Effects of Supplementation of Cassava Hay as Anthelmintics on Fecal Parasitic Egg in Swamp Buffalo Grazing on Ruzi Grass Pasture

Abstract

Six, one-year old male swamp buffaloes with initial body weight at 200±10 kg were randomly divided into two groups according to receive concentrate at 14% CP (1 kg/head/day) + Ivermectin (T ); 1 cassava hay (T ) (1 kg/head/day) and means were compared using t-test. All animals were grazing on ruzi 2 grass pasture. The results have revealed that supplementation of cassava hay as anthelmintics replace ivermectin was non significant affected to fecal parasitic egg counts and average daily gain in buffaloe s grazing on ruzi grass pasture (p>0.05). In addition, fecal parasitic egg counts dramatically declined for both treatment groups with 64.8 and 57.4%, respectively. However, Average Daily Gain (ADG) tended to be higher in swamp buffaloes fed on groups cassava hay (T ) treatments than in those fed concentrate + ivermectin. 2 However, digestion of coefficients of nutrients particularly organic matter was significantly higher in T than 2 those in T. It was, hence concluded that cassava hay could not only provide as a protein source but also high 1 efficiency serve as an anthelmintics in swam buffaloes.