Performance of Etawah Crossbred Goat Fed Different Types of Probiotics
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Indonesian Center for Animal Science Research and Development (ICARD)
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The research was conducted to evaluate different types of probiotics on the performance of Etawah crossbred goats that fed. This research was carried out for 4 months, used 28 goats with the average body weight of 26.40 ± 4.97 kg. The study was arranged in a completely randomized design with 7 treatments and 4 replications. Goats were divided and fed with one of the treatments as follows: P0: only forage, according to the farmer’s way; P1: feed equal to P0 + 5cc probiotic Bio-Cas/head/day; P2: feed equal to P0 + 5 grams of probiotic Probion/head/day; P3: feed equal to P0 + 5 grams of probiotic Bioplus/head/day; P4: feed equal to P1+300 grams of rice bran/head/day; P5: feed equal to P2+300 grams of rice bran/head/day; P6: feed equal P3+300 grams of rice bran/head/day. Variables of initial body weight, final body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were observed. The study indicated that goats of P1, P2 and P3 had a significantly higher body weight gain by 108.58, 85.05 and 105.65% (P<0.05) compared with P0, respectively. Body weight gain of goat P5 was similar (P>0.05) to other probiotic treatments but was significantly higher (171.39%) than that of P0 goat. Similarly, goat of P6 and P4 was significantly higher body weight gain (126.60 and 113.70%, respectively) than P0 goats. This study suggests that treatment P5 resulted in the highest body weight gain. In the economic analysis, goats given treatment of P1 provided the highest level of benefit.
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Goat; Probiotics; Performance