Reviu: Itik Magelang sebagai itik lokal potensial dan salah satu alternatif sumber protein hewani

Abstract

The need for food will increase along with the inscrease in population. Livestock is one of the contributors to food needs in the form of protein of animal origin, including meat, eggs, and milk. Animal protein is important because of its more complete amino acid content than protein of vegetable origin. Magelang duck is one of the local ducks that has advantages over other local ducks and has the potential to be developed as laying duck, broiler duck, or dual-purpose ducks. Seeing the potential that exists, this paper aims to review the potential of Magelang ducks from various research results in order to develop the potential of local ducks. Utilization of Magelang ducks needs to be done because local ducks have an important role as a provider of animal protein for the community, especially rural areas.