Improvement of the Quality of Duck’s and Chicken’s Meat Using African Leaf (Vernonia amygdalina)

Abstract

Animal product with high body weight and low cholesterol will improve the quality of the product. This study aims to determine the response of male local duck and broiler chickens, which are given African leaf meal (ALM) in their rations, to body weight and blood lipid content. The treatment that will be given is the level of ALM usage as many as 5 levels (0%; 0.5%; 1.0%; 1.5% and 2.0%). The treatments were analyzed by completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 replications. The treatment given to 100 broilers which is reared from the age of 8 days to 35 days. As well as 80 local male ducks. The results showed that increasing of ALM usage, will increase body weight gain of male duck and broiler, about 4,23 % at ALM 1,5 % usage. Likewise, the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) was high significantly better (P <0.01). Blood lipid content was reduced about 20,37 % at the 1.5% ALM level (P <0.01). The use of ALM 1,5 % level can improve the quality of meat male duck and broiler, because it produces weight gain higher and lowering the lipid content, in order to create a source of healthy food.