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National level e-symposium on “Agroforestry system for augmenting livestock
productivity and empowering resource poor rural farmers”

Conclusion

Farmers have observed that feeding of mulberry resulted in 1.5-2.0 kg extra body weight gain over a
period of 3 months. However, in lactating goats, continuous feeding of mulberry resulted in over weight in
terms of fat deposition that’s leads to animal not showing heat symptoms. Hence, the present study showed
that Mulberry leaves had relatively rich protein energy content and feeding of mulberry leaves has proved
potential alternate feed resources for small ruminants especially during lean season.

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Effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal supplementation on serum lipid profile in broiler chicken

A. Ajantha, C. Kathirvelan*, M. R. Purushothaman and P. Visha
Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary College and Research Institute
(Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University), Namakkal, 637 002, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Corresponding author: kadhirc@gmail.com

Introduction
Moringa oleifera referred as ‘Drum stick tree’ belongs to the family of Moringaceae is considered
as a native plant of India (Zvinorova et al., 2015). The Moringa oleifera leaf contains various amino acids,
fatty acids, vitamins and other nutrients. Many reports described Moringa oleifera as having highly potent
antioxidant, antibacterial and hypocholesterolaemic anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activity. These
properties were linked to the presence of carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, glycosides, alkaloids,
flavonoids and phenols in Moringa leaves (Fahey, 2005). The leaf extracts were found to regulate the serum
cholesterol level in rats due to its hypocholesterolaemic activity (Ghasi et al., 2000). The present study was
conducted to study the hypolipidemic property of Moringa oleifera leaf meal in broiler chicken ration.

Materials and methods

A biological trial was conducted with 216-day old Cobb 400 broiler chicks distributed to six experimental
groups with six replicates, each replicate having six chicks. The experimental diets were basal ration (T1),
antibiotic growth promoter supplemented ration (T2) and MOLM supplemented rations viz 750 ppm (T3),
1000 ppm (T4), 1250 ppm (T5) and 1500 ppm (T6). At the end of 42 day, serum samples were collected from
two birds from each replicate and analyzed for the serum lipid profile by use of biochemical kits (M/s. Span
Diagnostics Ltd., India). The data were statistically analyzed as per the methods of Snedecor and Cochran
(1989) and the means of different experimental groups were tested for statistical significance by Duncan’s
multiple range test (Duncan, 1955).

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