The Effect of Giving Dragon Fruit Peel and Papaya Seed Extracts through Drinking Water on the Percentage Commercial Carcass of Native Chicken

The prohibition on the use of Antibiotic Growth Promoters (AGP) has encouraged farmers to seek alternative feed additives, such as dragon fruit peel and papaya seeds. Dragon fruit peel contains various antioxidants, including vitamin C, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, steroids, and saponins. Papaya seeds contain phytochemical compounds such as saponins, tannins, and flavonoids, which have potential antibacterial properties. This study aimed to determine the effect of administering aqueous extracts of dragon fruit peel, papaya seeds, and their combination through drinking water on the commercial carcass cuts of native chickens. This study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments and five replications, where each replication consisted of three native chickens. The treatments applied were drinking water without dragon fruit peel and papaya seed aqueous extract (P0), drinking water with 4% dragon fruit peel aqueous extract (P1), drinking water with 4% papaya seed aqueous extract (P2), and drinking water with 2% dragon fruit peel aqueous extract combined with 2% papaya seed aqueous extract (P3). The observed variables included carcass weight and commercial carcass cuts. The results showed that the administration of dragon fruit peel and papaya seed aqueous extracts in drinking water did not have a significant effect (P > 0.05) on carcass weight or commercial carcass cuts of native chickens. It can be concluded that the administration of 4% dragon fruit peel aqueous extract, 4% papaya seed aqueous extract, and the combination of 2% dragon fruit peel aqueous extract and 2% papaya seed aqueous extract was not able to increase the commercial carcass cuts of 10-week-old native chickens.