Asian Journal of Animal Sciences1819-1878xxxx-xxxxxAsian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ajas.2017.32.39Moringa oleifera Leaves on the Performance
of Suckling Buffalo Calves]]>ElaidyAhmad A. SelimIbrahim A. Abou Abou-EleninEbtehag I.M. AbbasMohamed S. SobhyHassan M. 12017111Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of dry Moringa oleifera leaves (DMOL) on nutrient
digestibility, some blood constituents and performance of suckling buffalo calves. Materials and Methods: Thirty newborn buffalo calves
were used in feeding trial through suckling period. Calves were suckled buffalo milk and fed calf starter and berseem hay ad libitum as
control ration, while in the other tested rations 5, 10, 15 and 20% of calf starter was replaced by DMOL for R2, R3, R4 and R5, respectively.
Results: Data indicated that, DMOL contained 28.00% Crude Protein (CP), 6.23% Ether Extract (EE), 15.39% Crude Fiber (CF), 41.95% NFE
and 8.43% ash (on DM basis). Nutrient digestibility, nutritive values, weight gain, feed conversion and economic efficiency of tested ration
were significantly (p<0.05) increased with increasing the level of DMOL in the rations up to 15% and decreased afterwards at 20% level,
which was nearly similar to control ration. There were insignificant differences in blood total protein, globulin, creatinine and alanine
aminotransferase (ALT) among experimental rations. While, values of albumin, urea and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were
significantly (p<0.05) different among tested rations. Conclusion: Results of the present study concluded that replacing up to 15% of
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