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ABSTRACT Twenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12) males and twelve (12) females were used for the experiment to investigate, the growth  and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits fed four(4) dietary levels of Moringa oleifera  leaf, meal (MOLM). Treatments 1, 2, 3, and 4 received 0, 10, 20, and 30% MOLM, respectively. Results obtained showed that rabbits on T3 diet achieved the highest ...

ABSTRACT Eighteen weanling pigs aged between 9-10 weeks were used to  study the effect  of pigeonpea replacement of soyabean meal on the performance and attainment of puberty in weanling pigs.  The pigs were randomly assigned into three groups (A, B and C) of 6 pigs each and housed in three different pens.  The pigs in the three groups were fed for 10 weeks with the following ingredient as sole source ...

ABSTRACT This study investigated the response to Newcastle disease vaccination in previously vaccinated and unvaccinated poultry flocks experimentally infected with Newcastle disease virus. A total of 90 day old cockerel chicks procured from a local hatchery were used for the study. They were brooded under deep litter system for 3 weeks after which they were divided into 2 groups, A and B of 45 birds per group. Members of group ...

ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella spp. are major food borne pathogens and the emergence of these pathogens has been reported in many countries. The objectives of this study were to examine the meat contact surfaces in Nsukka slaughterhouse and meat sales environment for E. coli O157 and Salmonella species, determine the enterotoxigenic potential and antibacterial resistance profile of the isolated bacteria. For this study, a total of 448 swab ...

ABSTRACT The methanolic root bark extract of Afzelia africana was tested for antidiabetic activities in-vivo. The acute toxicity of the extract was tested in mice and the result showed that the extract has low toxicity. Investigation on the phytochemical constituents of the plant extract revealed the presence of flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, steroids and saponins. The plant extract was tested for antidiabetic activities in alloxan - induced diabetic mice at doses; ...

ABSTRACT Seventy five African catfish made up of 25 fingerlings, 25 juveniles and 25 adults, sourced from Yuep Farms, Umuahia, Abia State of Nigeria, were used for the study. The fish were weighed, and the standard  and total body lengths  were measured.  The fingerlings  and  juveniles  were euthanized  with chloroform,  while  the adults  were  humanely  immobilized  by stunning.  The digestive  tracts  were  dissected  out  and  the  intestinal  lengths  were  measured. ...

ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of exposure to crude oil on rats experimentally  infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Thirty (30) adult male albino rats weighing 165 ± 15.0g were used for the study. They were kept in metal cages in a fly-proof  house and fed with proprietary rodent diet and given water ad libitum. The rats were divided into five groups (A- E) of six rats each. Groups A ...

ABSTRACT A 16-week study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary protein and energy levels on the growth performance of African giant land snail (Achatina achatina). Two hundred and forty eight weeks old African giant land snails were used for the study. The snails were randomly divided into 16 groups of 15 snails each. The groups were randomly assigned to 16 diets in a 4 x 4 factorial arrangement ...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect of 45 and 60 minutes of exposure of crossbred (LW x Local) and exotic (LW) boars to tropical solar radiation on their body temperature pattern, libido, semen quality and haematological profile. 12 LW x Local and 12 LW boars of 10 months old were used for the experiment. The experiment was carried out in the Piggery Unit of the Department of ...

ABSTRACT A lot of attention has been paid to the study of Insulin-like Growth factor 1 (IGF1) due to its function in stimulating systemic body growth and regulating cell growth and development.  A bioinformatics  study was carried out to investigate  the Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 gene of turkey, chicken and quail. A total of 15 insulin-like growth factor 1 nucleotide sequence and their corresponding protein were obtained from the Genebank ...

ABSTRACT Effect of Aluminium – Magnesium Silicate (AMS) on Avian Influenza Virus was tested in vitro by incubating an isolate of a highly pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) involved in an outbreak of the disease in Nigeria, with a synthetic AMS. The isolate was a confirmed  Influenza virus type A, subtype H5N1. Equal amount  of the Virus sample and of the AMS, on volume to weight (v/w) basis, were incubated ...

ABSTRACT Two hundred and forty 14-day old broiler birds were used in a study conducted to investigate the physiological  response  of boiler birds to oral supplementation  with aloe vera gel  and neem leaf extracts. In experiment one, one hundred and twenty 14- day old broilers were used to assess the physiological response of the broiler birds to oral supplementation with alovera gel extract, while in experiment two, one hundred and ...

ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted at Department of Crop Science Teaching and Research Farm, University of Nigeria, Nsukka to evaluate selected Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) tri-hybrid genotypes obtained from the of Crop Science Research and Teaching Farm. The field experiment was set using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with two replications. Twenty two (22) tomato genotypes of which twenty one (21) were tri hybrid and one (1) ISREALI variety were ...

ABSTRACT Tolerance to African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) among several animal species involves a wide milieu of factors which modulate the animal’s response to the disease and is considered a breed  attribute.  To  investigate  the  effect  of  breed  on  tolerance/resilience  to  trypanosome infection on pubertal boars, nine (9) Nigerian Native and nine (9) Large-White x Landrace crossbreed  boars  were  experimentally  inoculated  with  laboratory  samples  of  Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Their comparative responses ...

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the impact of the extension services of Green River Project (GRP) on fish farmers in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Specifically, it sought to ascertain fishery technologies received by GRP fish farmers; determine adoption of fish farming technologies by fish farmers; determine impact of extension services of GRP on socioeconomic condition of the fish farmers as at the year  2012;  ascertain  farmers’  perceived  constraints  to  adoption  of  GRP ...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary selenium (se) supplementation on the reproductive performance of sows, preweaning growth performance of their piglets, haematological and antioxidant status of pigs. Twelve (12) crossbred sows (Landrace × Large White) aged 1-2 years with an average body weight  (BW) of 56.1 ± 5kg were randomly allotted to four treatment groups of three sows  per  treatment in a completely randomised design ...

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of pullet chicks fed diets containing varying levels of fibre and supplementary enzyme. One hundred and twenty 3 -week old Harco black pullet chicks averaging 249.87 –  250.23g body weight were randomly divided into 8 groups of 15 birds each. The groups were randomly assigned to 8 energetic (11.78-11.96 MJ/Kg ME)  and nitrogenous (20% crude protein) diets in a 4 x ...

ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using Nutrizyme (an exogenous enzyme) on the performance of broilers fed high fibre diets. One hundred and forty four broiler chicks aged 7 days were divided into nine groups of sixteen birds each. Each group was replicated twice with eight birds per replicate which were assigned to nine experimental diets where spent grain replaced maize at 0, 6 and 12% ...

ABSTRACT A 35-day experiment was carried out  in a completely randomized design to  determine the efficacy of two phytogenic feed additives as veritable alternatives to antibiotics using 320 day- old unsexed commercial Ross 308 broiler chicks. The chicks were randomly divided into four groups of 80 birds each and assigned to four isocaloric (12.60, 13.2 and 13.4 MJ/Kg AMEn) and isonitrogenous (25.0, 22.5 and 20.07 % CP levels) diets designated ...

ABSTRACT Twelve West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, four in each of parities one, two and three were used to determine effect of parity and birth type on udder characteristics during  pregnancy and lactation, milk yield and composition and their phenotypic relationships with milk yield . Udder length (UL), udder width (UW), udder circumference  (UC), udder volume (UV), teat length (TL), teat width (TW), teat circumference (TC), distance between the teat ...