ABSTRACT:
Under controlled cavironment, rumen fill transfer shows to improve miner fermentation. survival rate and daily liveweight gain of ruminants fed low quality diets but tins should be tested under rural condition. Four villages were selected in Lombok. Each village was represented by 15 mature Bali cows or the total of 60 cows belonged to 45 farmers. Appropriate combination of rumen fill suitable for rumen condition of Bali cows was selected by using the Balitnak Method developed by Winugroho et al (1993) The rumen fill %%us then sun-dried at 08 00 am to 14_00 pm for 4 days prior to be ground through aproximately 1 nun diameter screen. Approximately, 100 g dried and ground selected rumen fill was given to individual cows in the middle of dry season (November 1993). In order to rejection, the nimcn fill was mixed with fresh cassava tubers or banana trunks prior to offering
Although, some tree legumes and eon] stovers were supplemented but the diet was still rich in fibre content ie. typical feed during dry season Fanner\u27s response was taken in at the end of dry season or after about 3 months study period. Data were presented in form of percentages. Fresh buffalo rumen fill from Bogor was best combined for rumen environment of Bali cows_ The dried rumen fill was 3 weeks old kept in aerobic under room temperature before being brought to Lombok and given to the animals. According to the fanners, 75% of the transferred cows showed improved cow appetite, 6U% of them had better body condition, 90% of the cows had smoother faeeal output. Thirty percent of the farmers suggest that the smell of the dried
fill should be overconied. However. all farrilerS were willing to feed dried ruiner fill for the next dry season
Key Words: Farmer\u27s Response, Rumen Fill Transfer, Bali Cow
