Effects of Substituting Commercial Concentrate with Chaya Forage Meal on Feed Efficiency and Weight Gain of Growing Goats Fed Fresh Leucaena-Based Diets
A ten-week Indonesian trial in 20 growing female Etawa-cross goats found that a diet containing 50% fresh leucaena, 40% concentrate and 10% chaya forage meal produced the best weight gain and feed efficiency among four diets. It supports local-feed substitution, but the small study does not establish equivalent performance in Thai production systems.