EVALUATION OF VARIOUS DETOXIFICATION METHODS OF MORINGA OLEIFERA SEEDS IN BROILERS NUTRITION

Abstract

Poultry production plays a key role in socio-economic development in developing countries. However, poultry production sector are facing a myrid of problems, one of which is the high cost
of feed production. Protein sources (soya bean, meal, fish mealetc) which is one of he essential
components in ration formulation in this sector are usually scarce and expensive. Researchers are therefore looking for cheap, available and safe alternative sources of protein. One of these
alternative protein sources is seed meal of tropical crop, moringaoleifera. Raw Moringaoleifera
seed meal was variously processed by water washing, boiling, autoclaving, microwave blanching
and a combination of the detoxicant methods and fed at 15% in diets to broiler chicks at hatch in
a single factor design (CRD) experiment over a month feeding trial. All the detoxicant methods
improved dietary performance of the birds and treating Moringaoleifera seed meal (MOSM) made the stuff in diets innocuous as evidenced by results on relative organ weights (heart, liver), some measured biochemical parameters including protein fractions, detoxicant enzymes (ALP x ALT) which were comparable in values with those obtained on the control diet (P>0.05). It was
concluded that the detoxicant methods used hold great potential and should be followed with
dietary supplementation of additional reduced nutrients (protein, vitamins) and other detoxifying
agents.