InfoSAWIT, BOGOR - Palmofeed is the product which is added from palm oil cake which was hydrolyzed. The focus is to escalate the protein by reducing fiber substance in the shell of palm oil cake.

The quality of palm oil cake is escalated in three methods, they are, physical process by filtering; chemical process by applying hot water extraction and the acid solven should be reconditioning for 24 hours; and the last is biological process by applying mananase enzyme.

The research conducted by the students of IPB University, Fauzan Rivai, Rita Mutia, and Erika Budiarti Laconi revealed that applying palm oil cake as the source of protein for poultry is limited still. It happens for the poultry cannot digest the woof with high fiber. The research was aimed to study about palm oil cake multiplication compared to palmofeed in hen woof – the strain Lohmann to know its production performance.

The data sample lasted for six weeks within complete random experiment design within three treatments and six iterations. The treatment consists of: P0 = 100% commercial woof (control), P1: 87,5% + 12,5% palm oil cake, P2: 87,5% + 12,5% Palmofeed. Data analysis was applied by using variance (ANOVA) and continued by Duncan experiment Duncan.

As InfoSAWIT quoted from the official page of Scientific Repository IPB, the result of the experiment showed that applying 12,5% Palmofeed really influenced (P<0.05) to increase the weight of eggs compared to palm cooking oil application or woof control.

“Applying Palmofeed at 12,5% has proven to be better in feed conversion ration and income over feed cost, and it does not influence woof consumption and hen day production,” the result of the experiment noted. (T2)