This study was conducted to investigate the effect of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seed juice in drinking water on the performance and carcass parameters of broiler chickens. A total of 200 DOC of broilers were used for the research. The experiment utilized a completely randomized design in arrangement of four treatments. Each treatment was divided into 5 replications (10 birds each) drank from 8 to 35 d. The birds were housed in battery cages with ad libitum access to feed and water. The treatments were given cucumber seed juice at different concentrations (0, 10, 20, 30 g per liter water, respectively). During which, feed intake, carcass yield, abdominal fat, giblet, blood LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol were measured. Data were subjected to the analysis of variance test followed by honestly significant difference test. Results showed that the diet with cucumber in drinking water was significantly decreased abdominal fat percentage, and increased blood LDL-cholesterol, and also feed conversion, but were no affected to final body weight, giblet, the value of blood HDL-cholesterol, and kept the good value of carcass percentage. It can be concluded that cucumber seed juice in drinking water could be acceptable up to 30 g per liter water.
The study was conducted to analyze the phytochemicals of basil leaves (Ocimum x citriodorum L.)and to evaluate the effect of basil leaves juice as an additive on nutrient digestibility of broilerchicken diet. This study used 20 male broilers (35 days old). The research parameters werephytochemical, proximate, and digestibility analysis. The data of basil leaves phytochemical andproximate analysis were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The digestibility were analyzed usinga Completely Randomized Design (CRD) by 4 treatments and 5 replications. The research wasconducted for 10 days consisting of 7 days for maintenance period and 3 days for total collectionperiod. The digestibility treatments consisted of 0 mL, 10 mL, 20 mL, and 30 mL basil leaves juice/Ldrinking water. The results showed that giving basil leaves juice had a good effect on nutrientdigestibility of broiler chickens and could be used up to 20 mL/L in drinking water.
The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of gedi leaves (Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik) on blood lipid profiles and carcass quality of broilers. A hundred chickens were allocated to four diet treatments, with 5 replications. The diets were basal diet (R0), 5% GLM (R1), 10% GLM (R2), and 15% GLM (R3). Treatments had no significant effect on total blood cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol, significantly effect on reducing carcass weight and abdominal fat, but recorded no significantly effect on carcass percentage. It can be concluded that adding gedi leaves to broiler diets might provide benefit for functional food.
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