The Impact of Fermented Local Feed on Turkey Production Performance in the Grower Period

Sulistiyanto, Bambang and Utama, Cahya Setya and Sumarsih, Sri and Cinderawati, Nadya Marcelina (2026) The Impact of Fermented Local Feed on Turkey Production Performance in the Grower Period. Journal of World's Poultry Research. 53 - 59. ISSN 2322455X

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Abstract

The rising demand for turkey meat in Indonesia is driving an expansion in turkey farming businesses. However, many farmers ignore the nutritional requirements of their poultry and frequently incorporate unprocessed water hyacinth into their feed, which provides low nutritional value. The present study aimed to improve the nutritional value of feed through fermentation to enhance feed quality on smallholder farms. The present study involved 180 heads of eight-week-old turkeys divided into three groups, including basic feed as a control, local feed, and fermented feed. Body weight, daily body weight gain, feed conversion, and mortality rates were measured during the study. The current results indicated that turkeys fed fermented water hyacinth had improved growth performance, as evidenced by increased body weight and daily weight gain and reduced mortality. The turkeys fed local feed did not indicate improvements in growth performance due to the use of poor-quality local feed. The fermentation method could improve the quality of feed ingredients, thereby enhancing turkey growth performance. Fermented feed given to turkeys could improve production performance by increasing body weight and daily weight gain, also decreasing feed conversion, and mortality rates during the grower period. © The Author(s) 2026 Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Fermentation; Fermented feed; Local feed; Performance; Turkey
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Page Range:	53 - 59
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of World's Poultry Research
Journal Index:	Scopus
Volume:	16
Number:	1
Publisher:	Scienceline Publication
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.36380/jwpr.2026.6
ISSN:	2322455X
Depositing User:	Dr. Daryoush Babazadeh
URI:	https://eprints.science-line.com/id/eprint/1756

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