Pengaruh kastrasi terhadap performan produksi Sapi Persilangan Wagyu berdasarkan umur yang berbeda
Abstract: The purpose of this
research was to know the effect of castration to Wagyu crossbreed cattle
production performance based on age difference and know the appropriate age to
do castration. The materials used in this research were 37 heads of 3-month old
and 28 heads 4 months calf castration. The method was case studies with
purposive sampling. Data were analyzed using unpaired t test. The results
showed that the calf castration age of 3 months and 4 months showed
significantly different (P <0.05) in daily body weight gain and feed
conversion. The average daily weight gain of 3 months old calf castration was
0.78 kg / head / day and 4 months old calf castration was 0.85 kg / head / day
and feed conversion of 3 months old calf castration was 5.14 and 4 months old
calf castration was 4.48, while the feed intake of the research results were
not significantly different. The average feed consumption of 3 months old calf
castration was 3.82 kg / head / day and 4 months old calf castration was 3.66
kg / head / day. Calves were castrated on 4 months old showed higher daily
weight gain than the calf castration on 3 months old. This could be concluded
that 4 months old was more appropriate to do castration.
Keywords: Average daily gain,
calf stock, feed convertion, castration
Penulis: Kuswati, Ravenska
Ravenska, Nareswara Hapsari, Aulia Puspita Anugra Yekti, Trinil Susilawati
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd160140
