Performa reproduksi puyuh saat masak kelamin yang diberi pakan tepung okra dan dipelihara pada suhu kandang berbeda

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the effect of feeding okra waste flour as a source of natural antioxidants on the reproductive performance of laying quail at sex maturity at different cage temperatures. The study was conducted using a DOQ of 192 quails with a 2-factor factorial completely randomized design experimental method, namely Factors A and B. Factor A (temperature) consisted of 2 treatments A1 (cage temperature = room) and A2 (heat stress temperature ±3oC). Factor B (feed) consisted of 4 treatments namely B0 (0%), B1 (1% okra waste flour), B2 (2% okra waste flour), B3 (3% okra waste flour) with 3 replicates and each replicate contained 8 quails. Data were analyzed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), if there was a significant difference it was continued with Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Parameters observed were quail body weight at sex maturity, quail age at sex  maturity and egg weight at sex maturity. The results showed that the effect of giving okra flour at different cage temperatures had no effect (P>0.05) on reproductive performance at sex maturity. The conclusion of this study is that quail are able to survive at cage temperatures up to 31oC with okra flour fed up to 3% and can maintain their reproductive performance when compared to maintenance at cage temperature.