Three studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of Moringa oleifera leaf powder and leaf meal on chicken layer and
broiler diets. The effect of different levels of Moringa oleifera leaf powder (MOLP) on laying performance of 480
Lohmann LSL Classic, 27- week old and the post-molting performance of 240 heads, 89- week old forced-molted
Lohmann LSL Classic with 72% egg production were both conducted in four months. They were randomly distributed in
Completely Randomized Design (CRD) to 5 dietary treatments with 6-replicate per treatment. One hundred fifty day-old
Cobbs broiler were randomly assigned to five dietary treatments in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 30 birds
Conclusion and Recommendation
The results of the three feeding trials showed that Moringa feed supplements did not further improve the
parameters used except forced-molted layers that significant increased on feed cost per kg of egg produced
and egg weight were recorded. The average cumulative feed efficiency, laying percentage, feed consumption
and income over feed cost of the chicken layers fed diets with varying amounts of MLP were statistically
comparable with the basal diets. The results however were constantly higher with the values obtained from
the control groups.
Similar findings on broilers’ production performance from the treated and control groups were observed.
The ADG, gain in weight, FCR, feed intake, final weight and income over feed cost were statistically