NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF ELEPHANT GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum) SILAGE WITH THE ADDITION OF Indigofera zollingeriana LEAF FLOUR AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
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One solution to overcome the problem of forage availability throughout the year is to utilize silage technology. Silage is animal feed that is preserved through a fermentation process. The purpose of making silage is to preserve animal feed and overcome the difficulty of getting forage in the dry season or when there is a lack of feed. The research aims to determine the nutritional content of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) silage with the addition of Indigofera zollingeriana leaf flour at different levels. The research was conducted out at the Sesetan Research Station, on Jalan Raya Sesetan Gang Markisa, and the Animal Nutrition and Forage Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Udayana University. This research lasted for two months, using a completely randomized design consisting of four treatments and four replications. The treatment consisted of P1 (95% elephant grass + 0% Indigofera leaf meal + 5% molasses), P2 (85% elephant grass + 10% Indigofera leaf meal + 5% molasses), P3 (75% elephant grass + 20% leaf meal Indigofera + 5% molasses) and P4 (65% elephant grass + 30% leaf flour Indigofera + 5% molasses). The variables observed were dry matter, organic matter, ash, crude fiber, crude fat, and crude protein of silage. The data obtained was analyzed using variance. The research results on the silage dry material variable P3 got the highest value of 93.81%, on the silage ash content variable P4 got the lowest value, on the silage crude fiber variable P4 got the lowest value, on the crude fat variable P2 got the highest value 3.56%, and on the variable P4 silage crude protein got the highest score of 24.22%. The research concluded that the addition of Indigofera zollingeriana leaf flour to elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) silage can increase the nutritional content of organic matter and crude protein. Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) silage with the addition of 30% Indigofera zollingeriana leaf flour produces the highest nutritional content.
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