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26) PERFORMANCE AND HAEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON GROWER RABBITS FED NEWSPRINT WASTE AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT FOR MAIZE

ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of utilizing newsprint waste (NPW) as replacement for maize on performance and haematological parameters of grower rabbits. Sixteen grower rabbits between 10-12 weeks old were randomly assigned on weight equalization to the treatments during 8-weeks trial. Preliminary investigation was... Continue Reading

27) THE EFFECTS OF PHENOTYPIC AND BLUP SELECTION METHODS IN LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS (SWINE) IN TROPICAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .

ABSTRACT A computer simulation experiment was conducted to evaluate the cumulative response to best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) and phenotypic selection for low and high heritability traits and in previously Selected, Unselected and Synthetic populations, typical of exotic and indigenous populations and their crossbreds used in tropical pig... Continue Reading

28) EFFECTS OF BREED, SEX AND AGE ON SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY IN NIGERIAN GOATS

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to determine the effect of Breed, Sex and Age on serum parameters in Nigerian goats. Blood samples were collected from a total of 118 goats across different breed, sex and age. Eighty- four (84) from Sahel goat, eleven (11) from Red Sokoto and twenty-four (24) from West African Dwarf goat. The result obtained from... Continue Reading

29) GENETIC AND NON GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING SERUM BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN NIGERIAN SHEEP

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic (breed) and non genetic (sex and age) factors affecting serum biochemical parameters in Nigerian Sheep. Blood samples were collected from about 119 sheep which comprised the four breeds in Nigeria which include: Uda, Balami, Yankassa and West African Dwarf. The results obtained from... Continue Reading

30) HEALING EFFECT OF FALDHERBIA ALBIDA STEM BARK EXTRACT (FASB) ON BURN WOUND REGARDING TISSUE REGENERATION IN WISTAR ALBINO RATS

ABSTRACT A study was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of Faldherbia albida stem bark extract (FASB) contained in liposome gel at different concentration and silver sulfadiazine (SSD) cream on healing process of burn wounds in Wistar albino rats. Thirty five adult Wistar-albino rats were divided into five (5) groups of seven (7) rats... Continue Reading

31) EFFECTS OF AGE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON EGG QUALITY TRAITS OF FULANI ECOTYPE HENS

The study was carried out to determine the effect of age and management system on egg quality traits of Fulani ecotype hens.  Egg quality traits were measured at 20, 22 and 24 weeks of age from 45 Fulani ecotype hens reared in the cage and deep litter  system of management. However, 50 to 70 eggs were utilized at different ages. Data were... Continue Reading

32) SEX IDENTIFICATION OF NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS FRIZZLE FEATHERED AND NAKED NECK CHICKS USING VENT SEXING AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUE

ABSTRACT Sex  determination of  Nigerian indigenous  frizzle  feathered and naked neck chicks  has  been a difficult  task especially  due  to the  monomorphism  and high variation in  the  feather  colour  of  this indigenous  chickens  using  the  feather  sexing method. Thus, the  vent  sexing method is  cheap  and... Continue Reading

33) RESPONSE OF BROILER BIRDS TO DIETS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF RICE MILLING WASTE AND SUPPLEMENTARY YEAST (SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE)

ABSTRACT Eighty day-old broiler chicks were used for feeding trial carried out to determine the effect of graded levels of Rice Milling Waste (RMW) and Bioactive Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisae) which has been shown to secrete enzymes that help to digest crude fiber and organic matter. This suggest that supplementing broiler ration with bioactive... Continue Reading

34) GROWTH, GONADAL DEVELOPMENT, AND BLOOD PROFILE IN AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS, BURCHELL 1822) FED DIETS CONTAINING COCOA BEAN MEAL

Abstract A 63 day experiment was conducted to determine the effect of varying dietary levels of cocoa bean meal (CBM) on the body growth, gonadal development, and blood lipid profile of Clarias gariepinus catfish. Four hundred C. gariepinus post-fingerlings were randomly assigned to five treatments with eighty fish per treatment. Each treatment... Continue Reading
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35) THE EFFECT OF STORAGE METHODS ON EGG QUALITY AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF BROWN EGG TYPE OF DOMESTIC FOWL

. CHAPTER ONE 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Eggs (like other agricultural products) are perishable and consequently require proper and effective storage to reduce post harvest losses. Eggs are delicacies relished in both rural and urban areas with chicken eggs being the most popularly produced and consumed (Fasina  et al ., 2012). Eggs are... Continue Reading

36) ASSESSMENT OF WEIGHT GAIN BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND EXOTIC BREED OF BROILER

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the Study Poultry farming involves, domesticating birds such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. They are raised primarily for meat production. Chickens raised for eggs are referred to as laying hens while chicken raised for meat are referred to as broilers. Exotic chickens are raised in... Continue Reading

37) THE PREVALENCE OF POULTRY DISEASE AND IT'S MORTALITY RATE

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     Background of the Study Agriculture in Nigeria has remained the largest sector contributing nearly 39% to the gross domestic product for the past two decades and employing nearly 60% of its workforce. Over 80% of the country’s population in the rural areas is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture... Continue Reading

