The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of replacement 20% of the total amount of the soybean meal (SBM) in the ration (equal 3.6%) with (5.2%) Moringa oleifera leaf meal, (MOLM) on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality and blood constituents of growing New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits from 5 to 12weeks of age. A total 40 growing NZW rabbits 5 weeks aged and a body weight of 565±5 g and was divided to two experimental groups (20 rabbits in each group has been deployed to five replicates by 4 rabbits in each). The first group, fed the basal ration (zero% MOLM) a served as control, the second group fed diet contained 5.2% MOLM (replaced instead of 3.2% SBM, which represent 20% of the used total amount of SBM in the ration). Ration was iso - caloric and protein.
Results were discussed and the most important results have summarized as follows: there is no differences in the final weight and weight gain of the rabbits at 12th week of age. The Results of carcass traits showed absence of significant differences in the weight of each of the blood, fur, kidneys, liver, heart, head, and the spleen between the two experimental groups. Also no significant differences were recorded for the meat components (moisture, protein, fat, fiber and carbohydrates) between the two groups. As well as there were no significant differences in the assessment of blood constituents, whether for rabbits fed moringa or control group in each of total protein, albumin, globulin, GPT, GOT, creatinine, uric acid, glucose, hemoglobin, red blood cells, white blood cells, blood platelets. No Specific direction was observed to distinguish any of the two groups, The obtained results showed that the highest economic efficiency was (88.28%) for the second group which fed diet contained 3.2% MOLM, while, the first group (control) was (81.47%) respectively.
Conclusively,it can be concluded that, Moringa Leaf Meal (MLM) can be used safely in feeding NZW rabbits to alternate a part of rabbit food (Soybean meal) with untraditional food in Egypt such as (Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal) without any adverse effect on the growing, slaughter test, meat quality and blood characteristics.