The Effect of a Different form of Corn Cob Based Complete Feed On the Consumption, Characteristics, and Ruminal Fermentation on Ruminants

Livestock productivity is influenced by environmental factors, which could reach 70%, and genetic factors are only 30%. Of the environmental factors, aspects of the feed had the most impact, which is about 60%. The main feed of ruminants is greenery, however, its availability is very limited, especially in the dry season, thus, conducted the provision of fodder by optimizing the utilization of agricultural / crops waste into a complete forage. One of the crops waste that has significant potential is corn cobs, which is wasted and accumulate and eventually decomposed when it mixed together with other garbage. This waste contains a lot of cellulose and hemicellulose, and can be used as an energy source feed for ruminants. This study aims to determine the effect of the form of a corn cob based complete forage with another form of forage, on consumption, characteristic, Rumen Fermentation for local goats. The study was compiled using the completely randomized design with unidirectional pattern (Completely Randomized Design / CRD) 3 x 3 with handling: R1 is flour / mesh form complete forage, R2 is Pellets form complete forage and R3 is Wafer form complete forage. This handling does not affect significantly (P> 0.05) on dry matter intake, organic matter, crude fiber and crude protein. Similarly on Ammonia ruminal fluid and ruminal pH also not significant react(P> 0.05). The results showed that feeding the TMR complete forage in different forms, give no significant effect (P> 0.05), or it can be concluded that, there is no negative effect on the performance of local goats