Effect of Cichorium intybus on production performance, carcass quality and blood lipid profile of hybrid duck

• Published in: Animal bioscience 2023, 36(1), , pp.84-97
• Main Authors: Umami, Nafiatul, Rahayu, Eka Rizky Vury, Suhartanto, Bambang, Agus, Ali, Suryanto, Edi, Rahman, Mohammad Mijanur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: carcass quality; Chemical properties; Chicory; Ducks; Evaluation; Feed utilization efficiency; Food and nutrition; Health aspects; histomorphology; hybrid ducks; lipid profile; Meat; Physiological aspects; Quality; 축산학
• ISSN: 2765-0189; 2765-0235; 2765-0235
• DOI: 10.5713/ab.22.0041

Objective: One hundred hybrid male ducks (Mojosari×Alabio) were used to examine the efficacy of chicory supplementation as nutritional feed manipulation on production performance, and blood lipid profile of hybrid ducks.Methods: The ducks were tagged, weighed, and then allotted randomly to one of the four treatment diets using a completely randomized design. The experimental diets were: i) P0 (100% basal diets+0% chicory as control), ii) P1 (95% basal diets+5% chicory), iii) P2 (90% basal diets+10% chicory) and iv) P3 (85% basal diets+15% chicory). For each treatment group, there were 5 replicates of 5 birds each. All experimental diets were isonitrogenous and isocaloric using locally available ingredients.Results: Hybrid ducks with fed diets supplemented fresh chicory (5%, 10%, and 15%) showed increased feed intake and body weight gain, as well as feed conversion ratio to be smaller than those ducks fed diets without chicory supplementation (control). The ducks fed 10% chicory supplementation contained significantly (p