Effect of Supplementing Moringa oleifera Leaf Powder and Vitamins C and E on Carcass Characteristics of Japanese Quail

Abstract

A feeding trial was conducted to discern the influence of dietary incorporation of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on carcass characteristics, cut-up parts, and weights of organs parameters of broiler Japanese quail. A total 288 day-old Japanese quail chicks were randomly distributed into eight treatments of 36 Japanese quail chicks per treatment with three replicates of 12 quail in each. Japanese quail of treatment T1 (control group) were fed a basal diet (starter and finisher), whereas in treatment group T2 basal diet was incorporated with Vitamin C @200 mg/kg, T3 basal diet was incorporated with Vitamin E @10 IU/kg, and in diets T4, T5, T6, T7, and T8, the basal diet was incorporated with 1.0%, 3.0%, 5.0%, 7.0% and 9.0% Moringa oleifera leaf meal, respectively. Results showed that non-significant (P≥0.05) difference were noticed in the dressing percentage without giblet, with giblet, cut-up parts viz., neck, back, wing, breast, thigh and drumstick, weights of organs in broiler Japanese quail when Japanese quail was fed diet with different levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal. But significantly (P≤0.05) higher meat-bone ratio was seen in T5 group while lower was seen in T8 treatment group as compared to control. It can be concluded that 3.0 % Moringa oleifera leaf meal can be incorporated in feed for improvement of carcass characteristics of the broiler Japanese quail.