Supplementation of Moringa oleifera leaf meal in feed on sexual behavior and semen quality of Landrace-cross boars

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of Moringa leaf flour supplementation in commercial feed on sexual behavior and semen quality of cross-bred Landrace boars. This research was carried out at the UPT Baturiti Regional Artificial Insemination Center (BIBD) located in Banjar Pekarangan, Baturiti Village, Baturiti District, Tabanan Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia. Observations used a completely randomized design consisting of two treatments, with 10 repetitions (number of semen collection). The treatments tried were boar fed without the addition of Moringa leaf meal (P0) and boar fed with the addition of 1% Moringa leaf meal (P1). The results showed that the addition of 1% Moringa leaf flour in feed (P1) showed significantly different results (P<0.05) on sexual behavior. The addition of Moringa leaf flour in commercial feed as much as 1% obtained significantly different results (P<0.05) in the semen evaluation value. It was concluded that the addition of 1% Moringa oleifera leaf meal in commercial feed had an effect on sexual behavior and could improve the semen quality of Landrace-crossbred boars.