Non-Carcass Percentage of Local Sheep Fed Fermented Cassava Peel

Abstract

Cassava Peels (CP) were waste from cassava chips industries. The objective of this research was to investigate the use of fermented CP on non-carcass percentage of local sheep. The research was conducted at Mr. Praditya's sheep farm which was located at Seroja Street, Medan Tuntungan sub-district, North Sumatera Province from September until December 2017. The research used 20 head of sheep with the age about 6 months with the average initial live weight of 10,18± 1 kg and they were divided into four treatments and five replications. The research design was Complete Randomized Design (CRD). The treatment were consisted of four levels of fermented CP : P0 (0%), P1 (20%), P2 (40%) and P3 (60%). Parameters measured were percentage of weight of the head, leg, skin, tail, trachea, lungs, liver, heart, kidney, blood, digestive tract and implication on economic value. The results showed that the fermented CP had no significant effect (P> 0,05) on percentage of external non-carcass weight which were head, leg, tail, except for skin. There was a significant effect (P< 0,05) on percentage of internal non-carcass which were lungs, liver, heart, kidney, blood, and digestive tract. As the conclusion the higher level of fermented CP increased the percentage of internal non-carcass weight and skin and had a positive effect on economic value..