PERBANDINGAN KONSUMSI, KECERNAAN, DAN BERAT FESES SAPI ANTARA JENIS BRAHMAN HEIFER, STEER, DAN BULL DI PT GREAT GIANT LIVESTOCK

Cow feces are one of the by-products produced from the digestive activity of cows. The weight of cow feces is influenced by gender, population, environmental conditions, feed, and body size factors. Feed consumption functions as a source of energy, fulfills nutrition, and forms meat as the function of the livestock. Total feces the more cattle consume feed, the more feces are produced. This study aims to identify the Comparison of Consumption, Digestibility, and Weight of Cow Feces Between Brahman Heifer, Steer, and Bull Types at PT Great Giant Livestock. Data analysis conducted in this study using quantitative methods involves data collection and analysis based on numbers that allow researchers to investigate phenomena, relationships between variables with a structured scientific approach, to see each weight of brahman heifer, steer, and bull feces. The average consumption of beef cattle at PT Great Giant Livestock, the consumption of brahman heifer type is 5.52 kg / head / day, steer is 5.58 kg / head / day, and bull is 5.66 kg / head / day using complete feed. The average digestibility of beef cattle at PT Great Giant Livestock in the brahman cross type, namely heifer 45.47%, steer 45.87%, and bull 43.79%. Descriptively, the highest average total digestibility in brahman cattle is the bull type, which is 45.87%. This result was obtained from quantitative descriptive testing, the average feces weight of heifer type brahman cattle is 3.01 kg / head / day, steer 3.15 kg / head / day, and bull 3.17 kg / head / day, steer, and bull Based on the results of the study, it has been shown that heifer, steer, and bull types of brahman cattle have different total feces weights, where the steer type produces a total feces weight of 3545.2 kg / head / day and an average feces weight of 3.15 / head / day. Thus, the most efficient digestibility lies in the steer type of cattle.