Development of Moringa Oleifera Based Total Mixed Ration for Meat Goat

Adequate nutrition is important for meat type goat to improve growth and health performances. A good quality forage and balance amount of grains are important sources of nutrients, minerals and vitamins. Total mixed ration (TMR) is a feeding method that involves the mixing of all forages, grains, protein feeds, minerals and vitamins. This feeding method is effective, efficient and profitable to increase animal productivity. Moringa oliefera (Moringa) is commonly known as ‘drumstick tree’ with high nutritive values. The current study aims to develop Moringa oliefera based TMR (mTMR) for meat goat in order to reduce the cost of the feed and access cost ratio of mTMR. The mTMR was tested in the lab to make sure that the mTMR fulfill the goat requirement. The data was recorded and analysed using IMB SPSS Statistic version 23(2015) software and further analysed using Duncan multiple comparison test if there was any significant value. Crude protein (CP) and metabolisable energy (ME) contents in mTMR were 12.30±0.28% and 10.38±0.06MJ/kgDM while the goat requirements of CP and ME were 13.17% and 10.5MJ/kgDM. There were no significant differences of chemical composition between mTMR and basal diet in local farm. The newly formulated mTMR was beneficial in reducing the feeding cost and it contained sufficient amount of nutrient that are needed by the goat.