The comparison of goat rumen fermentation given the cocoa pulp-based complete feed and corn cob as fiber source

Abstract

Cocoa pulp is one of the agricultural waste which its use is still less, cocoa pulp which owns a high glucose content can be utilized by cattle into energy, while corn cob is rich of rough fiber. This research aims to evaluate the condition of rumen fermentationin goats which has been given complete cocoa pulp-based feed with corn cob fiber sources. This research was conducted with completely randomized model programs, using goats to the age of 1 - 1.5 years as many as eight tails in place of the individual metabolic cages for 2 months. Treatment of complete feed is feed kompit P1 cocoa pulp with corn cob fiber resources while P2 is added to the concentrate on elephant grass, though the data using Test T. rumen fluid sampling is performed twice which are before cattle get fed 0 hours and 4 hours after get fed. From the results of research, found that the overall of the value of 6.97 pH 0 hours P1 and P2 6.92 hiccup on for 4 hours after the news feed P1 and P2 7.12 7.40. The overall value of NH3 0 hours P1 P2 30.20 mg to 24.55 mg and 65.77 mg 4 hours P1, P2 54.72 and for the average value of VFA 0 hours P1 P2 13.2 mm and 16.4 mm for 4 hours 17.3 mm P1, P2 19.8 mm. Conclusions Of analysis results in use of variance pulp-based complete feed use cocoa in comparison with the concentrates are added to the elephant grass showed the effect was not significant (P> 0.05) pH values, NH3 and VFA close relation to a source of protein feed used and easy or not The protein in degradation in the rumen.