Production Performance, Nutrient Digestibility of Rations, And Carcass Percentage of Kacang Goats Fed Fermented Banana Peel as a Concentrate Ingredient

Banana peels (Musa Sp.) hold potential for processing into livestock feed, primarily because approximately 35% of the total weight of bananas is represented by the peel. Being one of the most extensively produced crops worldwide, banana cultivation significantly contributes to the generation of agro-industrial waste. The opportunity to utilize banana peels as a source of livestock feed is limited by their polysaccharide content, particularly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. However, due to their high sugar content, these polysaccharides can be broken down through fermentation methods. This study was conducted at the experimental farm owned by CV. Prima BREED in Tondo Village, Mantikulore District, Palu City, Central Sulawesi Province, from June to September 2024. The objective of this study was to determine feed digestibility and production performance of Kacang goats fed with fermented banana peels as a partial substitute for concentrate feed. A total of 15 female Kacang goats, approximately 12 months of age and weighing between 11.85 and 18.46 kg, were used in this research. The experimental design employed was a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three treatments, each replicated five times as a group. The treatments tested were as follows: P0 = without the addition of fermented banana peels, P1 = addition of 10% fermented banana peels in the concentrate composition, and P2 = addition of 20% fermented banana peels in the concentrate composition. The results of variance analysis showed that the inclusion of fermented banana peels had a significant effect on the digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude fiber, crude protein, weight gain, and carcass percentage of Kacang goats. However, it did not affect the digestibility of crude fat, dry matter intake, feed utilization efficiency, carcass weight, non-carcass weight and percentage, internal non-carcass weight and percentage, external non-carcass weight and percentage, or the weight and percentage of edible non-carcass parts of female Kacang goats.