PENGARUH SUPLEMENTASI MINYAK IKAN DAN L-KARNITIN DALAM PAKAN JAGUNG KUNING TERFERMENTASI TERHADAP KECERNAAN PAKAN DAN PERFORMA PUYUH (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
Authors: Sani Sinelsa Wulandari , Heswantari Setiana Rohmi , (Sudibya) Sudibya , Purnomo Sutrisno Hadi , Hanifa Aqni 
Published: April 2016

<p><span><em>The research was aimed to determine the effect of fish oil and L-carnitine supplementation in </em><span><em>fermented yellow corn diets on the performance of quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). The experiment was </em><span><em>used 160 quails aged 70 days that were divided into five treatments and four replications. Each replication </em><span><em>consisted of eight female quails. The mean initial body weight was 156.60±9.61 g with Coefficient of </em><span><em>Variance (CV) of 6.14%. The in-vivo digestibility study was carried out on the last week using total </em><span><em>collection method. Two quails were chosen randomly from each cage and placed into individual </em><span><em>raised cages. Overall this experiment used 40 quails for nutrient digestibility study. The research was </em><span><em>carried out using a completely randomized design. The experimental diets were P</em><span><em>0 </em><span><em>= basal diet (ricebran, </em><span><em>concentrates, yellow corn), P1 = ricebran, concentrate and fermented yellow corn, P</em><span><em>2 </em><span><em>= P</em><span><em>1 </em><span><em>feed+10 ppm </em><span><em>of L-carnitine, P</em><span><em>3 </em><span><em>= P2 feed + 4% of tuna fish oil, and P</em><span><em>4 </em><span><em>= P</em><span><em>2 </em><span><em>feed + 4% of lemuru fish oil. The observed </em><span><em>variables were dry matter digestibility, organic matter digestibility, extract ether digestibility, feed</em><br /><span><em>consumption, HDP, egg weight and feed conversion ratio. The results of variance analysis showed that <span><em>substitution of yellow corn with fermented yellow corn increased dry matter digestibility, organic matter </em><span><em>digestibility, extract ether digestibility, feed intake and egg weight, whereas the addition of L-carnitine in</em><br /><span><em>the diet of fermented yellow corn increased the value of the HDP and improved feed conversion. </em><span><em>Substitution of yellow corn with fermented yellow corn in the feed increased dry matter digestibility, </em><span><em>organic matter digestibility, extract ether digestibility, egg weight, whereas the addition of L-carnitine 10 </em><span><em>ppm in the feed of fermented yellow corn improved the HDP. Suplementation of tuna fish oil 4% in the </em><span><em>diets increased egg weight. Suplementation of tuna fish oil and lemuru fish oil in the yellow corn </em><span><em>supplemented diets improved feed conversion of quail at production phase.</em><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>(Key words: Fermented yellow corn, Fish oil, L-carnitine, Growth performance, Japanese quail)</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>