Dietary inclusion of Moringa oleifera leaf meal with enzyme supplementation on egg production and egg quality of laying hens
2022
Rajesh, P. | Kumari, N Nalini | Nagalakshmi, D. | Rao, M.H. | Srinivas, Gurram
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) on production performance of layers. Two hundred, 34-week-old BV 300 White Leghorn layer birds were randomly allotted to 50 replicates with 4 birds in each replicate and these replicates were in turn allotted to 5 dietary groups.T1 (Control: Corn-soybean meal Basal diet (BD); T2: 5% MOLM in BD diet without enzyme supplementation; T3: 7.5% MOLM without enzyme supplementation; T4: 10% MOLM in BD diet without enzyme supplementation; T5: 10% MOLM with enzyme supplementation. The results revealed that egg production was significantly higher (P<0.01) in 10% MOLM with enzyme supplementation. Significantly higher (P<0.01) feed conversion ratio (FCR) was observed in T4 whereas lower (P<0.01) FCR was observed in T1, T2 and T5.The egg weight was significantly higher (P<0.01) in T5 compared to the other treatments. There was no significant difference recorded in feed intake and egg density among the treatments. Feed cost per egg was significantly (P<0.01) lower for 10% MOLM fed birds with and without enzyme supplementation. Egg quality parameters like yolk color, shell strength, haugh unit, albumen length, shell percentage, shell thickness, shell weight, yolk height, yolk width, albumen height and albumen width were all improved (P<0.01). It can be concluded that Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) can be included upto 10% level with enzyme supplementation in the diets of commercial layers for better production performance
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