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EFFECTS OF SUN-DRIED CASSAVA PEELS ON LIVEWEIGHT GAIN AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF RED SOKOTO DOES

ABSTRACTSun-dried cassava peels were used as an energy source to replace maize offal at levels of 0, (Treatment 1) 18.5, (Treatment 2) 37.0, (Treatment 3) 55.0, (Treatment 4) and 74.0% (Treatment 5) in the ration. A sixth ration (Treatment 6) comprised only cotton seed cake and common salt. Each ...

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📄 95 pages | 🧠 7879 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ECONOMICS OF SWINE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN ZANGO KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis study was designed to evaluate the "Economics of Swine Production and Marketing in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria". The objectives of the study include (i) to determine the costs and returns of pig production in the study area; (ii) to determine the struct...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 8917 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES ON POPULATIONS AND FEEDING HABITS OF TRINSRVITERMSS GEHINATUS (WASMANN), (ISOFTERA) AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN PASTURES IN THE SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA ZONE OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe main objective of this study was to assess the damage to grazed pastures in the Mokwa area of the Southern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria by Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) and to determine its role as a competitor with grazing livestock. In...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 8657 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BONEMEAL AND ROCK PHOSPHATE AS SOURCES OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS FOR WEANER AND GROWER PIGS.

ABSTRACTThree experiments involving a total of 78 Large White X Hampshire cross-bred pigs were conducted to compare bonemeal and rock phosphate as sources of calcium and phosphorus for weaner and grower pigs. In the first two trials, 48 weaner and 24 grower pigs with average initial weights of 11...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 12041 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REPLACEMENT VALUE OF WHEAT OFFALS FOR SORGHUM IN THE DIETS OF GROWING-FINISHING SWINE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTA 60-day growth trial was conducted using 70 Large White x Landrace (LW x LD) piglets with initial average weight of 11.67 kg and fed diets in which wheat offals replaced sorghum as energy source (weight for weight basis). Pigs were randomly allotted based on sex and weights and treatment...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 12777 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GENETIC PARAMETERS OF RHODE ISLAND RED AND WHITE CHICKENS AND THEIR RECIPROCAL CROSSES

ABSTRACTThe genetic parameters derived from 695 F1 progenies of two strains of Rhode Island chickens and their reciprocal crosses were compared. The least square analysis of variance was used in comparing the four genetic groups. While a one-way random model was used in estimating the genetic par...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 11357 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FEED INTAKE, WEIGHT GAIN AND NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY IN RED SOKOTO GOATS FED WOOLLY FINGER GRASS (DIGITARIA SMUTSII) WITH PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS

ABSTRACTTwenty Red Sokoto Goats (aged between 10 and 19 months and weighing an average of 12.00kg), were randomly assigned to five dietary treatments in a conpletely randomized design, to determine the effect of two types of protein supplements (cotton seed cake and blood meal) and their various ...

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 7591 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE PERFORMANCE OF SHEEP FED MAIZE STOVER SUPPLEMENTED WITH FORAGE LEGUMES AND BLOOD MEAL

ABSTRACTIn Experiment 1 sixty (60) male Ethiopian Menz sheep of average live weight of 19.00kg (SE 1.42) maintained on maize stover ad libitum were supplemented with either lablab (250g) (LL); cowpea (250g) (CW); blood meal (50g) (BM); lablab (125g)+ cowpea (125g) (LC); lablab (125g)+ blood meal ...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 12127 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STRUCTURAL REFORM OF VETERINARY SERVICES IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA: HERDERS RESPONSE TO SERVICE COST AND FEASIBILITY OF PRIVATE DELIVERY

ABSTRACTIt appears that the present economic crisis has caused inadequate funding of veterinary services leading to their ineffectiveness, high livestock morbidity and mortality and the consequent low productivity in the livestock sub-sector. In an apparent effort to ensure better funding of vete...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 7604 words | 📚 5 chapters

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REPLACEMENT VALUE OF MAIZE COB FOR MAIZE IN CHICK AND GROWER RATIONS

ABSTRACTProximate analysis of maize cobs (MC) was carried out with samples from two different sites. The average values of CP, CF, NFE, EE, Ash, Ca and P were 2.47, 32.22, 57.73, 1.66, 5.16, 0.15 and 0.075 percent respectively. The apparent metabolizable energy of MC was found to be 751.68 Kcal/k...

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📄 82 pages | 🧠 10195 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BROILER PRODUCTION IN THREE STATES OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTNigeria is a country in dire need of a quick animal protein source to meet up with the demand of its ever increasing population. Development of poultry industry has been identified as one of the quickest means of bridging this deficiency gap. The development of this industry has, however,...

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📄 95 pages | 🧠 12965 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GENE ACTION AND INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI AND PYTHIUM ULTIMUM IN COTTON SEEDLINGS

ABSTRACTGene Action and Inheritance of Resistance to Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium ultimum in Cotton Seedlings (May, 1986) Maxwell Amlai Todi Poswal, B.Sc. (Agric.) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria M.Sc. (Crop Protection) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Chairman of Advisory Commi...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 12075 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF BREWERS SORGHUM RESIDUE FOR GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION IN RABBITS

ABSTRACTTwo experiments were conducted to evaluate the feeding value of brewers' sorghum residue (BSR) in rabbit diets. The chemical composition of brewers' sorghum residue used in these experiments was also determined. In Experiment 1, weaned rabbits of about six weeks old with an average initia...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 7936 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES ON THE FALSE SMUT OF RICE, ORYZA SATIVA L., INDUCED BY USTILAGINOIDEA VIRENS (CKE.) TAK

ABSTRACTThe incidence and severity of false smut of rice incited by (Ustilaainoidea virens (ke.) Tak.) in the major rice producing areas of Edo State was investigated in 1992. Although the disease was present in all the areas surveyed, it was most prevalent and severe in Ovbiowun-Emai, and Uokha,...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 6270 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES ON FERTILITY AND HATCHABILITY IN RHODE ISLAND RED (RIR) AND RHODE ISLAND WHITE (RIW) CHICKENS

ABSTRACTTwo experiments were conducted to determine the effect of season and age of hen on reproductive traits in the Rhode Island Red (RIR) and Rhode Island White (RIW) strains of chickens. In the two experiments, data were obtained from two hundred and fifty two (252) hens and twenty eight (28)...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 8013 words | 📚 5 chapters

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