Potensi jerami sebagai pakan ternak ruminansia
Abstract: The basic reason for
poor performance of livestock in developing countries, include Indonesia, is qualitative fluctuations in feed.
Therefore knowledge in utilizing agroindustry byproduct as feedstuff to meet
nutrient requirement of animals is important. Rice straw is a crop residue of
rice production and can be used as a feed for ruminants because it is easily
and cheaply available in many Asian countries. Rice straws have low nutritive
value and it is generally limited by several factors such as the low nutritional
quality due to high fiber content and lignification process. In Indonesia, rice
straw has been widely utilised in livestock feeding systems, thus the need to
improve them is imperative as they are an abundant crop residue. Much more
attention has been paid to improving its feeding value in order to increase
livestock productivity. Many processing methods to improve the nutritive value
of rice straw have been investigated. These methods can be classified as
physical, chemical or biological. Usually, processing methods improves the
nutritive value of straw by increasing its digestible energy content, by
increasing feed intake, or by a combination of the two. This paper aims to
examine the potential of rice straw as basal feed livestock as well as efforts
to improve their nutritional value.
Key words: livestock, rice
straw, processing methods, nutritional value
Penulis: yanuartono, Hary
Purnamaningsih, Soedarmanto Indarjulianto, Alfarisa Nururrozi
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd170057
