Immunobiotic potential of fermented snail meat hydrolysate in local chicken with low protein content

TL;DR

Fermented snail meat hydrolysate can replace fishmeal in chicken feed, reducing protein content without harming growth or immunity.

Contribution

Snail meat hydrolysate is shown to effectively substitute fishmeal in low-protein chicken diets while maintaining immune health.

Findings

Hydrolysate at 10 ml/kg replaced 8% of fishmeal without affecting chicken performance.

No negative effects on the immune system were observed with hydrolysate use.

Hydrolysate supports low-protein feed formulations without compromising production.

Abstract

Protein is needed for chicken growth, but high protein consumption causes a low protein efficiency ratio and causes feed prices to be expensive. Therefore, the immunological potential of fermented snail meat hydrolysate in local chickens was studied for feed supplements in low-protein rations to reduce costs.

The research used snail meat hydrolysate resulting from submerged fermentation with starter culture from rice washing water. Using hydrolysates as a fishmeal substitute to reduce the protein content of male local chicken diets. Hydrolysate is mixed into the formulated ration: P0 = 12% fish meal in feed without hydrolysate added, P1 = 8% fish meal in feed plus 5 ml hydrolysate/kg feed; P2 = 4% fish meal in feed plus 10 ml hydrolysate/kg feed; and P3 = Feed without fish meal plus 15 ml hydrolysate/kg feed. The study used completely randomized study parameters, namely the production performance of 200 chickens and the immune system (including lymphoid organs and hematological status) of 60 chickens.

Snail meat hydrolysate (10 ml/kg) can replace the reduction in the use of fish meal from 12% to 4% in ration formulation without reducing production performance and has no negative effect on the immune system.

Snail meat hydrolysate has the potential to be used as an immune antibiotic to replace the use of fishmeal in the development of low-protein dietary formulations without affecting production performance or negatively affecting the chicken's immune system.