Effect of using )moringa oliefera( leaves Ensilage to improve Traditional Crops Residues

Abstract

In this study three levels of Moringa olifera plant leaves in 10% , 20% and 30%, were used with traditional agricultural waste ( Crop Residues- groundnut shells, groundnut straw (leaves +stems) and pigeon pea (leaves - stems) to make silage .these above levels were stored in three stages through the 30, 40 and 50 days .the statistical design used is complete randomized design. The results analyzed with general liner model using LSD for mean separation between the treatments . the results showed that significant differences (P < 0.05) were in the protein content between the treatments of Moringa and between the three levels were higher in 30% (20/13) and followed by 20% (59/12) and the lowest 10% (26/12) and also found significant differences in the protein between storage periods were higher 30 Days (12/15) followed by 40days (18/13) and the lowest in 50 days (75/9) while in fiber, the there are no significant differences in Moringa levels and periods of storage . Moringa can be used high-quality silage attributed to contain a high percentage of protein.