Amriana Hifizah1, Astati Astati1, Anas Qurniawan1, Basir Paly1, Sutomo Syawal2, Nurlina Saking3 and Suriani4
1 Alauddin Islamic State University, 92118 Gowa, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
2 Hasanuddin University, 90245 Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
3 Agency for Animal Husbandry and Animal Health, 90131 South Sulawesi, Indonesia
4 Agency for Agriculture and Food Security, 90712 Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Hifizah, A., Asati, Qurniawan, A., Paly, B., Sutomo, Saking, N. & Suriani (2026). The investigation of the efficacy of horticultural by-product on the feed nutritive values and the performance of Bali cattle in regency of Barru, South Sulawesi. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 32(1), 186–192
The regency of Barru is one of the breeding centers of Bali cattle in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is rich of horticultural by-products that are potential. The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy of the horticultural by-product on the performance of Bali cattle, and the income over feed cost in the regency of Barru, Province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The study applied completely randomized design with four treatments and three replicates each. The treatments were T0 (100% Elephant Grass); T1 (70% Elephant Grass+30% By-product); T2 (40% Elephant Grass+60% By-product); T3 (100% By-product). The study showed that there was a significant effect on the content of crude protein, ash, fat, nitrogen free extract, NDF, ADF, cellulose, hemicellulose and undissolved ash, except for lignin. Crude Protein content ranged from 6.68 to 13.86% DM-1. The treatment T3 was with the highest value. Crude fat and ash content ranged from 3.30 to 4.08 % DM-1, and 12.27 to 14.41 % DM-1, respectively, with the least amount on the treatment T2, that contained horticultural by-product. The value of nitrogen free extract tent to increase with the increase amount of the horticultural by-product in the mixture. The highly significant difference in the value of NDF, ADF and hemicellulose was noticeable in T3 to T2 and T1. There was a significant effect (P < 0.05) on the daily weight gain with the highest one on T3, then followed by T2. The high value of income over feed cost was on T1 and T2, respectively.