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A 56-day feeding trial involving 120 day-old Sayed broiler chicks was conducted to evaluate the growth performance, carcass characteristics, haematological and serum biochemical profiles...
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75 three weeks old turkey poults were used to evaluate the died of dietary broad spectrum antibiotics on growth performance and economics of the diet in humid tropics Ue animals were...
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A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of sexual dimorphism on -the market value of local turkeys. A total of 60 turkeys were acquired and separated into males, females, and combined...
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Twenty four adult Nigerian local cocks comprising 8 normal, 8 frizzle and 8 naked necks were use to determine the effect of genotype on morphometric differentiation of the reproductive...
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In two separate studies, the effect of replacing maize offal with tigernut meal (TGM) in the diets of the West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks were evaluated. Four diets were formulated at 0,...
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The effect of flushing on litter size, lamb weight, colostrum composition and blood profile of pregnant WAD ewes was evaluated in a 12 month study. Eight ewes were randomly divided into...
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Sheep like goat is a small ruminant with a high adoptability climate. Sheep by nature is a germanous animal and it is generally unlike goat which produce more than one young...
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Two experiments involving the West African Dwarf (WAD) goats were conducted to evaluate nutrient intake and digestibility of diets containing varying levels of cassava peel meal. Twelve...
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30 weaner rabbits were used to investigate the effect of various ratios of grass and legume (Penniseiwn pennisetum purpureum and Leucaena leucocephaia) on performance of werner...
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The poultry industry' has developed in several areas such as nutrition, genetics and management to maximizing the growth performance and meat yield (Gunal el al.. 2006). Amaefule (2002)...
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different processing methods and inclusion levels on African Breadfruit seeds on the performance of starter turkeys. The experiment was...
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A study was conducted with 30 cress breed (chinchilla x New Zealand white) rabbits to determine the digestibility and nutrient utilization of rabbits fed raw graded levels oi [3anihara...
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The Relationship and rapid growth, high genetic selection potentials, efficient Iced, land and space utilization, limited competition with high quality JILulriti01iS meat 0! rabbit...
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This project is meant to determine when estrous will occur following farrowing and weaning in sows. Sixteen mature large white sows were mi mu ly chosen randomly from the Michael...
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The mineral, milk yield and compositions of twelve lactating does, comprising six each of West African Dwarf (Fouta djalion) and Red Sokoto (Maradi) does, were compared in a 21—week study....
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Two hundred and seventy day old unsexed broilers were used to determine the performance, haematological indices, carcass characteristics and feed cost of broilers fed 30 or 40% raw pigeon...
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Twenty-four grower rabbits between the ages of 6 and 8 weeks old with mean live weight of about 700g. The twenty-four rabbits were divided into 3 groups, each group containing 8 rabbits....
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The performance of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats fed Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) and Brewer Dried Grains (BDG) in cassava peel meal based diets was evaluated in three experiments. The...
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An experiment was carried out to investigate the performance of' WAD goats fed forage supplemented with concentrate in a completely randomized design. The ['ceding trial lasted lbr 60days...
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Behavioral and physiological changes in estrus were studied over a period of three cycles ( 64 days) in a completely randomized design experiment. A total of 16 gilts were examined with...
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Seventeen browse plants eaten by cattle in Umudike, Aha State were subjected to nutritional evaluation. The browsed plants were classified on basis of frequency of browsing into heavily,...
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The reproductive performance of rabbits at different re-mating intervals was investigated using 27 primiparous Dutch crosses. The does were placed on three treatment groups comprising...
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A study was conducted to determine the effect of cross-breeding normal feather, naked neck and frizzle local chicken with exotic Arbor Acre broiler breeder stock on growth, egg production...
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Sixteen (16) Newzealand white x chinchilla weaner rabbits averaging 0.79kg in weight and aged between 7 and 8 weeks were randomly divided into four groups of four (4) animals per...
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A survey was conducted on the prevalence of mange inpigS in Owerri North L.G.A, Imo state. Ten pig farmers were sampled. Data were collected by structured questionaires visual observation...