PERFORMANCE AND CARCASSES COMPOSITION OF YOUNG PIGS FED RATION WITH PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION

Abstract

This study aims at determining the performance and carcasses composition of young female pig which are
reared intensively and fed good quality rations and probiotic supplementation Saccharomyces sp. This research
was conducted at Experimental Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science, Udayana University, Bukit, Jimbaran. The
design using a randomized block design (RBD) with basic weighting grouping. This design is used randomly grouped
in basic body weight. The bali pigs were allocated randomly into four treatments i.e. ration without additional
probiotics (A), ration with 0.20% additional probiotics (B), ration with 0.25% additional probiotics (C), and ration
with 0.30% additional probiotics (D). The treatments were conducted in 4 times replication so there are 16 pigs
and kept in individual pens. The variables observed were the performance and composition of carcass. Based on
the results, ration consumption, additional of body weight, FCR, digestibility rations and carcasses composition
showed not significant differences. It can be concluded that the additional of probiotics in the ration of young
female Bali pigs did not effect to the variable performance and carcass characteristic up to 0.30% addition level.