Judul: Combination of Moringa oleifera L. Extract and Effective Microorganisms-4 in Drinking Water on the Physical Quality of Coturnix coturnix japonica Eggs
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh pemberian kombinasi ekstrak Moringa oleifera L. dan Effective microorganisms-4 dalam air minum terhadap kualitas fisik telur puyuh. Penelitian ini menggunakan 150 ekor puyuh betina berumur 5 minggu yang ditempatkan di kandang koloni dengan rancangan acak lengkap (RAL) terdiri dari 3 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan. P1: 65 ml air minum tanpa kombinasi ekstrak daun kelor dan EM-4 ekor-1 hari-1; P2: 63 ml air minum dengan 2 ml kombinasi ekstrak daun kelor dan EM-4 ekor-1 hari-1; P3: 61 ml air minum dengan 4 ml kombinasi ekstrak daun kelor dan EM-4 ekor-1 hari-1. Peubah yang diamati adalah kualitas eksterior telur (bobot dan indeks telur) dan kualitas interior telur (bobot dan presentase putih, kuning dan kerabang telur, tebal kerabang, skor warna kuning telur, dan haugh unit). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemberian 2 ml dan 4 ml kombinasi ekstrak daun kelor dan EM-4 dalam air minum berpengaruh nyata (P<0,05) meningkatkan bobot utuh, bobot putih, bobot kuning, bobot kerabang, dan skor warna kuning telur tetapi tidak berpengaruh nyata (P>0,05) pada indeks telur, persentase putih, persentase kuning, persentase kerabang, tebal kerabang dan haugh unit. Pemberian 2 ml dan 4 ml kombinasi ekstrak daun kelor dan EM-4 dalam air minum dapat meningkatkan bobot utuh, bobot putih, bobot kuning, bobot kerabang, dan skor warna kuning telur tetapi tidak berdampak pada indeks telur, persentase putih, persentase kuning, persentase kerabang, tebal kerabang dan haugh unit telur puyuh, namun masih dalam kisaran normal., This study aimed to analyse the effect of giving a combination of Moringa oleifera L. extract and Effective microorganisms-4 in drinking water on the physical quality of quail eggs. This study used 150 female quails aged 5 weeks placed in colony cages with a complete randomized design (CRD) consisting of 3 treatments and 5 replicates. P0: 65 ml of drinking water without a combination of moringa extract and EM-4 bird-1 day-1, P1: 63 ml of drinking water with 2 ml of moringa extract and EM-4 bird -1 day-1, P2: 61 ml of drinking water with 4 ml of moringa extract and EM-4 bird -1 day-1. The observed variables were exterior egg quality (egg weight and egg index) and interior egg quality (weight and percentage of albumen, yolk and shell, shell thickness, yolk colour score, and haugh unit). The results of this study showed that the administration of 2 ml and 4 ml of a combination of moringa leaf extract and EM-4 in drinking water had a significant effect (P<0.05) on increasing whole egg weight, albumen weight, yolk weight, shell weight, and yolk colour score but had no significant effect (P>0.05) on egg index, albumen percentage, yolk percentage, shell percentage, shell thickness and haugh unit. Giving 2 ml and 4 ml of a combination of moringa leaf extract and EM-4 in drinking water can increase whole weight, white weight, yellow weight, shell weight, and yolk colour score but has no impact on egg index, white percentage, yellow percentage, shell percentage, shell thickness and haugh unit of quail eggs, but still within the normal range.
Keyword: EM-4, moringa leaf extract, physical quality of eggs, quail