Italian Journal of Animal Science (Sep 2010)

Utilization of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) as protein supplement in diets for laying hens

  • Michel Ivan,
  • Mohamed Wan Zahari,
  • Idrus Zulkifli,
  • Awis Sazili,
  • Abdul Razak Alimon,
  • Riyadh Abbas Al-kirshi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2010.e51
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. e51 – e51

Abstract

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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 (P0.05). Shell weight and yolk weight were decreased (P0.05). 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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