author(s)
Graciano Soares Gomes and Carlito de Araújo Mali Code

abstract
Moringa oleifera Lam leaf flour is one of the original feed from herbal plants, which is assumed to contain growth promoters and has complete amino acids to stimulate the growth of pigs. This study aims to find out the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf flour (MLF) in diet to increase the growth performance of East Timor local pig. A total of 20 local pig’s male in growth phase with an average initial body weight of 15.35 ± 6.72 kg were used and the randomized block design with 4 treatments and 5 replications. The experiments were carried in this study in the following way: treatment T0 (0% MLF), T1 (3% MLF), T2 (6% MLF) and T3 (9% MLF) in diet. The variables observed were the initial body weight, final weight, daily body weight gain, consumption and FCR. The results showed that the treated of pigs in group 2 exhibited significantly different (P<0,05) on daily body gain, final body weight and FCR than the group receiving treatment T0, T1 and T3. No different significances (P>0,05) in the feed consumption was observed among the dietary treatment. We concluded that use of 6% MLF in diets could increase growth performance and improve feed conversion rate of local pigs.