The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of substituting commercial broiler feed with mulberry leaf meal on feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and mortality. About 144 Cobb 500 broiler breed chicks were randomly distributed to 4 treatments in completely randomized design. Treatment diets were prepared by substituting 7.5, 15 and 22.5% of commercial broiler feed with mulberry leaf meal during the starter, grower and finisher phases. The average feed intake of broilers was affected (p<0.0001) by treatment diets where substitution of mulberry leaf meal at 7.5% and above had decreased the feed intake. Analysis of variance revealed higher (p<0.0001) weight gain in control group (M 0 ) as compared to the other treatments. Inclusion of mulberry leaf meal up to 15% has no adverse effect on the survival rate. This study has showed that mulberry leaf meal substitution at 7.5% and more seems to have good effect on broilers carcass quality and reduction of abdominal fat that can positively affect consumer's desire.

The study was carried out at Arbaminch Agricultural research center, Gamo Gofa zone, Ethiopia, using twenty five intact male yearling Woyto-Guji goats. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of dried moringa leaf substitution to concentrate mixture on feed intake, digestibility and body weight gain of Woyto-Guji goats and to assess the economic benefit of dried Moringa leaf substitution. The experimental design was randomized complete block design. Goats were blocked into five block based on their initial body weight (BW) and randomly assigned to one of the five treatments. The experiment consisted of 90 days of feeding trial and 7 days of digestibility trial. The five dietary treatments used were100% concentrate mixture (CM) consisting of wheat bran (57%), noug (Guizota abyssinica) seed cake (23%), maize (19%) and salt (1%) [T1]; 75% CM+25% dried moringa stenopetala leaf (DMSL) [T2]; 50% CM+50% DMSL [T3]; 25% CM+75% DMSL [T4] and 100% DMSL [T5]. The natural pasture hay of this study was medium quality grass and the CP content was better demanded for maintenance requirement of goats. Total dry matter intake (TDMI) expressed as% BW and metabolic BW (kg/w 0.75) were different (p<0.05) among treatments with an overall mean of 3.46% of BW and 64.59 g DM/kg w 0.75 per day. The TDMI was in the range of 3.3 to 3.7% BW. The CP intake has increased in ascending order with increased level of DMSL supplementation. The trend in TDMI (g/day) of goats across the feeding period showed progressive increment. The increase in BW throughout the feeding period is an attribute of increase in feed and digestible nutrient intakes. Based on the partial budget analysis as well from biological point of view, supplementation of 75% and 100% dried moringastenopetala leaf could be recommended as profitable for goat producer. Therefore, goat producers can use moringa to attain higher body weight gain within a short period of time.