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标题：An Economic Analysis of Kampung Chicken Production Using the Small Water Plant Azolla microphylla in Their Feed
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作者：Agus Setiadi ; Siswanto Imam Santoso ; Sumarsono 等
期刊名称：Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
印刷版ISSN：1680-5194
电子版ISSN：1994-7984
出版年度：2016
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：264-267
DOI：10.3923/pjn.2016.264.267
出版社：Asian Network for Scientific Information
摘要：We investigated the physical appearance and feed cost of kampung chickens whose feed was supplemented with 20% Azolla in commercial feed. The experiment was carried out with 15-day-old kampung chicks assigned to two treatments. One hundred birds were used in the study, with 50 birds assigned to treatment 1 (T1) and 50 birds assigned to treatment 2 (T2). Birds in T1 received a control diet consisting solely of commercial feed, with the diet containing 210 g/kg of crude protein . Birds in T2 received a diet that included 20% Azolla microphylla (AM) mixed in the commercial diet; this diet contained 200.4 g/kg of crude protein . The experiments were conducted over a period of 8 weeks. No differences were found in feed consumption and the final weight of the birds, but birds who were fed the T2 diet had a better feed conversion ratio (FCR) (p<0.05) than that of birds who were fed the T1 diet. No mortality of birds occurred during the experiment. Utilization of AM could reduce the costs of feed from IDR 7,000/kg to IDR 5,800/kg, while increasing income per bird from IDR 8,760 to IDR 11,834. In conclusion, utilization of 20% AM in the diet of kampung chickens reduces the feed cost, improves the FCR and increases the income per birds sold.