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EFFECT OF FEEDING (Moringa oleifera) LEAF MEAL ON QUAIL PERFORMANCE UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS

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Animal and Poultry Production

Abstract

The present study was carried out in the farm of the Department of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of supplementing Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) on the growth performance and blood biochemical parameters of growing quails. A total of 180 seven days, unsexed quail chicks were randomly divided into four experimental groups. Each group was further subdivided into 3 replicates, 15 chicks per each. Four levels of MOLM (0.0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6%) were used during the experimental period from 7 to 42 day of age. The results showed that final body weight and body weight gain were increased significantly (P<0.05) at the 0.2% level of MOLM; also, feed intake had the same trend, however, there is no significant effect on feed conversion values among treatments. The levels of MOLM significantly increased dressing percentage, head, liver, heart, gizzard and total edible parts weight except 0.6% level of MOLM. Blood globulin and albumin increased significantly (P<0.05) with increasing the level of MOLM. Total protein was not affected by inclusion of MOLM in quail diets. Plasma cholesterol had lower level in all treatments compared to control. In addition, HDL fraction was increased, while LDL decreased significantly in all treatments compared to control group. However, Plasma AST and ALT decreased at all levels of MOLM compared to control group.It could be concluded that addition of Moringaoleifera meal leaves up to 0.2% improved growth performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of the quail chicks.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2017.78786

Keywords

Quail chicks, Moringa oleifera leaves, productive performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El-Kashef

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. and Poult. Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

melkashef82@yahoo.com

City

North Sinai

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

AbdEl-Ghaffar

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. and Poult. Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

ghaffar_mahmoud@yahoo.com

City

Suez

Orcid

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First Name

Hassan

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. Prod., Fac. Agric., Suez Canal Univ., Ismailia, Egypt.

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City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. and Poult. Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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City

Giza

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Volume

6

Article Issue

2

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11750

Issue Date

2017-08-01

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2020-03-24

Publish Date

2017-08-01

Page Start

203

Page End

212

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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Publication Title

Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF FEEDING (Moringa oleifera) LEAF MEAL ON QUAIL PERFORMANCE UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS

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22 Jan 2023