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Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Nutrient Metabolizability, Intestinal Morphometry and Serum Biochemistry of Kuroiler Chicken Fed Diet With Mulberry Leaves

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Growth performance, carcass characteristics, nutrient metabolizability, intestinal morphometry and serum biochemistry of Kuroiler chicKen fed diet with mulberry leaves introductionWith increase of population and the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for conventional feed resources as well as livestock and poultry production is increasing day by day.The shortage of feedstuff has become gradually prominent and as a result, the price of conventional feedstuff (corn, soybean meal and fish meal) has increased.Therefore, finding cheap and reasonable feed resources to replace conventional feedstuff has now become a research hotspot.Mulberry (Morus alba), a deciduous perennial woody plant generates a lot of high-quality forage, which makes it a very promising alternative feed source abstract: mulberry leaves yield high-quality forage characterized by enhanced digestibility and palatability, making them a viable alternative feed resource.in this regard, the present study is designed to evaluate the effects of mulberry leaf meal (mlm) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, nutrient metabolizability, serum biochemistry and intestinal morphometry of Kuroiler chicken.200 Kuroiler birds were divided into four dietary treatment groups with 50 birds in each in a completely randomized design (crd).the basal diet having wheat bran was replaced with mbl at the rate of 0%, 50%, 70% and 100% in the control, t 1, t 2, t 3 groups, respectively.each group was sub-divided into 5 replicates with 10 birds in each at random.The experiment was conducted for 6 weeks.There was significant effect (p<0.05) on body weight gain in t 1 group and that was comparable with control group.compared to control, feed intake was increased (p>0.05) in all replacement groups.Among the treated groups, better (p<0.05)feed conversion ratio was observed in t 1 .no remarkable changes (p>0.05) were observed on serum biochemical parameters.no discernible differences were observed on carcass characteristics however supplementation of 70% mbl, significantly decreased (p<0.05) the relative gizzard yield.Metabolizability of dry matter, crude protein and ether extract significantly decreased in T 2 and t 3 group.Profit per kg live weight was higher (p<0.05) in 50% mbl fed group.thus, it is concluded that, on economic production point of view, wheat bran can be effectively replaced by mulberry leaves up to 50% level for clean Kuroiler chicken production without affecting production performances.
DOI: 10.52635/eamr/15.2.196-205
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417364460
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