ABSTRAKPenelitian bertujuan mengevaluasi peningkatan level energi ransum kaya asam lemak tidak jenuh dari minyak bunga matahari terhadap konsumsi zat makanan, fermentabilitas rumen dan performa induk domba pada fase laktasi. Penelitian menggunakan 15 ekor domba induk berumur sekitar 1,5 tahun, beranak pertama yang dikandangkan secara individu bergabung dengan anak-anaknya. Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan adalah Acak Lengkap 3 perlakuan 5 ulangan. Perlakuan terdiri atas R1= ransum tanpa penambahan minyak bunga matahari, R2= ransum dengan 4% minyak bunga matahari, R3= ransum dengan 6% minyak bunga matahari. Peubah yang diukur yaitu konsumsi bahan kering dan zat makanan, performa induk (bobot saat lahir, bobot saat sapih, penyusutan bobot badan), VFA total dan parsial, rasio acetat propionate, produksi methana, populasi bakteri dan protozoa rumen Data dianalisis statistik dan dekriptif. Perlakuan tidak mempengaruhi konsumsi bahan kering, protein kasar , serat kasar dan mineral. Perlakuan juga tidak mempengaruhi fermentabilitas rumen dan performa induk laktasi, namun konsumsi lemak dan asam lemak tidak jenuh nyata meningkat. Perlakuan mampu menurunkan nilai penyusutan bobot badan induk. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa penambahan minyak bungan matahari sebagai sumber asam lemak tidak jenuh sampai 6% dalam ransum tidak memberikan efek negative terhadap fermentabilitas rumen, dan dapat memperbaiki kondisi tubuh induk dan mempercepat pemulihan bobot badan.
Kata-kata kunci: asam lemak tak jenuh, domba garut, fermentabilitas, pemulihan, minyak bunga matahari
ABSTRACTThe study was aimed to evaluate the increasing levels of ration energy, with fat-rich unsaturated fatty acids from sunflower oil on the nutrient intake, rumen fermentability and performance of ewes. The experiment used fifteen ewes of 1.5 years old, primiparous, caged individually with their lambs and conducted three treatments and five replications from a completely randomized designed. Those treatments included R1= ration with 0% sunflower oil addition, R2= ration with 4% sunflower oil addition, R3= ration with 6% sunflower oil addition. The variables consisted of dry matter intake, nutrients, ewes performances (birth weight, weaning weight, decreased of body weight), total and partial VFA, the ratio of acetate: propionate, methane production, protozoa and bacterial population. Data were analyzed statistically and descriptively. The results showed that the treatments did not influence dry matter intake and nutrients,. rumen fermentability and ewes performances. Although the treatments increased (P<0.01) fat consumption and reduced shrinkage of body weight. It can be concluded that the adding sunflower oil as the resource of unsaturated fatty acids up to 6% of the ration was not negatively Sunflower Oil Supplementation for Garut Lactationg Ewes (L. Khotijah et al.) 185 affected the fermentability of rumen, moreover can improve ewes body condition and, accelerated body weight recovery.