This research purpose to observe the response of local duck, especially male duck that given African Leaf Flour (ALF) in the diet, toward body weight and blood cholesterol content. The treatment for this research will be given by differentiate the ALF level in five levels (0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0%) with four times replication. This research used Completely Randomized Design. This treatment is obsessed to 80 male ducks which are rearing from the age of 4 until 10 weeks. The result showed that the increasing of ALF level in diets, will highly significant increase the body weight growth (BWG) of duck, as the increasing value of BWG is 23.59% (P<0,01), and its similarly with the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR). The blood cholesterol content is decreasing to 7.41% for 1.5% the ALF level given (P<0,01), while the content of cholesterol-HDL and LDL has not significantly (P>0,05). However, the content of cholesterol-HDL in blood tend to increase along with the increasing of the ALF level given. Utilization of ALF level until 2.0% could increase the quality of local duck meat, because its produce higher meat production and improve the content of cholesterol for creating healthy animal food sources.

Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengevaluasi kendala pengembangan ternak sapi potong di Kenagarian Batang Gasan Kecamatan Batang Gasan Kabupaten Padang Pariaman. Metode penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survey. Responden penelitian ini adalah peternak sapi potong yang berada di Kenagarian Batang Gasan, Kecamatan Batang Gasan, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman, sebanyak 74 orang. Analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis kuantitatif dengan pembahasan secara desktiptif. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada beberapa kendala dalam penggembangan ternak sapi potong di Kenagarian Batang Gasan Kecamatan Batang Gasan Kabupaten Padang Pariaman yaitu ketersediaan lahan hijauan (peternak hanya mengandalkan rumput liar), keterbatasan sarana dan prasarana seperti mesin potong rumput dan chopper, belum menerapkan formulasi ransum berdasarkan kebutuhan ternak, pakan yang diberikan tidak sesuai fisiologis ternak dan minimnya penerapan IPTEK terutama teknologi pakan seperti silase dan fermentasi hijauan.