Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens
A 12-week feeding experiment was conducted to study the effects of inclusion of 0 (control; Diet A), 10% (Diet B), 15% (Diet C) and 20% (Diet D) of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) in the diet on production performance and egg quality of laying hens. Feeding mulberry leaf meal (MLM) reduced (P<0.0...
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| description | A 12-week feeding experiment was conducted to study the effects of inclusion of 0 (control; Diet A), 10% (Diet B), 15% (Diet C) and 20% (Diet D) of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) in the diet on production performance and egg quality of laying hens. Feeding mulberry leaf meal (MLM) reduced (P<0.05) the feed intake, egg production, egg weight and egg mass. However, feed conversion ratio was not affected (P>0.05). Shell weight and yolk weight were decreased (P<0.01), but shell thickness and albumen weight were not affected (P>0.05). Haugh units increased (P<0.001) as the level of MLM increased. Also, feeding MLM improved (P<0.001) the yolk color when compared with control. The results indicated the possibility of including up to 10% of mulberry leaf meal in diets of egg laying hens without adversely affecting the performance and egg quality. |
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| spelling | upm-175632017-05-04T11:03:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/ Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens Al-Kirshi, Riyadh Abbas Alimon, Abdul Razak Idrus, Zulkifli Sazili, Awis Qurni Mohamed, Wan Zahari Ivan, Michel A 12-week feeding experiment was conducted to study the effects of inclusion of 0 (control; Diet A), 10% (Diet B), 15% (Diet C) and 20% (Diet D) of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) in the diet on production performance and egg quality of laying hens. Feeding mulberry leaf meal (MLM) reduced (P<0.05) the feed intake, egg production, egg weight and egg mass. However, feed conversion ratio was not affected (P>0.05). Shell weight and yolk weight were decreased (P<0.01), but shell thickness and albumen weight were not affected (P>0.05). Haugh units increased (P<0.001) as the level of MLM increased. Also, feeding MLM improved (P<0.001) the yolk color when compared with control. The results indicated the possibility of including up to 10% of mulberry leaf meal in diets of egg laying hens without adversely affecting the performance and egg quality. PAGEPress 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563/1/Utilization%20of%20mulberry%20leaf%20meal.pdf Al-Kirshi, Riyadh Abbas and Alimon, Abdul Razak and Idrus, Zulkifli and Sazili, Awis Qurni and Mohamed, Wan Zahari and Ivan, Michel (2010) Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 9 (3). art. no. e51. pp. 265-267. ISSN 1594-4077 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4081/ijas.2010.e51 10.4081/ijas.2010.e51 |
| spellingShingle | Al-Kirshi, Riyadh Abbas Alimon, Abdul Razak Idrus, Zulkifli Sazili, Awis Qurni Mohamed, Wan Zahari Ivan, Michel Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title | Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title_full | Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title_fullStr | Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title_short | Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
| title_sort | utilization of mulberry leaf meal (morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens |
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