Different Sources Of Diet To Captive Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) On Nutrient Digestibility And Blood Cholesterol Sinta Maharani* 1,2), Rita Mutia 2), Siti Nuramaliati Prijono1), Rini Rachmatika1), Tri Hadi Handayani1), R. Lia Rahadian Amalia1), Suparno1)
1)Research Center of Applied Zoology, National Research and Inovation Agency (BRIN)
2)Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, Indonesia
Abstract
Captive bird diets are commonly based on offering vegetables and fruits. This research aimed to analyze the varied diets of seeds, fruits and vegetables, and the addition of commercial pellets on nutrient digestibility, apparent metabolic energy, and blood cholesterol. The study was conducted using 12 C.galerita consisting of six males and six females in Bird Captivity, LIPI for six weeks. Feed treatment for the birds consisting of control diet (P0), control diet + 50% pellet (P1), control diet + 75% pellet (P2). The design used in this study is a randomized block design (RBD). The use of additional pellets on sulphur-crested cockatoo diet shows a significant effect (P>0.05) on crude protein, crude fiber, and ether extract nutrient digestibility. The digestibility of dry matter, crude protein, and crude fiber at P0 were smaller than P1 and P2, while the digestibility of crude fat in P0 was higher than P1 and P2. P2 treatment with pellet addition was 75% higher than treatment P0 and P1, namely 1912.98 cal kg-1. The lowest apparent metabolic energy was treated P0 with EMS 1826,83 cal kg-1. The addition of pellet to the sulphur-crested cockatoo diets did not show a significant effect (P>0.05) on the total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglyceride levels C.galerita.
