THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CRUDE FIBRE LEVEL ON THE FINAL BODY WEIGHT, CARCASS WEIGHT, GIZZARD WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF INTESTINE IN SENTUL CHICKEN

Tuti Widjastuti, Abun, Wiwin Tanwiriah

Abstract
   The research was held to find out of the effects of level crude fiber in the ration on the carcass weight, gizzard weight and length of intestine at sentul chicken. The research used 100 day old Sentul chickens. Crude fiber treatments in the ration were 6% (R1), 8% (R2), 10% (R3), and 12% (R4).The method used Completely Randomized Design (CRD), with five treatments and where each treatment was repeated five times and each repeated consist of five native chicks. Variable analyses were carcass weight, gizzard weight and the length of intestine. The research showed that from 6% to 8% crude fibre in the ration give the optimal results on the carcass weight, gizzard weight and the length of intestine. At 10-12% crude fibre in the ration, carcass weight was decrease, gizzard weight and the length of intestine was increase. The conclusion that the maximum crude fiber level needed in Sentul chicken rations was 8 %.

Key words: crude fiber, carcass weight, gizzard weight, the length of intestine, Sentul chicken