The Performance of KUB Chicken 2–12 Weeks at Agriculture Extension Center of Semarang Regency

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10.2991/978-94-6463-116-6_12How to use a DOI?

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Agricultural extension centers; KUB Chicken; body weight

Abstract

One of the roles and functions of agricultural extension centers (AEC) is providing and disseminating technological information. The IAARD provides assistance kampung unggul Balitbangtan (KUB) chicken that has higher egg productivity. This paper was made to observe the performance of KUB chickens at Agriculture Extension Center of Semarang Regency which were received by Bergas, Ungaran Timur and Ungaran Barat District. The observations are made in Oktober-Desember 2021. KUB Chicken ages are 2–12 weeks with each samples were 20 birds. The variables observes consist of body weight (g), body weight gain (g), and mortality (%). The results obtained for the average body weight at 12 weeks were 651,40 g/bird; 766,85 g/bird and 1.230,10 g/bird for AEC Bergas, Ungaran Timur and Ungaran Barat respectively. The body weight gain were 19,70 g/bird/day; 24,56 g/bird/ day and 35,64 g/bird/day for AEC Ungaran Timur, Bergas and Ungaran Barat respectively. Mortality was highest at AEC Bergas at 15% while Ungaran Timur at 7% and Ungaran Barat at 5% respectively. It can be concluded that the KUB chicken in agricultural extension centers of Ungaran Barat District shows good performance in terms of body weight, body weight gain and low mortality rate due to good management.

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AU  - Rini Nur Hayati
AU  - Dwinta Prasetianti
AU  - Restu Hidayah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/08
TI  - The Performance of KUB Chicken 2–12 Weeks at Agriculture Extension Center of Semarang Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Animal Industry 2022 (ICESAI 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 84
EP  - 89
SN  - 2468-5747
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-116-6_12
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