Moringa Oleifera Seed Meal and Its Economic Benfit: The Effect on Productive Performance of Laying Chicken
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Jalo A., Department of Agricultural Technology, Federal College of Horticulture, Gombe, Nigeria.
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Adamu S. B., Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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Jimoh K. A., Biomedicinal Research Centre, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria.
An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of graded levels of moringa oleifera seed meal (MOSM) on productive performance of laying chickens using one hundred and eighty (180) Bovin brown layers aged 28 weeks old. Five dietary treatments Iso-caloric and Iso-nitrogenious diets based on different levels inclusion of MOSM as plant protein sources were manually formulated giving the dietary treatments containing 0.00, 0.04, 0.08, 0.12 and 0.16% MOSM for T1 (control), T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. The birds were randomly allocated to the five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. Each treatment consisted of three replicates of thirty six (36) birds each and twelve (12) birds per replicate. The experiment lasted for seven (7) weeks. The effects on feed intake (FI), egg weight (EWT), Hen-day egg production (HDE), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and Persistency were determined. FI showed a progressive increase with advancements in age, yet there was no significant (p>0.05) difference observed between all the treatment groups. The EWT was significantly highest in 0.16% MOSM and lowest in 0.12% MOSM. HDE production showed a progressive decrease as level of MOSM increased in the diets. However, the HDE showed an increased trend with advancement in age. Further, FCR was significantly highest in the group fed 0.04% MOSM which indicate relatively lower performance of the birds in that group. Generally all the parameters observed in this study were affected by age significantly and are also either higher or within the normal established standard. The findings of this study therefore concluded that MOSM at 0.16% can be used in supplementing laying chickens diets to improve their productive performance without any detrimental effect.
Moringa Oleifera Seed Meal, Laying Chicken, Economic Benefit, Graded Levels
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