Evaluation of Nutrient Digestion of Tamarind Seeds Spontaneous Bioconversion in Local Timor Pigs

Abstract

Tamarind seeds are one of the waste crops that were usually given to pigs and the use of spontaneous bioconversion can increase digestibility. The research objective was to evaluate nutrient digestibility spontaneous bioconversion of tamarind seeds at Timor Local Pig. The study was conducted from May to July 2017 in the Laboratory of Animal Production and Reproduction of Kupang State Agricultural Polytechnic. The study used local male pigs grower phase of 3-4 months old aged and used a randomized block design with four treatments and five replications, namely R0 = ration without bioconversion spontaneous tamarind seeds, R1 = rations containing 10% bioconversion spontaneous tamarind seeds, R2 = ration containing 20% bioconversion spontaneous tamarind seeds, R3 = ration containing 30% bioconversion spontaneous tamarind seeds. The variables measured were dry matter digestibility, crude protein, crude fiber, and tannins. The results showed that spontaneous bioconversion of tamarind seeds affected significantly (p < 0.01) on dry matter digestibility, crude protein, ether extract, ash, and tannin digestibility but no effect (p > 0.05) on crude fiber digestibility. It was concluded that the use of tamarind seeds spontaneous bioconversion in livestock rations of local pigs Timor should be as much as 20%.