Effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal dietary substitution of Groundnut cake on broiler chick performance

Abstract

Two hundred unsexed broiler chicks were used in a completely randomized design feeding 
trial, to study the effect on growth performance of chicks, by substituting groundnut cake 
by moringa oleifera leaf meal at 2%M, 4%M, and 6%M. Moringa fed chicks consumed 
significantly more dry matter, metabolizable energy, and crude protein than the control 
(0%M) chicks, as a result; they gained significantly more weight gain. Dry matter intake 
and weight gain increased progressively with increasing Moringa leaf meal concentration 
in the feed, from 2%M to 6%M inclusive. The rise in weight gain and weight conversion 
rates, were attributed to a possible Moringa leaf meal protein quality effect.