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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

Ebisa Tesissa
† ,
Metekia Tamiru
*,† ORCID logo ,
Dawit Adisu Tadese
,
Solomon Demeke
* ,
Sebsib Ababor
,
Azmeraw Asres
,
Abegaze Beyene
,
Ashenafi Miresa
,
Jane Wamatu
,
Ashraf Alkhtib
,
Emily Burton
†
Co-authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Version 1 : Received: 17 May 2023 / Approved: 18 May 2023 / Online: 18 May 2023 (07:29:05 CEST)

How to cite: 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. Preprints 2023, 2023051289. 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.

Keywords

egg production; egg quality; layers; fenugreek seeds; Moringa oleifera leaf

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology

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