Professor of IPB Develops Instant Animal Feed

 Professor of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Prof. Yuli Retnaningsih is developing instant feed in the form of wafers and biscuits. The manufacture of wafers and biscuits for animal feed has become one of the alternatives in the storage and supply of forage. In addition, the main ingredients of this instant feed are the vegetable waste from the market.

In a press conference of pre-speech at the Media Center of Darmaga Campus of IPB, Prof. Yuli said this feed innovation consists of wafer and supplements. Wafer is as a substitute for forage, while the supplement is to increase body weight or to reduce mortality. Prof. Yuli delivered her scientific speech on Saturday (13/2).

"The making of wafers utilizes vegetable wastes. We use vegetable waste from the Kramat Jati Market. Nearly 60 percent of the waste at the market is the organic waste that can be used again," she said.

Feeding wafer made from the market vegetable waste can improve body weight gain of sheep by 24 percent higher than the conventional feed. It is also safe for animals to eat because the heavy metal content is still within the threshold allowed under Indonesian National Standard (SNI).

"A complete implementation of wafer feed at the people’s sheep farm of East Jakarta results in the final body weight of 25.6 per cent higher than the conventional feed. The average final body weight of calf cows fed wafer supplements of 10 per cent reaches 28.22 per cent higher compared with that of the conventional feed," she explained.

This innovation receives an award from the Ministry of Research and Technology as one of the 105 Most Prospective Indonesian Innovation in 2013 (patented) as a durable, clean and dry feed product. Other innovations are green biscuits made from maize crop waste, and biscuit supplement. The biscuits made from corn crop waste has been awarded in the 102 innovations in Indonesia in 2010 and patented.

"Giving 15 percent of bio-supplement biscuits at some farms in Bogor shows that milk production of dairy goats of Etawa increases by 20-41 per cent higher than that of those without giving this bio-supplement biscuits. Feeding these biscuits can also increase the calcium content of dairy goat milk," she said. (Mtd)

Contact person:

Prof.Dr. Yuli Retnaningsih

Email: yuli.retnani@yahoo.com

HP: 08128204451