Performance, carcass attributes and organ description of broiler chickens on dietary supplementation of Moringa oleifera leaf meal

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the influence of Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation on the performance, carcass attributes and organ qualities of broiler chickens in a feeding trial that lasted for 42 days. A batch of 240 Arbor-Acre one-day-old broiler chicks were randomly distributed to 6 treatment groups of 40 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design, having 4 replicates of 10 chicks per replicate. Results revealed that Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation at 250 to 1000 mg/kg in broiler chicken diet as phytogenic feed supplement significantly (p<0.05), promoted weight gain, feed utilization, carcass and organ qualities of broiler chickens without compromising the organoleptic qualities of chicken meat compared with broiler chickens without Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation. The use of Moringa oleifera leaf meal as natural alternative to the synthetic antibiotic (Tylosin) similarly promoted (p<0.05) weight gain, feed utilization, carcass qualities, organ description and organoleptic qualities just as the synthetic antibiotic (Tylosin) in broiler chickens.