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. 2023 Nov 1;37(4):668–677. doi: 10.5713/ab.23.0208

Table 7.

Influence of different dietary inclusion levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on carcass characteristics, relative abdominal fat, and organ weight of ducklings during 7 to 63 d of age

Traits (%) Control MOLM levels (%) SEM p-value

0.25 0.50 1.0 2.0
Dressing 61.75c 71.45a 70.09a 67.39b 66.87b 1.721 0.0003
Total edible parts 68.84c 76.90a 75.70a 71.00b 70.92b 1.760 0.0001
Liver 1.98 2.09 1.93 2.24 2.23 0.0612 0.0947
Gizzard 2.58 3.02 3.17 3.54 3.08 0.0913 0.0992
Pancreas 0.316 0.355 0.334 0.353 0.359 0.0151 0.2921
Abdominal fat 0.964a 0.154c 0.224c 0.524b 0.496b 0.0272 0.0008
Spleen 0.023 0.025 0.022 0.038 0.043 0.0023 0.0881
Thymus 0.323 0.306 0.277 0.269 0.383 0.0291 0.0963

MOLM, Moringa oleifera leaf meal; SEM, standard error of mean.

a–c

Means in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different at (p<0.05).