Effectiveness of Ruminant Feed Formula from the Fermented Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) to Produce the High Level Protein of Goat Meat

摘要

The objectives of this research are to find the weight gain of the goat that was given this feed formulas and the protein content of goat meat after ten days application of the feed formulas. In this research we have applied three kinds of feed formulas to three groups of the goat.The nutritional value of the feed formulas was measured by proximate test. After ten days application of the feed fomulas, the weight gain of the goat biomass and protein content of goat muat was measured. The weight gain of goats that is given feed formula I and II was the same, 2,01 kg permonth and the weight gain of goats with feed formula III is 2.13 kg per month. On the other hand, the weight gain of the goat with the conventional feed is 1.5 kg per month. In addition to this, the meat protein content of goat that is given three kinds feed formulas was made in this researchwere feed formula I = 17.0198%, feed formula II = 18.2870%, feed formula III = 18.8037%. The meat protein contains of goat with the conventional feed is 16.6%. Generally, all three types of feed formulas are made in this research have high nutritional value and can trigger weight gain betterthan that conventional feed. The feed formula III is the best feed formula to increase the goat body weight and the goat meat protein percentage increase about 1–1.5%.