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A total of 159 crossbred local chicken generated from main and reciprocal crosses of local chicken consisting of normal feathers, naked neck and frizzle chicken with an exotic layer...
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A study was conducted to determine the inter relationship and repeatability estimate of body traits of three broiler strains. A total of one hundred and fifty (150) day old chicks...
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A Total of seventy two turkey poults was procured at day old and were used in an experiment to determine the performance of turkey poults fed varying levels (0,20,30, 40%) of...
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High cost of feed is a recurring limitation to poultry production in Nigeria which has been rated at 70 - 80 percent of total cost of production (Madubuike and Ekenyem,...
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A total of one hundred and twenty (120) day old chicks were used in an eight weeks trial to evaluate the growth performance, carcass characteristics and economic benefits of ...
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This study was conducted to determine the reproductive performances of purebred rabbits in Umudike, Abia state. Newzeal and White and Chinchilla rabbit does were compared using 10...
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Eighteen weaner rabbits were used to evaluate the effect of fresh leaves of Pterocarpus santalinoides on the growth performance and serum chemistry parameters. The rabbits were ...
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A 56-day feeding trial involving sixty (60) 8 weeks old turkey poults was conducted to evaluate the organ and carcass characteristics of grower turkeys fed varying dietary levels of...
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This research work was conducted to check the impact of Aspilia africana leaves on the reproductive performance of rabbit bucks. A total of twenty seven (27) mixed rabbit breeds ...
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The study was conducted to determine the relationship between body weight, organ and linear traits of three commercial strains of broiler chicken. A total of two hundred and...
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A comparative evaluation of two creep diets formulated from two nitrogen 4 sources on the performance and blood parameters of lambs and Kids was undertaken in a 60-day study. The...
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He sectional effect on egg production, atonality and intake of a total of 2 50() layers housed in deep litter and battery cage systems were investigated using environmental...
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This study investigated the effect of flavoured creep diets on the performance of piglets. Sixteen cross breed piglets (large white /landrace) at two weeks of age were housed in...
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Twenty-four (24) 6-week old rabbits of average initial weight of 700g were used to determine the performance and haernatological status of rabbits fed graded levels of soaked...
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A 35-day digestibility feeding trial was conducted with four West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks averaging 12kg in weight and aged between 9-12 months, to determine the intake and...
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Nutrient retention of finisher broilers fed graded levels of fermented composite cassava meal (FCCM) based diets was investigated using twenty four 8-weeks-old Anak broiler birds...
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Six West African Dwarf (WAD) goats (bucks) averaging 8.0kg in weight and about 11 months of age were used, to evaluate [lie chemical composition and relative preference of ten...
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A survey was conducted to investigate the prevailing diseases and management practices of sheep and goats in four communities of lsuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia ...
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Three experiments evaluated the effect of vitamin E supplementation on the growth and reproductive performance of female pigs. In the first experiment, twelve Large White x ...
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An evaluation of Mucuna seed meal (MSM)-based diets for goat production in South-Eastern Nigeria was conducted through four experiments involving 28 adult and young West African...
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The effects of raw and toasted Bambara groundnut by-product was assessed on weight for weight replacement of soyabean meal in -rabbit diet using growth performance carcas ...
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Twelve West African dwarf (WAD) goats averaging between 6 and 8 months of age were used to study the growth performance and carcass characteristics of WAD goats fed three browse ...
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Palm oil is one the products of oil palm (Elaeis guinesis ) plant. It is a rich source of vitamins for the people of southern eastern Nigeria. The product was once a major foreign...
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The early lactation milk yield and composition of 9 cows consisting 3 each of Muturu,C N'dama and Whit Fulani were investigated in a 15-week study. The animals in their first...
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This study was conducted to know the effect of spacing on maize and cowpea (vigna ung-uculata) mixtures as feed for livestock production. The experimental site was ploughed and ...