Provision of Bangun-Bangun Leaf (Coleus Amboinicus Lour) on the Feed Pregnance Sow to Increase Productivity

Abstract

In Bali, pig livestock that is maintained by the community, especially people in rural areas. There are two types of maintenance to produce seeds and meat (fattening). Pigs are prolific animals, which capable to produce many piglets in every birth. Constraints that often arise are the limited amount of milk produced that often interfere the growth of piglets. Bangun-bangun leave is one of million plants that have many benefits and one of them can launch milk during sows breastfeeding. The study was conducted in Puhu village, Payangan district, Gianyar, using 24 pregnant sows divided into three treatments. P0: started from pregnant sows and breastfeeding sows was feed as the same as farmers do (control). P1: feed was added with bangun-bangun leaves by 1% of the weight of the feeds. P2: like P1 plus Bio B 2 cc/l drinking water. The results showed that the birth weight of each treatment (P0, P1 and P2): 0.78, 1.36 and 1.50 kg/head, respectively and between P0 and P1 and P2 were significantly different (P< 0.05), while weaning weight achieved from each treatments were: (P0): 8,35, (P1): 9,53 and (P2): 10,8 kg/head also significantly different among treatment (P< 0,05 ). Piglet mortality between control (P0) and other treatments each P1 and P2 were 18.43%, 17.39% and 14.58%, respectively.