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According to Wadhwa and Bakshi (2013), by 2050 the world will need to feed an additional 2 billion people and require 70 per cent more meat and milk. This increasing future demand for...
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In two separate experiments, the effect of feeding WAD goats total diets comprising three forages and concentrate were evaluated. In the first experiment, three WAD bucks averaging 7.1kg...
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This research was carried out to determine the potency of Monodora myristica spice on shelflife of feed and as feed additive in egg-type chicken diet. The phase 1 was the evaluation...
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In two separate studies, the effect of inclusion of varying levels of dried bovine rumen digesta (DBRD) in the diets ofthe West African Dwarf goats (WAD) were evaluated. The diets were...
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A study was conducted to evaluate the milk yield and milk composition at different stages of lactation (early, mid and late) of crossbred (RS X WAD) does. Five lactating crossbred...
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In two experiments, the influence of varying levels of Brewers dried gains (BDG) on nutrient digestibility, growth Performance and hematological profile, by West African Dwarf(WAD)...
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Three experiments were conducted to determine the effects of cassava peel-cassava leaf meal based diets on nuiricnl intake and digestibility, carcass and milk yield ofWAD goats were...
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A 120 day feeding trial was conducted to assess the feed value and utilization ofPanicum maximum (PM) and Pennisetum purpureum (PP) by pregnant WAD ewes. The nine inewes, in their first...
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This study was carried out to appraise the Kcal/kg ME were formulated. The control (diet A) contained while diets B and C contain 6% blood meal and fish meal respectively. The parameter...
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Morphometric structures of Sokoto Red (SR) and West African Dwarf goats (WAD) in three selected Local government areas (LGA) - Isiukwuato, Umuahia south and Ikwuano were studied. The...
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Six Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf does, raised intensively in a University livestock farm, were evaluated for milk yield and milk composition in a ten - week study. The animals in...
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Twenty-four growing rabbits were used to determine the response of growing rabbits to varying forage combinations supplemented with maize offal/pahn kernel cake based diet. The...
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A total ofthree hundred and sixty Isa Brown layers aged 85 weeks but 64 weeks in lay were used to investigate the organ changes and laying performance of forced-moult layers. The...
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Three major experiments involving 28 adult and young West African dwarf goats were conducted to evaluate the effect of pigeon pea-cassava peel based diets on nutrient intake and...
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Twelve growing WAD ewes of between 10-12 months in age and averaging 12.4±0.23kg were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments (A, B, C and D) containing Moringa oleifera leaf...
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A feeding trial of 90 day duration was conducted to determine the performance, blood profile, apparent nutrient digestibility coefficients and economics of production oftwelve West...
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A study was carried out to detennine the nutritional value of white sorghum when it is used to replace yellow maize in the diets of broiler starters at different percentages such as...
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An experiment was conduct to determine the true metabolizable energy (TME) value of fermented composite cassava meal (FCCM) using adult broilers birds. In the experiment there was one feed...
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In two separate studies, the effect of feeding dried Poultry Waste (DPW) to .1 concentrate diets containing 0, 10, 20 and 30 percent DPW designated A, B, C, and D respectively. The major...
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This study was conducted with 18 goats consisting of 9 Red Sokoto (RS) and 9 West African dwarf (WAD) goats of both sexes and aged between 5-7months, to evaluate body weight and linear...
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Data from 363 kitten obtained over period of 9 months (June, 2002 - March, 2003) from the mating of ten bucks and forty -four breeding does consisting of thirty Dutch and fourteen...
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Seven experiments were conducted with a total of 120 pigs to evaluate the nutritional value of palm kernel meal (PKM), brewers’ dried grain (BDG) and wheat offal (WO) using pigs in...
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This experiment was carried out to evaluate the productive and economic performance of broiler chickens fed various plant protein sources in achagrain diet. One hundred and twenty (120)...
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The experiment was conducted to determine the effect of supplementation of starter broiler diets with probiotics on the performance and feed cost of broilers. There were five...