Evaluation of Black Soldier Fly Larvae as Feed Addtive on Performance Production of Broiler

The current study aimed to evaluate utilization of BSFL powder as feed additive on performance production of broiler. The study was conducted in Sumbersekar Field Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science, Brawijaya University, Dau, Malang. Materials used  was 160 Day old Cick (DOC) of Lohmann MB platinum strain unsexed. Each unit of experiment consisted of 8 birds. Average BW of DOC was 44.9 ± 2.9 g with variance coefficient of 6%. The study implemented Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 4 replications.  The treatment groups consisted of  P0 = Basal ; P1 = Basal + BSFL powder 0.25%; P2 Basal + BSFL powder 0.50%; P3 = basal + BSFL powder 0.75%; and P4 = basal + BSFL powder 0.50% ; P3 = basal + BSFL powder 0.75%; and P4 = basal + BSFL powder 1%. Analysis was done by using Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Should there had been significant differences, the analysis would have been continued with Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT). The result showed that BSFL as feed additive gave highly significant impact (P<0.01) on final BW and FCR. Treatments also gave significant impact (P<0.05) on Performance Index (IP), nonetheless insignificant on feed intake (P>0.05), mortality, and IOFC. In conclusion, additional BSFL 1% as feed additive exhibited best result based on the production appearance.