The Effect of Kepok Banana Juice (Musa paradisiaca L.) Through Drinking Water on the Quality of Laying Chicken Eggs Florencia Sompie, 1),Jein R Leke 2*), Jacqueline Laihad3), Erwin Wantasen4), Linda Tangkau5) ,and Hapry Lapian6)
Departemen of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Faculty of animal science, University Sam Ratulangi, Jl. Kampus Unsrat Bahu, Kota Manado, Sulut 95115, Indonesia.
Departemen of Animal Production, Faculty of animal science, University Sam Ratulangi, Jl. Kampus Unsrat Bahu, Kota Manado, Sulut 95115, Indonesia.
Departemen of Social Economic, Faculty of animal science, University Sam Ratulangi, Jl. Kampus Unsrat Bahu, Kota Manado, Sulut 95115, Indonesia
Abstract
This study aims to determine the effect of Kepok Banana Juice (Musa paradisiaca L.) through drinking water on the quality of laying chicken eggs. The experimental design used was Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five treatments and five replications and 4 laying hens aged 58 weeks for each experimental unit. The treatments given in drinking water: R0 (without Kepok Banana Juice/KBJ), R1 20 ml/L KBJ, R1 40 ml/L KBJ), R2 60 ml/L KBJ, R3 80 ml/L KBJ. A total of 50 eggs were applied for quality analysis for 8 weeks. The variables studied were egg weight, egg yolk weight, egg white index, egg color, egg shell weight, egg shell thickness, and egg cholesterol. The results showed that Kepok Banana Juice up to 80 ml/l KBJ could increase egg weight, egg yolk weight, egg white index, egg color, egg shell weight, egg shell thickness, and reduce egg cholesterol. It can be concluded that 80 ml/1 liter of Kepk Banana Juice increased shell weight eggs, egg white weight and chicken egg white index MB 402.
