Evaluation of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf meal on performance, carcass characteristics and egg quality of laying hens

Esonu, BO; Emenalom, O. O.; Udedibie, A. B. I.; Anyanwu, Anthony Chinedu; Madu, U; Inyang, AO

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“…It has therefore become necessary to investigate such plants for possibilities of incorporating their leaves or seeds in livestock and poultry feeds to serve as feed ingredients and/or prophylactic agents. Earlier studies at our station have shown that leaves of Alchornia cordifolio (Udedibie and Opara, 1998) and Azadirchta indica (Esonu et al, 2005;Obikaonu, 2009) could be of value in poultry diets.…”

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Effect of graded dietary levels of Garcinia Kola seed meal on performance, intestinal microbial load, haematological and serum biochemical profile of rabbits.

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Enyenihi²,

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Effect of dietary Garcinia kola seed meal (GKSM) (bitter kola) on the performance, microbial activities and blood constituents of rabbits were investigated. Four rabbit grower mash were prepared such that diet T 0 (control) contained no Garcinia kola seed meal while diets T 1, T 2 and T 3 contained 2.5%, 5.0% and 7.5% Garcinia kola seed meal, respectively, partly replacing maize. Each diet was fed to a group of 9 grower rabbits for 56 days, in completely randomized design (CRD) experiment. Each group was further subdivided into three replicates of 3 rabbits each. Faecal samples were collected from four rabbits per treatment at the first and last weeks of the experiment and used to determine intestinal microbial load of the rabbits. At the end of the feeding trial, blood samples were randomly collected from four rabbits per treatment and used to determine heamatological and serum biochemical profile of the rabbits. Body weight gain, daily body weight gain and feed conversion ratio (g feed/g gain) of the groups on GKSM diets decreased significantly (P < 0.05) while the feed intake increased (P < 0.05). GKSM had no significant effects (P<0.05) on the parasite, cysts of Isospora belli, but significantly eradicated Salmonella and Streptococcus species. Haematological indices (RBC, HB, PCV, MCV, MCHC, MCH, WBC and platelets) were not affected by the treatments (P > 0.05). There were no traces of eosinophils, basophils and monocytes. Biochemical indices (serum cholesterol, serum protein, serum albumin, serum globulin) were also not significantly affected (P > 0.05) by the treatments. The glucose levels of GKSM fed groups were significantly (P < 0.05) reduced. The electrolytes (potassium, sodium and chloride) as well as calcium and bicarbonate levels were not affected by the treatments (P > 0.05). Cost of production (N/Kg gain) was highly increased with increase in dietary GKSM.

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Effect of graded dietary levels of Garcinia Kola seed meal on performance, intestinal microbial load, haematological and serum biochemical profile of rabbits.

Esiegwu¹,

Enyenihi²,

Emenalom³

et al. 2015

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“…Final weight however decreased (P<0.05) progressively with increasing levels of COLM in the diets. This trend could be attributed to imbalance in nutrient composition and improper metabolism associated with the leaf meal when fed beyond 9% inclusion as reported by (Esonu et al, 2005 andAbu et al, 2015).Total feed intake was not significantly (P<0.05)…”

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An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding Cassia obtusifolia leaf meal on growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler Chickens. Two hundred (200) unsexed day old Marshall Broiler chicks were used for the study. Five diets were formulated such that Cassia obtusifolia leaf meal were used at 0%, 3%, 6%, 9% and 12% designated as treatments T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. The chicks were weighed and randomly allocated to five dietary treatments replicated four times with ten birds per replicate in completely randomized design. The proximate composition of Cassia obtusifolia showed it contains 93.51% dry matter, 25.44% crude protein, 19.14%, crude fibre, 12.17% ash, 4.06% ether extract and 38.19% nitrogen free extract. The leaf meal also contains saponin (6.26%), phytate (2.97%), tannins (4.52%) and oxalates (2.37%). The result of growth parameters measured were significantly different (P<0.05) except, total feed intake and average daily feed intake. Similarly, live weight, plucked weight, eviscerated weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage did not show any significant difference among treatment groups. The result of the internal organs evaluated showed variation in the weights of pancreas, large and small intestines across the treatments. It was concluded from the results obtained that COLM can be included up to 9% in broiler chickens' diet without adverse effect on the growth performance, carcass and internal organs characteristics.

