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Eighty-one broilers were used to determine the nutrient digestibility coefficients of raw pigeon pea seed meal (PSM) diets supplemented with lysine and or methionine at the...
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A seasonal variation in the nutritive value and anti —nutritional properties of some browse plant fed to goat in Umudike, Abia State of Nigeria was conducted during the dry and rainy...
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Forage and Pasture crops are growth primarily for farm animals. They are either grazed directly by livestock in the field or cut and carry. They can be processed into hay or silage before...
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This study was carried out using New Zealand white (NZW) and Chinchilla (CH) at different ages (5 months and 6 months) to determine the effect of breed and age at first mating on...
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Twenty four New Zealand x chinchilla weaner bucks aged 6 weeks and averaging 0.52kg in weight were randomly divided into 4 groups of 6(six) animals per group. The bucks were...
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Three lactating West African Dwarf (WAD) goats with average body weight of 21 .3kg and aged 35 and 40 months were fed these test diets A. B. and C to determine the influence of Moringa...
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An experimental study was done to investigate the effect of direct-fed microbes (Zymornonas Mobilis treated rice hull) on Maradi goats. The direct-fed microbes was produced using...
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Replacement value of tigernut for maize in Groundnut Cake based-broiler diet was investigated. One hundred and twenty broiler chicken were used for the trial which lasted 5 weeks...
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Reciprocal crossing and main crossing were used to determine the effects of reciprocal maternal and sex-linkage effects on growth traits using 47 kits produced from the main and reciprocal...
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A total of 30 samples of fresh milk from cows managed intensively, semi intensively and extensively were evaluated and compared for quality. Milk quality was assessed by three methods:...
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Two trials were carried out to evaluate the nutritive potential of fermented and unfermented cocoyam corm meal (Xanllwsorna Sagittifolium) for broiler chicken diets. The trials were...
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The haematological characteristics of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats fed with three different diets were determined. Nine (9) growing bucks aged 8-9 months with a mean live weights...
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Twenty four crossbred weaner rabbits (New Zealand x Chinchilla) between six—eight weeks of age were used to determine the effects of replacing maize with graded levels (0, 5, 10...
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This research which lasted for 56 days was conducted to evaluate the effect of some spices in rabbit diets. Five treatment diets were formulated. Diet 1 (control) was...
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Five selected forages of non-conventional legumes, namely Cajanus cajan, Mungbean, mucuna Ghana, Mucuna conchinchinensis and Mucuna rajada were analyzed for nutritional and...
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The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of substituting maize with tigernut. Five broiler finisher diets comprising control diet which maize was replaced with 0%, 25%,...
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A feeding trial was conducted using fifteen cross bred grower rabbits (New Zealand White and Chinchilla) of mixed sexes averaging 850g to evaluate the growth performance,...
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In recent times, the cost of major sources of feed for livestock a continues to increase beyond the reach of the local farmers. 'This development could be traced to be as a result of...
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Twelve weaner rabbits, aged between 5-8 weeks and averaging 650g in weight .ere divided into four groups of three (3) each and used in a 60 - day feeding trial, to evaluate the blood...
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The thermoregulatory effect as well as productive adaptability potentials of the naked neck and frizzle genes found in some genotypes of the tropical chicken has been reported by...
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A study was conducted to determine the nutrient intake and digestibility of graded levels of maggot-upgraded poultry droppings (MUPD) in west African dwarf (WAD) rams. Three...
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This project investigated the effect of Chioroacetic acid on growth performance and hematological parameters of weanhing pigs. In the study, 12 weanling pigs were allotted ...
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A comparative evaluation of the haernatological and biochemical indices of Muturu, N'dama and White Fulani cattle was conducted in a one month study. The herd was managed on...
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This study was carried out using Dutch (DUT) and Chinchilla (Cl-IA) breeds of rabbit. Four (4) Buck and ten (10) Doe of different breeds were selected and two (2) buck and five (5) doe of...