INCREASING MILK PRODUCTION IN DAIRY COWS BY A SUPPLEMENTATION OF MORINGA OLEYFERA LEAF POWDER BLOCK
H. Rika1, A.L. Toleng2*, M. Yusuf2, Sahiruddin2, A. Ako2
1Postgraduate of Animal Production Technology, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.
2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Science, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia.
Abstract
Lower milk productivity of dairy cows might be correlated with the low milk consumption in Indonesia. This problem might be adversely affected by low quality and quantity of food intake. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the milk production of dairy cows supplemented with “Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) powder block”. There were 40 suckling Frisient Holland dairy cows used in this study. All animals were fed with roughage of a mix of natural with elephant grasses, rice bran and soybean meal. They were divided into two groups of treatments. The first group supplemented with MOL powder block 500 g/head/day for 21 days and the second group was remained without a supplementation. Hand milking was performed twice a day. The daily milk production were compared between the two treatments by using student-s t_test. The supplementation of “Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) powder block significantly (P<0.01) increased milk production in compared to that without supplementation (10.75 vs 8.17 litre/head/day). This study concluded that milk production could be increased by a supplementation of Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) powder block.
Keywords: dairy, milk production, moringa oleifera
Topic: Animal reproduction