Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The goal of this investigation was to check a diet enriched with butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea L.) flour on the relative weight and length of the tracts of poultry digestive system. The study employed a Completely Randomized Design (CRD), consisting five dietary treatments with five replications. Each replication used four-day old chicks (CP707 strain). The treatments were as follows: P0 (basal diet without butterfly pea flower flour), P1 (basal diet + 1% butterfly pea flower flour), P2 (basal diet + 2% butterfly pea flower flour), P3 (diet + 3% butterfly pea flower flour), and P4 (diet + 4% butterfly pea flower flour). Various parts of the digestive system such as the crop, proventriculus, gizzard, small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum), cecum, and colon were used for experiments. The finding discovered that feeding butterfly pea flower meal in the diet had significantly impact (P<0.05) on the relative weight of duodenum, but it did not significantly affect (P>0.05) the relative weight of crop, proventriculus, gizzard, length of duodenum, relative weight and length of jejunum, ileum, cecum, and colon. To conclude, the use of butterfly pea flower flour in the diet can enhance duodenal function without any negative effects on the relative weight of the crop, proventriculus, and gizzard, or the length of the duodenum.
Authors: Iis Yuanita, Lisnawaty Silitonga, Hastin Ernawati Nur Chusnul Chotimah, Ellen Christ Tambunan, Indah Gebyana Gultom, Nopia Permata Sari Malau, Frans Novaber Simanullang, Uhfi Halituja, Anita Theresia Br Gultom, Melisa Yuniarti, Asgar Juli Silaban, Pirnindi Julyarti Br Simamora, Junita Naibaho
Institution: University of Palangka Raya
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7117327499
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