METABOLIZABLE ENERGY OF RATION ADDED WITH NANOCAPSULE OF TURMERIC EXTRACT ON BROILER CHICKEN

• Main Authors: Sundari, Zuprizal, T. Yuwanta, R. Martien
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Diponegoro University, Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences 2013-03-01
• Series: Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture
• Subjects: true-metabolizable-energy; nanocapsule; turmeric extract; chitosan; broiler chicken
• Online Access: http://www.jppt.undip.ac.id/pdf/38(1)2013p41-46.pdf

This study was aimed to develop nanoparticle formulation using turmeric extract and industrial chitosan as the polymer and sodium-tripolyphosphate as cross linker, to evaluate its ability to improve true metabolizable energy on broiler chicken. Forty eight of broiler chickens with an average body weight of 900 g, were randomly divided into 8 treatments (one treatment was fasted and 7 were fed ration plus feed additive), containing six birds per treatment. The formulation of nanoparticle in this study used ionic gelation method. Method used to evaluate the metabolizable energy was total collection. Chickens were fasted one day before and after they were treated with rations. Nitrogen, gross energy and total weight of feed and excreta or ileal digesta released were analyzed to calculate the true metabolizable energy of the ration. It was found that the basal ration added with nanocapsule 0.1% had true metabolizable energy (3370.66 kcal/kg) significantly higher (P<0.05) than basal ration (3214.85 kcal/kg). The result of this study concluded that formulation of nanocapsule using turmeric extract and industrial chitosan as the polymer and sodium-tripolyphosphate as cross linker was potential to increase true metabolizable energy so it can be an alternative for broiler chicken feed additive.