Research Article
Improvement of Rumen Degradability to Low-quality Tropical Forage with the Addition of a Complete Supplement
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-1-2018.2284283, author={Ramaiyulis Ramaiyulis and Mardiati Zain and RWS Ningrat and Lili Warly}, title={Improvement of Rumen Degradability to Low-quality Tropical Forage with the Addition of a Complete Supplement}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Multidisciplinary and Its Applications Part 1, WMA-01 2018, 19-20 January 2018, Aceh, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={WMA-1}, year={2019}, month={9}, keywords={complete supplement beef cattle tropical forage rumen degradability condensed tannin}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-1-2018.2284283} }- Ramaiyulis Ramaiyulis
Mardiati Zain
RWS Ningrat
Lili Warly
Year: 2019
Improvement of Rumen Degradability to Low-quality Tropical Forage with the Addition of a Complete Supplement
WMA-1
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-1-2018.2284283
Abstract
The low productivity of beef cattle is primarily due to the low rumen degradability of forage ration. This study aims to determine the level of addition complete supplement in improving rumen degradability to low quality tropical forages. The study was conducted in vitro using beef cattle rumen fluid treated with 4 levels of addtion complete supplement (0, 5,10 and 15% DM) in tropical forage was paspalum conjugatum containing CP 5.41%, NDF 56.47% and lignin 10.86%. Complete supplements are prepared from red sugar, bran, coconut meal, soybean meal, tapioca, urea, salt and mineral, with addition of 10% gambier pulp as source of condensed tannin. The addition of a complete supplement at level 10% significant (P <0.01) increased rumen degradability of dry matter, organic matter, crude fiber and crude protein. The concentration of NH3 in rumen fluid increased significantly (P <0.01) at the supplement level of 10% while the TCA-soluble N increased significantly (P <0.01) at the 5% supplement level. But the pH and total VFA were not significant effect (P> 0.05). Best level of complete supplement addition is 10% DM ration, while at level 15% gives negative tendency effect caused by negative effect of condensed tannin.
