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SUMMARY
The increasing demand for poultry products has driven the utilisation of more conventional crops as poultry feed. To achieve economically viable and environmentally friendly poultry production, attempts have been made to incorporate medicinal plants such as Moringa oleifera in their diet. The high nutritional factor, including high protein content, the abundance of micronutrients and various phytochemicals, has contributed to the rapid use of M. oleifera in the poultry diet. Notably, its application has a significant impact on poultry health and husbandry. The following paper reviews M. oleifera on their efficacy, potential limitation and effect on target poultry species. Furthermore, recognising the impact of utilising different processing methods on this plant could offer poultry and feed producers considerable benefits.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Koperasi Mahsari Tanah Merah Berhad under Grant [PV048-2019] and the Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR) Grant [RU004E-2020].
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Norhidayah Mohd Taufek
N.M. Taufek is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science of Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She completed her MSc in Aquaculture Biotechnology in 2010 from Universiti Putra Malaysia and her PhD in Biotechnology and Biochemistry, specifically on Aquaculture Nutrition, in 2017 from Universiti Malaya. Her current research topic is focused on finding alternative feed ingredients from plants, microorganisms and insects for the aquaculture and poultry industries.
Siti Nur Nabila Zainol Ariffin
S.N.N. Zainol Ariffin is a PhD student at the Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya. She received her MSc in Advanced Biological Sciences (Animal Science) at the University of Liverpool in 2016. Her current research topic is to evaluate local, sustainable feed ingredients for Broiler and Hybrid Chicken.
Norhafiza Mohd Arshad
N. M. Arshad is a senior lecturer at the Center for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Universiti Malaya. She completed her Bachelor Degree (major in Genetics & Molecular Biology) in 2010 and her PhD in Molecular Oncology in 2015 from Universiti Malaya. Her research is mainly on discovering natural products that exhibit anticancer properties. Recent work has focused on evaluating nanoparticles (NPs) as drugs carrier and biosynthesized NPs from plant material as immuno-therapeutics for animal & aquatic health. Concurrently, her research interest has been expanded to the use of plants as a natural antioxidant additive for poultry feed.
Mohd Shahmi Hakimi Mazlishah
M.S.H. Mazlishah is a research officer at Glami Lemi Biotechnology Research Center Universiti Malaya. He received his MSc from the same university in 2019. His current projects involved small ruminant reproductive studies and poultry nutrition.