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Evaluation of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) Seed Powder and Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens
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: Received: 17 May 2023 / Approved: 18 May 2023 / Online: 18 May 2023 (07:29:05 CEST)
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Tesissa, E.; Tamiru, M.; Tadese, D. A.; Demeke, S.; Ababor, S.; Asres, A.; Beyene, A.; Miresa, A.; Wamatu, J.; Alkhtib, A.; Burton, E. Evaluation of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) Seed Powder and Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens. Preprints2023, 2023051289. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1289.v1
Tesissa, E.; Tamiru, M.; Tadese, D. A.; Demeke, S.; Ababor, S.; Asres, A.; Beyene, A.; Miresa, A.; Wamatu, J.; Alkhtib, A.; Burton, E. Evaluation of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) Seed Powder and Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens. Preprints 2023, 2023051289. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1289.v1
Tesissa, E.; Tamiru, M.; Tadese, D. A.; Demeke, S.; Ababor, S.; Asres, A.; Beyene, A.; Miresa, A.; Wamatu, J.; Alkhtib, A.; Burton, E. Evaluation of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) Seed Powder and Moringa oleifera Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens. Preprints2023, 2023051289. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1289.v1
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Tesissa, E., Tamiru, M., Tadese, D. A., Demeke, S., Ababor, S., Asres, A., Beyene, A., Miresa, A., Wamatu, J., Alkhtib, A., & Burton, E. (2023). Evaluation of Fenugreek (<em>Trigonella foenum graecum</em>) Seed Powder and <em>Moringa oleifera</em> Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1289.v1
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Tesissa, E., Ashraf Alkhtib and Emily Burton. 2023 "Evaluation of Fenugreek (<em>Trigonella foenum graecum</em>) Seed Powder and <em>Moringa oleifera</em> Leaf Meal on Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1289.v1
Abstract
The effect of the addition of fenugreek seed powder and Moringa oleifera leaf meal on the production performance and egg quality of Lohmann Brown laying hens was investigated. A total of 108 Lohmann-Brown layers, 48 weeks of age, were used and randomly assigned to six experimental groups of three replicates each in a randomized design. A control diet was supplemented with 3.6 g/hen/day of Moringa oleifera leaf meal and fenugreek seed powder alone or in various proportions as follows: control diet (T1), 100% Moringa oleifera leaf meal (T2), 25% fenugreek seed powder and 75% moringa oleifera leaf meal (T3), 50% fenugreek seed powder and 50% moringa oleifera leaf meal (T4), 75% fenugreek seed powder and 25% moringa oleifera leaf meal (T5) and 100% fenugreek seed powder (T6) were added on top of the control diet. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA by the general linear model method, using Tukey's multiple range tests to differentiate means. According to the results, fenugreek and moringa had a crude protein content of 25.17 and 27.8%, respectively. The groups administered T4 had significantly higher mean feed intake (120.75), feed conversion rate (2.315), egg production (77.22), and egg mass (52.08) than the others. Treatment 4 had a significant (P<0.05) improvement in some egg quality traits such as shell weight, shell firmness, albumen weight, yolk weight, yolk color, and Haugh unit compared to the control. In summary, Treatment 4, a mixture of equal parts fenugreek seed powder and Moringa oleifera leaf meal, improved egg production performance and egg quality.
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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