A Dietary Inclusion Made of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Leaf Powder in Feeding toward the Performance and Carcass Quality of Local Chickens

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the performance and carcass quality of local chickens given by dietary inclusion, composing of papaya (Carica papaya L.) leaf powder. The experimental free-range chickens used 200 chickens, by the age of 16 weeks and average body weight of 780.58±9.34 gr. Feed was made from corn, rice bran, fish flour, concentrate, and papaya leaves. The research applied Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 8 replications. The treatments comprised of R0 = 100% based diet (BD) + 0 % papaya leaf powder (PLP), R1 = 97% BD + 3 % PLP, R2 = 94 % BD + 6 % PLP, R3 = 91 % BD + 9 % PLP, and R4 = 88 % BD + 12 % PLP. Parameters were final weight, carcass weight, and carcass percentage. The result showed that feather performance and carcass quality were not significantly different (P 0.05) against final weight (gr), carcass weight (gr) and carcass percentage (%). In conclusion, papaya leaf can be used as dietary component in feeding to improve carcass quality without negative impact on performance of productive local chickens.