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ITZA ORTIZ, Mateo Fabian; LARA Y LARA, Pedro Enrique; MAGANA MAGANA, Miguel Ángel  y  SANGINES GARCIA, José Roberto. Evaluation of mulberry (Morus alba) leaf flour in broiler feeding. Zootecnia Trop. [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.4, pp.477-488. ISSN 0798-7269.

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of including mulberry leaf flour (MLF) in broiler feeding. For the first trial 480 male chickens of one day (ISA MPK) were randomly distributed in four treatments with different feeding flour levels 0 (M0), 4 (M4), 8 (M8) and 12% (M12) and six replicates (n= 20). A lineal (P<0,05) decrease in body weight as leaf flour increased was observed (2725, 2617, 2482, 2375 g; in M0, M4, M8 y M12, respectively) and a quadratic effect (P<0,05) in consumption, has be the inflection point on M8. Wherever, the conversion had a similar response to consumption. Gastrointestinal tract and closed gizzard close weight was greater (P<0,05) in chickens with 12% of MLF and intermediate with 8%. Carcass yield was 11 % greater in control group. The second trial consisted in the evaluation of true digestibility (TD) in vivo. The digestibility of MLF was 32,18% and 17,88% to dry matter and crude protein, respectively. We concluded that levels of 4% of MLF negatively affect the growth and carcass yield of the chicken; however it can included at 8% in the diet of chicken over 35 days old. The TD of the protein is low in MLF.

Palabras clave : digestibility; morera; productive performance; carcass yield.

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