of the normal consumption. So, the total of the treatment of forced molting program applied were 9 treatments. Data obtained were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), orthogonal comparison test. This study showed that fasting stress could increase the performance of laying hens significantly.