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This experiment was carried out to determine the effect of feeding Muntingia calabura leaf extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, immune response and meat quality of broiler chickens. 500 1-day old broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were randomly distributed into five treatments of five replicates consisting of ten birds each in a compl...
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... revealed in Table 2, final body of birds at 0-28 days (starter phase) took the form of 912.5 grams to 1084.9 grams, body weight gain (866.4 -1084.9 grams per bird), average daily weight gain (30.94 to 38.75 grams per bird), total feed intake (1300.4 ...Context 2
... the overall production cycle, the higher average daily weight gain was highest among birds fed diet 4 (0.9 mL Muntingia calabura leaf extract per liter of water) and diet 5 (1.2 mL Muntingia calabura leaf extract per liter of water) can be attributed to the presence of phyto-constituents in Muntingia calabura leaf extract as presented in Table 2. According to this study, Muntingia calabura leaf extract contains phenolic compounds, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponins and tannins at different concentrations, these compounds have been reported to possess numerous medicinal or herbal properties [17]. ...Similar publications
This experiment was carried out to determine the effect of feeding Muntingia calabura leaf extract on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, immune response and meat quality of broiler chickens. 500 1-day old broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were randomly distributed into five treatments of five replicates consisting of ten birds each in a compl...