Efficacy of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> Leaf Supplementation for Enhanced Growth Performance, Haematology and Serum Biochemistry of Rabbits — Oak Academic Publishing
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Efficacy of <i>Moringa oleifera</i> Leaf Supplementation for Enhanced Growth Performance, Haematology and Serum Biochemistry of Rabbits
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Family Science, Taibah University, Madinah Munawarah, KSA
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Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Family Science, Taibah University, Madinah Munawarah, KSA
1 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Family Science, Taibah University, Madinah Munawarah, KSA
2 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Family Science, Taibah University, Madinah Munawarah, KSA
The present work aimed to define the antioxidant effect of addition graded levels (0 mg (T0), 500 mg (T1), 1000 mg (T2) /Kg diet) of dried M. oleifera leaves (DMOL) during the experimental period for 56 days duration on the productive, hematology and some serum biochemical parameters of fifty-one growing rabbits. The results indicated that the DMOL contents of chlorophyll a, b, vitamin c, vitamin E, total flavonoids, total polyphenols, condensed tannins and phytic acid were (1.09 mg/g DW), (0.34 mg/g DW), (0.95 mg/g), (0.75 mg/g), (5.06 mg/g), (2.32%), (1.72%) and (0.98%), respectively. The result of the final live weight, average daily weight gain (ADWG) and average daily dry matter intake increased significantly with increasing levels of DMOL in diets. Also, the improvement in feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly high among the two levels of (DMOL). The serum glucose and urea nitrogen levels significantly decreased as DMOL levels increased. Moreover, there were a significant increase ( P < 0.05) in Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALT) and Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) with control group compared with groups 2 and 3. Also, total cholesterol values decreased significantly ( P < 0.05) by the addition of DMOL in group 3 (19.03%) and group 2 (10.27%) compared to control group. White blood cell count, red blood cells and PLT values of control group were significantly lower ( P < 0.05) than that of groups 2 and 3. Values of Total Volatile Fatty Acids (TVFA) and caecal pH were significantly ( p > 0.05) different among treatments. On the contrary, significantly ( P < 0.05) lowest values of NH3-N were observed in rabbits fed diet 3 (23.84 mg/dl), diet 2 (26.65 mg/dl) and lastly control diet (28.51 mg/dl). The total count of bacteria of ceacal content of rabbits in group T2 was significantly ( P < 0.05) lower than those in control group T0 but similar ( P > 0.05) to the values of group T1. There was a significant ( P < 0.05) effect of DMOL supplementation on the percent of carcass, liver and total edible parts of rabbits across treatments, whereas, treatments T2 and T1 recorded better results than T0. Under the condition of the present study, the results suggest that DMOL supplementation up to 1000 g/Kg diet might improve performance, bacterial community, antioxidant, biochemical parameters and blood constituents of rabbits.
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