Competing Role of Bioactive Constituents in Moringa oleifera Extract and Conventional Nutrition Feed on the Performance of Cobb 500 Broilers

. 2015 Feb 22;2015:970398. doi: 10.1155/2015/970398

Parameters	Treatment groups
Parameters	Nutritional feed only (T1)	0.5% w/w of MOLM (T2)	1.0% w/w of MOLM (T3)	1.5% w/w of MOLM (T4)
Cooking loss (%)	21.99 ± 0.464^a	16.62 ± 0.619^b	21.66 ± 1.441^a	20.34 ± 1.141^a
Drip loss (%)	5.72 ± 0.027^d	5.94 ± 0.028^c	8.01 ± 0.034^a	7.74 ± 0.065^b
Lightness	46.70 ± 1.193^b	46.24 ± 0.373^b	51.70 ± 0.827^a	47.25 ± 0.513^b
Redness	6.15 ± 0.583^ab	7.93 ± 0.793^a	5.45 ± 0.450^b	6.64 ± 0.497^ab
Yellowness	12.08 ± 0.604^b	13.52 ± 0.384^ab	13.15 ± 0.537^ab	14.24 ± 0.584^a
Tenderness	1.07 ± 0.1^a	1.23 ± 0.19^a	0.94 ± 0.07^a	0.89 ± 0.007^a

Table 2(a) (growth performance): the final body weight, weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, and mortality (^*a, b values for final body weight, weight gain, and feed intake showing different superscripts within rows are significantly different (P < 0.05) and the ^*a, b, bc, and c within rows of the FCR are significantly different (P < 0.05)). Table 2(b) (carcass characteristics): the dressing percentage and meat : bone : fat ratio (^*a, b, c, and d values for dressing percentage and meat : bone : fat ratio within rows are significantly different (P < 0.05)). Table 2(c) (meat quality): the cooking loss, drip loss, color, and tenderness (^*a, b, c, d values with different superscripts on the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05)), of broiler chicken fed with various gradients of Moringa oleifera leaves meal (0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% w/w) MOLM with/without nutritional feed.