38) INVESTIGATION OF THE PREVALENCE RATE OF POULTRY DISEASE AND IT'S MORTALITY RATE

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Agriculture in Nigeria has remained the largest sector contributing nearly 39% to the gross domestic product for the past two decades and employing nearly 60% of its workforce. Over 80% of the country’s population in the rural areas is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture for its... Continue Reading

39) THE BEHAVIORAL TERATOGENIC EFFECT OF CIMETIDINE ON THE OFFSPRINGS OF ALBINO RATS

ABTRACT THE ROLE OF SEX HORMONES During childhood, the capacity of sexual response and the experience of sexual pleasure as well as the potential for orgasm exists at least in a proportion of children whether this apparently variable potential among childrenreflects different learning experiences during childhood, different opportunities for... Continue Reading

40) PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF GOATS IN THE FARM PROJECT

ABSTRACT A total of 35 faecal samples of goats which comprised of twenty-one (21) matured female goat, two (2) matured male goat, five (5) female growers, five (5) male growers and two (2) castrated goat were collected from the University of Benin farm project . The faecal samples collected were analyzed for gastrointestinal parasitic infection... Continue Reading

41) EFFECT OF LITTER SIZE ON THE BODY WEIGHT OF RABBIT

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the effect of litter size on the body weight of rabbit at uniben Teaching and Research farm. Data on the reproductive performance were obtained from Does over a period of six months (April to September, 2012) the Does were mated to vigorous bucks. Data obtained were on Does weight at weaning,... Continue Reading

42) PERFORMANCE OF WEANER RABBITS FED MAIZE HUSK BASED DIETS WITH AND WITHOUT ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION

ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance of weaner rabbits fed maize husk based diets with or without enzyme supplementation. In the first experiment, thirty six weaner rabbits were used for the study. Maize husk replaced rice offal at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20% inclusion levels for treatments one to six respectively. Each... Continue Reading

43) QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND MICROBIAL STATUS OF BEEF SMOKED WITH DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS AND SUYA PRODUCED FROM ROUND MUSCLES

ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted. The first evaluated beef smoked using different plant materials ( Acacia raddiana, Eucalyptus camaldutensis, Azadirachta indica  and  Cocos nucifera ) as source of smoke. The effect of the plant materials on the organoleptic, microbial and physicochemical properties of smoked beef was evaluated. In the... Continue Reading

44) THE EFFECT OF ENZYME (YEMZIM) INCLUSION IN CASSAVA- BASED DIET ON PERFOMANCE AND EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN LAYERS (2)

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of 20% inclusion replacement of maize with peeled cassava root meal and unpeeled cassava root meal with and without enzyme inclusion. A total of 90, 42 weeks old black Harco layers were divided into 6 groups with 3 replicate for each group. Each replicate had 5 birds. The 6 diets comprise of... Continue Reading

45) RENAL TISSUE AND SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN G OF HYPERTHYROID RATS

ABSTRACT There are several interactions between thyroid and kidney functions in health and disease states. Thyroid hormones affect renal development and physiology. Thyroid hormones have pre-renal and intrinsic renal effects by which they increase the renal blood flow and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Hyperthyroidism results in increase... Continue Reading

46) THE EFFECTS OF PHENOTYPIC AND BLUP SELECTION METHODS IN LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS (SWINE) IN TROPICAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .

ABSTRACT A computer simulation experiment was conducted to evaluate the cumulative response to best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) and phenotypic selection for low and high heritability traits and in previously Selected, Unselected and Synthetic populations, typical of exotic and indigenous populations and their crossbreds used in tropical pig... Continue Reading

47) THE EFFECT OF ENZYME (YEMZIM) INCLUSION IN CASSAVA- BASED DIET ON PERFOMANCE AND EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN LAYERS (2)

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of 20% inclusion replacement of maize with peeled cassava root meal and unpeeled cassava root meal with and without enzyme inclusion. A total of 90, 42 weeks old black Harco layers were divided into 6 groups with 3 replicate for each group. Each replicate had 5 birds. The 6 diets comprise of... Continue Reading

48) RENAL TISSUE AND SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN G OF HYPERTHYROID RATS

ABSTRACT There are several interactions between thyroid and kidney functions in health and disease states. Thyroid hormones affect renal development and physiology. Thyroid hormones have pre-renal and intrinsic renal effects by which they increase the renal blood flow and the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Hyperthyroidism results in increase... Continue Reading

49) THE EFFECTS OF PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF MAIZE WITH RIPE PLANTAIN PEELS MEAL ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKEN

This is a project work which dealt with replacement of a non conventional one to a conventional one. The title is ' The effects of partial replacement of maize with ripe plantain peels meal on the performance of broiler chickens ' . the result showed that there was no significant difference with birds fed 50%rppm and birds fed the control diet... Continue Reading

50) THE EFFECTS OF PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF MAIZE WITH RIPE PLANTAIN PEELS MEAL ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKEN

This is a project work which dealt with replacement of a non conventional one to a conventional one. The title is ' The effects of partial replacement of maize with ripe plantain peels meal on the performance of broiler chickens ' . the result showed that there was no significant difference with birds fed 50%rppm and birds fed the control diet... Continue Reading
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