Supplementation of Pearl Grass (Hedyotis corymbosa) onCarcass Weight of Broiler
2008
The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of pearl grass (Hedyotis corymbosa) supplemen-tation
into the ration on the carcass weight of broiler. The experiment was carried out at the Laboratory of
Poultry and Non Ruminant Nutrition, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of Animal
Husbandry, University of Jambi. The study used one hundred strain Lohmann aged 2 days, broiler chickens
fed basal ration supplemented by pearl grass (Hedyotis corymbosa). The chickens were assigned by Com-pletely
Randomized Designed into 5 treatments and 4 replications. The treatments were the level of pearl
grass supplementation, consisted of M0 (0%, as control), M1 (0,2%), M2 (0,4%), M3 (0,6%) and M4 (0,8%).
The variables observed were feed intake (FI), live weight (LW), carcass weight (CW) and carcass percent-age
(CP). The results of this study showed that the supplementation of pearl grass significantly (P<0,05)
increased the FI, but had no significant effect on the LW, CW and CP. It was concluded that pearl grass
supplementation into the broiler ration could be implemented up to 0.8%, however to get the highest CW and
CP, the supplementation of 0,6% pearl grass is recommended.
Keywords: Broiler, Carcass, Hedyotis corymbosa, Pearl grass.
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