PEMANFAATAN TEPUNG BIJI KORO BENGUK (Mucuna pruriens) SEBAGAI SUBTITUSI TEPUNG KEDELAI PADA PAKAN BENIH IKAN PATIN SIAM (Pangasius hyphopthalmus)
Abstract: Catfish (Pangasius
hyphothalmus) is one type of freshwater economicalfish that begins developed by
fish farmers to cultivation. Catfish are easy to breed,easy maintenance and
fast growth. The problem that often be faced in catfishcultivation is the high
price of fish diets. One source ingredient used in theformulation of the diet
is soybean meal, but the price is relatively expensivebecause of the imported
commodity. To reduce dependence on soybean meal, it isnecessary to find an
alternative source of local commodity are easily obtained,continuous
availability, and have high nutritional value, namely the use velvetbean meal
(Mucuna pruriens). The research was aimed to study the utilization ofvelvet
bean meal as substitution of soybean meal on diets to the growth of
catfishfingerlings. A completely randomized design was five treatments and
threereplications. The treatments used applied 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% velvet
beanmeal percentation. Data were analyzed by using ANOVA. The result showeds
thattreatment of diet did not give significant influence to the growth of
catfishfingerlings. It can be concluded that the velvet bean meal can be used
to substitutesoybean meal on diets to the growth of catfish fingerlings from
substitution rate of25% to 100%. The best percentage is level substitution 75 %
velvet bean meal +25% soybean meal.
Keyword: velvet bean meal, soybean
meal, diets, catfish
Penulis: Sherli Veroka, Limin
Santoso
Kode Jurnal: jpperikanandd110066
