Effect of Moringa oleifera leaf powder in diets on laying hens performance, β-carotene, cholesterol, and minerals contents in egg yolk

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the influence of Moringa oleifera on Laying Hens Performance, β-carotene, cholesterol, and minerals contents in egg yolk. Two hundred and forty 30 weeks of healthy laying hens with homogeneous body weight in a complete randomized design with four treatments and 6 replications. Laying hens were randomly divided into four groups: M0: diets without administration of Moringa oleifera leaves, M1: diets with 2% Moringa oleifera leaves; M2: diets with Moringa oleifera leaves 4%; and M3: diets with 6% Moringa oleifera leaves, respectively. Each treatment consisted of six replication cages with 10 birds randomly assigned to each cage. This study showed that administration of the Moringa leaves powder were increased significantly different on egg productions, egg mass, feed efficiencies, yolk color, shell thickness, Mg and Ca contents in eggshell, but not the efficiency of feed consumption. The administration of 2-6% Moringa leaves powder in diets results in significantly lower yolk cholesterol contents. It was concluded that supplementation of 4-6% Moringa leaves powder in diets, increased egg production, egg mass, feed efficiencies, yolk color, shell thickness, β-carotene, Mg and Ca contents in the yolk, but decreased yolk cholesterol contents in laying hens.

Additional effect of apple sugar leaf extract (Annona Squamosa L) through drinking water on feed digestiveness and performance of roles, layer tife

“…This was because the nutritional content of the rations of roles layer tife was the same in each treatment given sugar apple leaf extract and not given as a control. This is in line with the opinion of Bidura et al (2020), that the administration of herbal extracts (katuk leaves and garlic) as much as 5 cc/100 cc of drinking water did not significantly affect the consumption of rations. Authority (2016), also reported that the administration of plant herbal extracts (garlic) through drinking water at a concentration of 2.5-5% had no significant effect on ration consumption.…”

Effects of Fortified Laying Hen Diet with Moringa oleifera Leaves and Goji Berries on Cholesterol and Carotenoid Egg Content

“…Since the high cholesterol content in egg yolks is an inhibiting factor for consumers, reducing cholesterol in egg yolks will benefit the poultry industry and public health [ 18 , 32 ]. Thus, in this study, the second functional egg property monitored was the potential decrease of cholesterol content in egg yolks during the 8-week feeding trial.…”

“…While the hen feed supplementation with DML has been largely described for its cholesterol-lowering effects, less documented is the effect of the goji berry supplementation on cholesterol content in egg yolks. In this regard, Bidura et al reported that the fortification of hen feed with DML led to the production of eggs with a significantly lower cholesterol level in the egg yolk [ 18 ]. A supplementation of Moringa leaves may reduce the cholesterol content of egg yolks in two possible ways.…”

“…Specifically, Abou et al [ 17 ] studied how the supplementation of Moringa leaves may increase the egg quality of Rhode Island Red hens in terms of carotenoid yolk content. Other authors [ 18 ] have reported that the fortification of laying hen feed with Moringa leaves not only led to the production of eggs with an increased β-carotene content (+20%, p < 0.05, compared to the control) but also with a decreased cholesterol content (−20%, p < 0.05, compared to the control).…”

“…Specifically, Moringa leaves are largely used for different purposes, such as an alternative food source to contrast infant malnutrition [ 15 ], forage, useful agents for gum production, and fortification ingredients to produce functional food. They are also well known to be a rich source of pigments, specifically xanthophylls [ 16 ] As a consequence, Moringa leaves are widely used as functional ingredients for the production of poultry feed, with documented, valuable effects on both hen health and egg quality [ 12 , 17 , 18 ]. Specifically, Abou et al [ 17 ] studied how the supplementation of Moringa leaves may increase the egg quality of Rhode Island Red hens in terms of carotenoid yolk content.…”