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“…O aumento do nível de fibra, resultante da inclusão de fenos de folhas de diferentes espécies vegetais típicas de regiões tropicais, em rações tradicionais formuladas com milho para poedeiras pode influenciar o consumo de ração das aves, aumentando ou diminuindo a ingestão (Odunsi et al, 2002;Odunsi, 2003;Esonu et al, 2005).…”

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“…Odunsi et al (2002) verificaram diminuição na ingestão de ração e na produção de ovos à medida que os níveis de feno da folha de Gliricidia sepium se elevaram, o que resultou em piora na conversão alimentar. Por outro lado, Esonu et al (2005) Na avaliação da coloração das gemas, observou-se que a ração controle promoveu pigmentação das gemas inferior em relação á obtida com ração à base de milho e inclusão de FFL e superior a dos demais tratamentos.…”

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“…Na literatura são encontrados alguns relatos sobre o uso de fenos de plantas, como Gliricidia sepium (Odunsi et al, 2002), Lablab purpureus (Odunsi, 2003), Microdesmis puberula (Esonu et al, 2004) e Azadirachta indica (Esonu et al, 2005), na alimentação de poedeiras. Nessas pesquisas, os fenos foram incluídos como um ingrediente em rações formuladas para serem isonutrientes.…”

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Inclusão de fenos de folha de leucena e de cunhã na ração de poedeiras

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Desempenho. Leguminosas. Qualidade dos ovos.ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS Egg quality. Legume forages. Performance. RESUMOObjetivou-se comparar o efeito da inclusão de fenos de folha de leucena (FFL) e de cunhã (FC) na ração, sobre o desempenho e a qualidade dos ovos de poedeiras. Cem poedeiras Hisex Brown (64 semanas de idade) foram distribuídas em um delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com 5 tratamentos e 5 repetições de 4 aves. Por 63 dias (3 períodos de 21 dias), durante os quais as aves receberam ração e água à vontade, foram avaliados os fatores fonte de energia (milho ou sorgo) e o tipo de feno (leucena ou cunhã) e uma ração controle à base de milho e farelo de soja sem inclusão de feno em um fatorial 2 x 2 + 1. A postura, o peso dos ovos, a massa de ovo, a conversão alimentar, a proporção dos componentes do ovo e as unidades Haugh não sofreram influências dos tratamentos. As poedeiras alimentadas com ração controle, apresentaram o menor consumo. A inclusão de FFL, na ração contendo milho ou sorgo, resultou em maior pigmentação das gemas em relação à inclusão de FC. Independente do cereal utilizado como fonte de energia na formulação da ração de postura, a inclusão de FFL ou de FC resulta em desempenho semelhante, porém, o FFL apresenta maior capacidade de pigmentação das gemas. SUMMARYThe effects of including leucena leaf (FFL) or cunhã (FC) hay into diet on performance and egg quality of 100 Hisex Brown (64 weeks old) laying hens were compared. Birds were distributed into a completely randomized design with five treatments and five replicates of 4 birds each. The treatments were designed in a factorial 2 x 2 + 1, which evaluated the factors energy source (corn or sorghum) and type of hay (leucena or cunhã) and an a control diet based on corn and soybean meal without inclusion of hay. The trial lasted 63 days (three periods of 21 days), during which the birds received feed and water ad libitum. Treatments did significantly affect, neither production, weight, mass, component proportion and Haugh units of eggs, nor feed conversion. However, laying hens fed ration without hay (control diet) had the lowest consumption. The inclusion of FFL, in the diet containing corn or sorghum, resulted in higher yolk pigmentation than inclusion of FC. The inclusion of FFL or FC, independent of the grain utilized as an energy source, results in a similar performance, but FFL increased yolk pigmentation capacity. INTRODUÇÃOO aumento dos preços do milho e do farelo de soja ou a baixa disponibilidade desses ingredientes tem incentivado pesquisas em busca de alimentos alternativos que reduzam os custos de produção das aves sem prejudicar o desempenho zootéc-nico. Porem a utilização de sorgo, milheto,

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Evaluation of Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf meal on performance, carcass characteristics and egg quality of laying hens

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Effect of graded dietary levels of Garcinia Kola seed meal on performance, intestinal microbial load, haematological and serum biochemical profile of rabbits.

Effect of graded dietary levels of Garcinia Kola seed meal on performance, intestinal microbial load, haematological and serum biochemical profile of rabbits.

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