01805naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024501340007926000090021352010510022265000170127365000120129065000210130265000080132365300200133165300190135170000210137070000190139170000180141070000190142870000180144770000150146577300590148020314182016-04-06       2015    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aRAPHAEL, K. J.  aEffects of substituting soybean with Moringa oleifera meal in diets on laying and eggs quality characteristics of KABIR chickens.  c2015  aThis study was designated to evaluate the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on laying performance of the KABIR strain hens. A total of 27 pullets and 3 cockerels were randomly distributed into 3 groups and randomly fed with diets T0, T5 and T10 in which soybean was gradually substituted at 0, 50 and 100% with Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOL). The results showed that feed intake decreased with increasing level of MOL. The first egg was laid at 25 weeks in the group of chicks fed with 5% of MOL. The lowest feed conversion ratio (FCR) and the highest egg production were recorded with 5% MOL, while the highest FCR and the lowest egg production were recorded with the highest MOL level (10%). Except for circumference of eggs and the yolk weight, eggs characteristics and hatchability were not significantly affected (P&gt0.05) by the inclusion levels of MOL in the diet. The mortalities recorded in this study (21, 30 and 37.5% for 0, 5 and 10% of MOL respectively) were above 12% recommended by the IPH (International Practices Hatchery).  aChicken eggs  aGalinha  aMoringa Oleifera  aOvo  aEggs incubation  aKABIR chickens1 aCHRISTIAN, K. T.1 aJULIANO, R. S.1 aLISITA, F. O.1 aSOULTAN, M. Y.1 aHERVÉ, M. K.1 aALEXIS, T.  tJournal of Animal Nutritiongv. 1, n. 4, p. 1-6, 2015.