Abstract

Central Kalimantan is one of the Indonesian provinces with great potential for a beef cattle centre in the future. Its supported by the availability of potential land and feed supply. By products of oil palm processing are potential cattle feed ingredient in these provinces. Central Kalimantan was recognized as third largest oil palm land plantations area in Indonesia with total areas of 2.02 million hectares. Oil palm plants can produce 18-25 fronds/tree/year or about 10 tons/Ha/year dry materials. This research was conducted in January - December 2019 and located in the Jaya Makmur farmer group, Kotawaringin Timur Regency, Central Kalimantan Province. A total of 16 Bali cattle aged 24-36 months were used and grouped based on a palm frond fermentation treatment made from palm fronds (P0, P1, P2 and P3). The research was statistically analyzed using a completely randomized design (CRD). The environmental conditions during the study obtained the temperature of the cage ranging from 29-32 0 C. The use of palm frond fermentation has been shown the daily body weight of cattle by 320 ± 75 grams/head/day. The treatment of palm fronds on rations had a significant effect (P <0.05) on the daily weight gain for Bali cattle and as a result, it shown that P1 is the best result significantly. It was also able to increase the BCS value and conception rate due to improved feed ration formula, calculated and adjusted to the cattle needs.

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