EFFECT OF ADDING ALCOHOLIC AND NANO ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES TO DRINKING WATER ON THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF LAYING HENS
This study was conducted at Department of Animal Production farm of the college of Agriculture / Al-Qasim Green University the experimental field during twelve weeks from 1/ 9 / 2020 to 23/ 11/ 2020. Aimed to was to know the effect of adding the alcoholic and nano alcoholic extract of Moringa oleifera leaves to drinking water on the productive performance of laying hens , The experiment included 120 laying hens of Lohmann brown at the age of 50 weeks . The breeding period was divided into 3 experimental periods (52-55) weeks, (56- 59) weeks and (60-63) weeks of the hens age , distributed randomly to 15 pen with 5 experimental treatments for each treatment of 24 birds. Each treatment included three replicates per 8 bird . Experience treatments were as follows: First treatment: control group free from any addition . Second treatment: drinking water added 10 ml / liter of water from the alcoholic extract of Moringa leaves at a concentration of 1% . Third treatment: drinking water added 10 ml / liter of water to the alcoholic extract of Moringa leaves at a concentration of 2%. Fourth treatment: drinking water added 10 ml / liter of water from the nano alcohol extract of Moringa leaves at a concentration of 0.01% . Fifth treatment: drinking water added 10 ml / liter of water from the nano alcohol extract of Moringa leaves at a concentration of 0.02% , the main results of the study are as follows: Significant improvement (p≤0.05) for the fourth treatment in the percentage of egg production , the number of cumulative eggs, egg mass and feed conversion ratio compared to the first treatment (control group). The fifth treatment recorded the best shell thickness , Albumin height and Hu unit, with a significant difference (p≤0.05) compared to the first treatment (control).
Keywords: Moringa oleifera leaves, Nano Alcoholıc Extract