Pengaruh Penggunaan Talas (Colocasia esculenta) Terhadap Kualitas Telur Itik Talang Benih

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of taro (Colocasia esculenta) on egg quality of Talang Benih duck. Twenty five of laying females of Talang Benih duck were reared in individual cages. Five treatments of feed composition were arranged in a randomized complete design with five replications. Treatments included 87.5% basal feed with addition of 12.5% taro, i.e. 35% leaf + 40% petiole + 25% stem (P1), 25% leaf + 25% petiole + 50% stem (P2), 12,5% leaf + 12,5% petiole + 50% stem (P3), 100% stem (P4), and control, consisted of 100% basal feed (P0). Measured variables included egg weight, yolk color, thickness of egg shell, and physical composition of egg. The results showed that addition of taro with varied composition in leaf, petiole and stem at 12.5% feed significantly increased egg weight, improving yolk color, and increasing thickness of egg shell but did not affect of physical composition of egg.