Mineral Content, Energy, and Fiber Fraction Analysis of Fermented Liquid Feed With Tamarind Seeds in Different Water Ratio

Abstract

This study aims to examine the mineral, gross energy, and fiber fraction content of liquid feed fermentation contains tamarind seeds with different water comparisons. The study used whole tamarind seeds and feed ingredients are corn, bran, meat and bone meal, and soybean meal. The parameters of the research are the content of mineral (Ca and P) and fiber fractions (ADF, NDF, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin). The study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) consisting of 5 treatments and 5 replications, as follows: R0: Basal ration without tamarind seeds and fermentation, R1: Basal ration of fermentation tamarind seeds without water), R2: Fermentation ration 1: 1 water ratio , R3: Fermentation ration 1: 3 water ratio, and R4: Fermentation ration 1: 5 water ratio. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Duncan's further tests. The results showed that the use of water ratio in fermented liquid feed had no signivicantt effect (P>0.05) on Ca and gross energy but very significant effect (P<0.01) on the P and fiber fraction.