Jurnal Sain Peternakan Indonesia
Vol 18 No 4 (2023)

Effects of Garlic Extract (Allium sativum Linn.) Meal on Feed Efficiency and Immunity of Tropical Chickens

Utami, Merry Muspita Dyah (Unknown)
Pantaya, Dadik (Unknown)
Agus, Ali (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2023

Abstract

Exploring the advantages of medicinal plants encourages research on the effectiveness of medicinal plants as a substitute for antibiotics to stimulate metabolism and immunity and improve the performance and productivity of tropical chickens. This research was conducted to determine the feed efficiency and immunity of tropical chickens fed a basal diet substituted with varying amounts of garlic extract (GE). This study utilized 150 chickens that were grouped into five treatments. Each treatment had three replicates, and each replicate consisted of 10 chickens. The treatment was GE0 = control diet, GE2 = basal diet + GE 2%, GE4 = basal diet + GE 4%, GE6 = basal diet + GE 6%, and GE8 = basal diet + GE 8%. The results showed that adding garlic extract positively affected this research, indicating that garlic extract might improve the feed efficiency and immunity of tropical chickens.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jspi

Publisher

Subject

Veterinary

Description

Jurnal Sain Peternakan Indonesia (JSPI) pISSN 1978 – 3000 dan eISSN 2528 – 7109 adalah majalah ilmiah resmi yang dikeluarkan oleh Jurusan Peternakan Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Bengkulu, sebagai sumbangannya kepada pengembangan Ilmu Peternakan yang diterbitkan dalam Bahasa Indonesia ...