PENGARUH PEMBERIAN VITAMIN C TERHADAP SUSUT BOBOT DALAM PENGANGKUTAN SAPI DARI LAMPUNG KE BENGKULU
ABSTRACT: Body weight of
cattle would be lose about 10-30% during transportation because of stress. The
condition affected on cattle business. Vitamin C could reduce stress, so it’s
assumed that vitamin C treatment could reduce weight lost during
transportation. An operation research was done on May up to August, 2014 to
evaluate the effect of vitamin C
treatment on weight lost of during transportation from Lampung Province to
Bengkulu Province.. Two group of cattle were observed in this research, 60
heads of the first group got 500 mg vitamin C treatment and 60 heads as
control. Varibale observed were body weight of cattle before and after
transportation. Quarrel between body weight before and after transportation
were weight lost. Weight lost of cattle of the treatment group and the control
group were analysed by t tests. This research indicated that weight lost
of treatment group were not different
with control group (P>0,05).It could be concluded that 500 mg vitamin C had
not reduced yet stress condition of cattle during transportation. It was
suggested to increase dose of vitamin C in the next research.
Penulis: Ibnu Abi Aufa, Didik
Rudiono, Kusuma Adhianto
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd150208
