Utilization of Bali Traditional Medicines Formula as an Additional Feed for Bali Cattle

The Balinese people know medicine whose formulas have been recorded in various manuscripts. A study was conducted to determine the utilization of Bali traditional medicines formula as an additional feed for Bali Cattle in the Wira Kencana Tani Farmers Group, Bukti village, Kubutambahan sub-district, Buleleng Regency. Twenty Bali Cattle with an average body weight of 140.28 ± 67.44 kg were used in this research for six months. This study was arranged in a completely randomized design with four treatments and five replications. The treatments were A : Bali Cattle fed Napier grass ad libitum, B : Napier grass + Prodef-1 as much 10 cc/head/day, C : Napier grass + Prodef-2 as much 10 cc/head/day and D : Napier grass + Prodef-3 as much 10 cc/head/day. The Parameters observed were average daily gain (ADG), feed intake, and feed conversion ratio. Business profits were calculate based on economic analysis, B/C ratio, and R/C ratio. This study suggests that the best average daily gain (ADG) in treatment D was 356.08 g/head/day. The results of the economic analysis also showed that Bali Cattle that received treatment D had the highest profit of Rp 1,120,000 with the B/C ratio of 0.02 and R/C ratio of 1.02. It can be concluded that the Bali cattle that received Prodef 3 had the highest ADG and the highest profit