The Effect of Natural Pellet Binders and Dosage to Produce Pellet made of Miana Plant (Plectranthus scutellarioides, (L.) R. Br.) as Poultry Feedstuffs
The Effect of Natural Pellet Binders and Dosage to Produce Pellet made of Miana Plant (Plectranthus scutellarioides, (L.) R. Br.) as Poultry Feedstuffs
Maria Endo Mahata1*, Hamdan Sukri Lubis1, Takayuki Ohnuma2, Yose Rizal1
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted to determine the interaction between natural pellet binders and dosage in producing pellet made of Miana plant as poultry feedstuffs. This experiment was administered in a completely randomized design with two factors. The first factor was natural pellet binders composed of brown seaweed Sargassum binderi, taro tubers (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott), and tapioca flour (Manihot utilissima), and the second factor was dosage (1.5; 3; and 4.5%) of natural pellet binders. Each treatment was repeated three times. The measurements were moisture content, stack density, stack compaction density, stack angle, and pellet durability. The results showed no interaction (P>0.05) between the natural pellet binders and dosage on moisture content, stack density, stack compaction density, stack angle, and pellet durability of the Miana plant. Both the first factor (natural pellet binders) and the second factor (dosage) affected moisture content, stack density, stack compaction density, stack angle, and pellet durability highly significantly (P<0.01). In conclusion, the best natural pellet binder to produce pellet made of Miana plant as poultry feedstuffs was tapioca flour with a dosage of 4.5%.
Keywords | Poultry, Miana plant, Natural pellet binder, Physical quality, Pellet
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