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A 12-week feeding experiment was conducted to study the effects of inclusion of 0 (control; Diet A), 10% (Diet B), 15% (Diet C) and 20% (Diet D) of mulberry leaf meal (Morus alba) in the diet on production performance and egg quality of laying hens. Feeding mulberry leaf meal (MLM) reduced (P<0.05) the feed intake, egg production, egg weight and egg mass. However, feed conversion ratio was not affected (P>0.05). Shell weight and yolk weight were decreased (P<0.01), but shell thickness and albumen weight were not affected (P>0.05). Haugh units increased (P<0.001) as the level of MLM increased. Also, feeding MLM improved (P<0.001) the yolk color when compared with control. The results indicated the possibility of including up to 10% of mulberry leaf meal in diets of egg laying hens without adversely affecting the performance and egg quality.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Agriculture Halal Products Research Institute Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2010.e51 |
| Publisher: | PAGEPress |
| Keywords: | Mulberry leaf; Layer hens; Egg production; Egg quality |
| Depositing User: | Norhazura Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2011 01:17 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2017 11:03 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.4081/ijas.2010.e51 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17563 |
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