Sustainable brooder for supporting local chicken in North Sumatera Province, Indonesia

TALENTA - Conference on Engineering, Science and Technology 2017

工业技术;自然科学

Ginting, N.^1,2 ; Hidayat, R.^1,2

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia^1

Animal Production Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia^2

关键词: Animal production;    Biological laboratory;    Body weight;    Indonesia;    Local people;    Temperature stability;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012052/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012052

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Demand for local chicken has lasted for ages in Sumatera Utara Province, Indonesia. Demand is higher than supply because local chicken has low productivity which caused by several factors, for example heater or brooder for day old chicken (DOC). People who live in villages where mostly local chicken are raised have difficulty in serving brooder as electricity is expensive. In Biological Laboratory, Animal Production Programme Study, University of Sumatera Utara, a study has been conducted from August until November 2016. The objective of this study is to investigate sustainable brooder for local chicken. A study of 300 local DOC with designs: T1) local DOC + electric lamp brooder, T2) local DOC + biogas lamp brooder, T3) local DOC + propane lamp brooder has conducted. The key parameters measured were temperature stability, DOC spread, body weight gain, and mortality. Designs T1, T2 and T3 were almost equal in temperature stability, DOC spread, body weight gain and mortality while T2 was superior as it was environmentally friendly. A recommendation for local people to use biogas brooder instead of electric or LPG brooder.