Table 2.

Composition and chemical analysis of the experimental basal diets containing different levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal for growing ducks during starter and grower period

Items	Starter (7 to 35 d)					Grower (36 to 63 d)
	Control	MOLM levels (%)				Control	MOLM levels (%)
		0.25	0.50	1.0	2.0		0.25	0.50	1.0	2.0
Ingredient (%)
MOLM	-	0.25	0.50	1.00	2.00	-	0.25	0.50	1.00	2.00
Yellow corn	56.45	56.20	56.25	55.50	54.65	68.00	67.8	67.45	67.00	66.35
Soybean meal (44%)	38.30	38.20	38	37.90	37.5	26.70	26.6	26.55	26.35	25.75
Sunflower oil	1.45	1.55	1.45	1.80	2.05	1.50	1.55	1.7	1.85	2.10
Limestone	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.97	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.97
Dicalcium phosphate	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Salt (NaCl)	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
Vit+Min premix1)	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
DL-Methionine	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.12	0.13	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.12	0.13
Anti-coccidia	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Chemical composition (% on DM basis)
ME (kcal/kg)2)	2,893	2,890	2,887	2,885	2,880	3,024	3,020	3,021	3,018	3,012
Crude protein3)	22.18	22.17	22.15	22.14	22.10	18.09	17.97	18.02	18.07	17.95
Crude fiber3)	4.25	4.27	4.29	4.33	4.39	3.56	3.58	3.60	3.63	3.68
Ether extract3)	4.23	4.32	4.27	4.56	4.76	4.55	4.60	4.68	4.82	4.94
Lysine2)	1.18	1.17	1.19	1.18	1.17	0.89	0.89	0.90	0.87	0.88
Methionine2)	0.45	0.44	0.43	0.46	0.47	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.40	0.41
Methionine+cystine2)	0.79	0.80	0.78	0.79	0.80	0.69	0.68	0.69	0.70	0.71
Threonine2)	0.89	0.89	0.88	0.87	0.87	0.67	0.67	0.66	0.66	0.65
Tryptophan2)	0.37	0.36	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.25
Calcium2)	0.93	0.92	0.93	0.94	0.96	0.94	0.92	0.95	0.96	0.98
Available phosphorus2)	0.45	0.44	0.46	0.44	0.45	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.38

MOLM, Moringa oleifera leaf meal; DM, dry matter; ME, metabolizable energy.

¹⁾Vit+Min premix. Provided per kilogram of the diet: vit. A, 6,000 IU; vit. E (dl-α-tocopherol acetate, 10 IU; menadione, 2.5 mg; vit. D₃, 2,000 ICU; riboflavin, 2.5 mg; calcium pantothenate, 10 mg; nicotinic acid, 12 mg; Choline chloride, 300 mg; vit. B₁₂, 4 μg; vit. B₆, 5 mg; thiamine, 3 mg; folic acid, 0.50 mg; and biotin, 0.02 mg; Mn, 80 mg; Zn, 60 mg; Fe, 35 mg; Cu, 8 mg; Se, 0.1 mg.

²⁾Calculated.

³⁾Analyzed.