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                         The  present  study  aimed  to  evaluate  the  effect  of  dietary  Moringa  oleifera  (M.  oleifera) leaves and/or seed powder on laying Japanese quail performance in terms of egg production, egg quality, blood serum characteristics, and reproduction. In total, 168 Japanese quails (120 hens and 48  males)  at  eight  weeks  of  age  in  laying  period  were  randomly  distributed  to  four  treatment groups, with six replicates per group and seven birds (five hens and two males) per replicate. The first group (G1) served as a control group, while G2, G3 and G4 groups were supplemented with M. oleifera leaves (ML) and M. oleifera seeds (MS) and their combination ((1 g/kg ML; 1 g/kg MS; and  1  ML  g/kg  +  1  MS  g/kg  (MSL),  respectively).  From  the  results,  feed  consumption,  feed conversion ratio, egg weight, fertility and hatchability from fertile eggs, egg and yolk index, and Haugh unit were not affected by dietary treatments. However, egg production, egg mass, eggshell thickness,  and  hatchability  were  significantly  increased  and  blood  aspartate  transaminase  (AST) and urea decreased in the MS treatment. Both triglycerides and total cholesterol were reduced (p < 0.05)  in  all  treatments  with  ML,  MS,  and  MSL,  with  no  significant  differences  in  alanine aminotransferase (ALT), albumin, total protein, globulin, and A/G ratio among dietary treatment. Our  results  clearly  indicated  that  the  inclusion  of  M.  oleifera  seeds  in  Japanese  quail  diet significantly  increased  egg  production  and  improved  hatchability,  along  with  some  egg  quality parameters, and also lowered some blood biochemical components. 
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