Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Hasil Ternak, Februari 2010, Hal 38-44 Vol. 5, No. 1 ISSN : 1978 - 0303 38 LIMBAH MIE SEBAGAI PENGGANTI JAGUNG DALAM PAKAN AYAM PEDAGING DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KUALITAS KARKAS Noodle Waste As Substitute For Yellow Corn in Broiler Diet and Its Effect on Carcass Quality Eko Widodo 1 , Osfar Sjofjan 1 dan Akhmad Zaenal Wijaya 2 1) Jurusan Nutrisi dan Makanan Ternak Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Brawijaya 2) Alumni Jurusan Nutrisi dan Makanan Ternak Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Brawijaya diterima 15 Agustus 2009; diterima pasca revisi 15 Januari 2010 Layak diterbitkan 25 Februari 2010 ABSTRACT Experiment aimed to investigate the effect of noodle waste as corn substitute in broiler diet on carcass quality including carcass weight, carcass percentage, abdominal fat percentage, breast meat depositition and cholesterol concentration. The materials used for this experiment were 100 one-day-old Lohmann broiler chicks. Feedstuffs used consisted of concentrate, rice polishing and yellow corn formulated to meet nutrient requirements during starter and finisher periods and given ad libitum. This experiment was arranged in Completely Randomized Design in five replications with five chicks each. The treatments were 0 % noodle waste in diet (P0), 10 % noodle waste in diet (P1), 20 % noodle waste in diet (P2) and 30 % noodle waste in diet, respectively.The variables measured were carcass weight (g/bird), carcass percentage (%), abdominal fat pad percentage (%), deposition of breast meat percentage (%) and meat cholesterol (mg/100g). The results showed that carcass weight and deposition of breast meat percentage were significantly influenced (P<0.01) by substitution of corn with noodle waste in broiler diet. However carcass percentage, abdominal fat pad percentage, deposition of breast meat percentage and meat cholesterol were not significantly (P>0.05) affected by the treatments. The best result was achieved by 20% noodle waste (P2) in diet. The conclusion of this experiment is that utilization of noodle waste as corn substitute in broiler diet is up to 20 % (33.33 % replacing corn). Keywords: noodle waste, diet, carcass quality, broiler. PENDAHULUAN Pakan merupakan salah satu faktor utama dalam menentukan keberhasilan suatu usaha peternakan, karena 60 - 70 % biaya produksi digunakan untuk pakan (Wiharto, 2004). Untuk menekan biaya produksi maka penggunaan pakan unggas harus sangat efisien, sehingga peternak harus mampu memanfaatkan ketersediaan bahan pakan yang ada tanpa mengabaikan segi kualitas bahan pakan tersebut. Pemilihan bahan pakan yang tepat sebagai campuran maupun tambahan dalam pakan sangat berperan penting dalam produktifitas ayam pedaging yang dihasilkan. Pemanfaatan limbah industri sebagai salah satu bahan penyusun pakan ternak, misalnya limbah mie instan, penting sebagai suatu usaha untuk mengefisienkan biaya pakan. Limbah mie merupakan limbah padat industri mie instan yang berupa sisa (rontokan) dari proses pembuatan mie sebelum dikemas. Limbah mie memiliki kandungan gizi yang cukup tinggi untuk