Efforts to Enhance Etawa Crossbred Goat Production Through Innovative Utilization of Local Moringa Plants (Moringa oleifera) in Concentrate

Background: The sustainability and availability of animal feed ingredients are important concerns in Etawa Crossbreed (EC) goats production. A method to increase production is by utilizing local moringa (Moringa oleifera) plants as local concentrate ingredients for feed. This research aimed to determine the best composition to provide local moringa (Moringa oleifera) plants with quality, cheap, easily obtained and available concentrate feed at all times in order to increase the productivity of Etawa crossbreed goats. Methods: The data obtained from the experiment were analyzed through a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) analysis of variance. Furthermore, the treatments that had a significant effect were later subjected to the Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test. The experimental treatments consisted of P1: Concentrate with a mixture of 40% tofu dregs, 40% rice bran and 20% local moringa plants, P2: concentrate with a mixture of 30% tofu dregs, 30% rice bran and 40% local moringa plants, P3: Concentrate with a mixture of 20% tofu dregs, 20% rice bran and 60% local moringa plants and P4: Concentrate with a mixture of 10% tofu dregs, 10% rice bran and 80% local moringa plants. Result: The results showed that the provision of concentrate with local moringa components had a very significant effect (P less than 0.01) on body weight gain, dry matter feed consumption and feed utilization efficiency as well as carcass weight and percentage but it does not have a significant impact on blood profiles, such as leukocytes, erythrocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit (P greater than 0.05). The best composition was with 80% local plants which did not interfere with the health of Etawa crossbreed goats.