Ginger (Kaempferia galanga L) Supplementation to Shorten Broiler Production Period

Abstract

Consumers increasingly prefer to buy broiler weighted approximately one kg.  In this study broiler chicks were feed with commercial diet, which composed from corn, soybean, fishmeal, rice bran, dicalcium phosphate, vitamins minerals mixture (premix) and palm oil. The diet contained approximately 20.33 % of crude protein and 3100 Kcal/kg of metabolizable energy.  The ginger meal was mixed into the diet according to the treatments i.e P₁ (0 %), P₂ (0.02%), P₃ (0.04 %), P₄ (0.08 %) and P₅ (0.16 %). The results showed that the total feed intake of P₅ (1,808.4 g) and P₂ (1,846.5 g) was significantly (P<0.05) less than those of P₁ (1,966.5 g). Birds of P₅ achieved one kg body weight within 26 days, P₂ (27 days) and P₃ (27 days) was significantly (P<0.05) less than those compared with birds of P₄ (29 hari) and P₁ (30 hari). The feed conversion of P₅ (1.81) was also better than (P<0.05) that of P₁ (1.97), while the Income over Feed and Chick Cost was Rp 1,658.78 (P₅); Rp 1,568.06 (P₂); Rp 1,426.54 (P₃);   Rp 1,280.45 (P₁) and Rp 1,195.95 (P₄). (Animal Production 8(1): 59-63 (2006)

 

Key Words : Kaempferia galanga L, Broiler