Aya Gamal Abed*, Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Mahmoud Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar, Kamel Ibrahim Said, and Mohamed Mustafa El-Kashef

Department Animal and Poultry Production, Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish University, Egypt

*Corresponding Author: Aya Gamal Abed, Department Animal and Poultry Production, Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish University, Egypt.

Received: August 02, 2023 Published: November 20, 2023

Abstract

The high nutritional and nutraceutical qualities of Moringa Oleifera make it a valuable natural resource. The present study was designed to compare the effect of Moringa oleifera leaves meal (MOLM) and Moringa oleifera seed meal (MOSM) as an alternative to soybeans in low-protein diets on Ross chicks rations in terms of their productive responses, carcass characteristics, and blood parameters. For this purpose, a total of 210 one-day-old Ross chicks were randomly allotted to seven dietary treatments (3 replicates and 10 chicks/replicate) with different levels of Moringa oleifera leaves meal (MOLM) and Moringa oleifera seed meal (MOSM) groups: Tr1 (as control), Tr2 (control plus 2% MOLM), Tr3 (control plus 3% MOLM), Tr4 (control plus 5% MOLM), Tr5 (control plus 2% MOSM), Tr6 (control plus 3% MOSM), and Tr7 (control plus 5% MOSM as a feed replacement for soybean). These dietary treatments were administered for 7–35 days. The results obtained from the study showed that birds fed a diet containing MOSM (at the 3% level) and MOLM (at the 5% level) recorded significantly (P≤0.05) the best body weight, body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio compared with the control diet. The results showed that the diets of MOLM and MOSM had variable effects on growing broilers' digestion coefficients (P≤0.05). The findings demonstrated that dietary amounts of MOLM and MOSM impacted the carcass characteristics by increasing the live weight, slaughter weight, and carcass weight of developing broilers. Also, on biochemical parameters, the findings revealed statistically significant variation among the various treatments. Except for the A/G ratio, LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol, there were no significant differences depending on the diet's level of MOLM and MOSM. Overall, as confirmed by the present findings, the incorporation of Moringa oleifera leaves meal (MOLM) and Moringa oleifera seed meal (MOSM) as an alternative to soybeans in low-protein diets into Ross chick’s diets could be proposed as a valuable strategy for the promotion of animal health and performance. More research is needed to further investigate the promising roles of Moringa oleifera in poultry nutrition.

Keywords: Moringa Oleifera; Soybeans; Carcass Characteristics; Blood Paramet

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Citation

Citation: Aya Gamal Abed., et al. “Effects of The Inclusion of Moringa oleifera (Seed and Leaves) on Low Crude Protein Diets Affect the Productive Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Blood Parameters of Broiler Chicks".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 5.12 (2023): 62-72.

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