M. C. Uchegbu, I. Ogbuewu, J. U. Abakporo, C. Durunna, M. Opara
{"title":"Performance of weaner pigs fed diets containing fermented maize milling waste","authors":"M. C. Uchegbu, I. Ogbuewu, J. U. Abakporo, C. Durunna, M. Opara","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36360","url":null,"abstract":"A 42-days study was carried out with twelve (12) nine week old large white x landrace cross weaner pigs to determine their performance when fed with graded levels of fermented maize milling waste (FMMW) resulting from pap production. Four weaner diets were formulated such that diets T 1, T 2, T 3 andT 4 contained maize and FMMW at the proportions of 60, 0%, 55, 5%, 50, 10%; and 45, 15% respectively. Other ingredients remained constant for the four diets. The diet were offered to weaner pigs, which were randomly divided into four (4) groups of 3 pigs each, with each pig constituting a replicate in a completely randomized design (CRD) experiment. At the end of 42-days treatment, the daily feed intake stood at 315, 318, 321 and 323g for T 1, T 2, T 3 and T 4 respectively, while the daily weight gain stood at 95, 93.2, 91 and 88.9 for T 1, T 2, T 3 and T 4 respectively. The feed conversion ratios were 3.32, 3.42, 3.53 and 3.63 for T1, T 2, T 3 and T 4 respectively. The results of the experiment showed no significant (p 0.05) difference in feed intake and daily weight gain for the treatment groups. However the feed conversion ratio of the control pigs was significantly (p Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 23-27","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123631415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance and carcass characteristics of broilers fed raw and heat-treated neem ( Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seed kernals","authors":"O. J. Uko, T. N. Kamalu","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127937056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tannin content and dietry effects of brown coat colored sorghum on the performance and turkey poults","authors":"E. B. Etuk, U. R. Ukaejiofo","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36372","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134242099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors affecting birth weight, litter size and survival rates of goats in Bauchi, Nigeria","authors":"D. Zahraddeen, I. Butswat, S. Mbap","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36365","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out at the Research Farm of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria (October, 2003 – May, 2006) to investigate the effects of some factors (breed, body condition score, season, type of birth and parity) on birth weight, litter size and survival rates in goats. The results showed that all the factors investigated had significant (p Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 46-51","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117035322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protein and energy utilization by cockerels fed four different commercial diet","authors":"E. Jiya, S. Egena, Y. T. Umara","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36362","url":null,"abstract":"An 8 weak feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the protein and energy utilization of four different commercial feeds fed to eight weeks old ANAK cockerels. The diets containing 14.14% CP, 2500 ME; (4.25% CP, 2650 ME; 15.41% CP, 2800 ME and 15.82% CP, 2800 ME were designated T 1,T 2, T 3, T 4 and were fed ad libitum to the cockerels. The results showed that cockerels fed diet 1 consumed significantly (p Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 34-37","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129484319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence of helminth infection in Oreochromis niloticus (L) in a fish farm, Jos, Nigeria","authors":"S. Musa, K. Absalom, C. Adeiyongo, D. Pam","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36370","url":null,"abstract":"The parasitic infection rates of cultured Oreochromis niloticus in Rock Water Fish Farm; Jos was surveyed for five months (July–November 1996). A total of 250 Oreochromis niloticus were randomly caught from the earthen ponds. The fish were examined for helminth parasites. Three species of helminthes comprising two trematodes and one cestode were isolated from the fish. The trematode and their prevalence were Clinostomum tilapiae (49.07%) Enterogyrus cichlidarum (49.69%) and the cestode had a prevalence of (1.24%). Infection rate was lower in the males than females. Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 78-81","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127543070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of 12-hour wetting of sun-dried cassava tuber meal on its HCN content, performance and hematological indices of broiler chicks","authors":"A. B. Udedible, I. Alozie, H. Duru","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36356","url":null,"abstract":"The efficacy of wetting sun-dried cassava tuber meal as a method of reducing its hydrocyanide (HCN) content and improving its nutritive value for broilers was investigated. Cassava tubers were peeled, chopped into pieces, sun-dried and then milled. Part of the sun-dried cassava tuber meal was soaked in water at the rate of 5 parts of water to 4 parts of the meal, thinly spread on the floor for 12 hours and then taken out and spread by the side of the tarred road and sun-dried again. The raw cassava tuber meal (RCTM), sun-dried cassava tuber meal (SCTM) and wetted sun-dried cassava tuber meal (WSCTM) were analyzed for cyanide content. Five diets were made, such that diet 1 (control) contained no cassava tuber meal; in diets 2 and 3, 75% of the maize in diet I was replaced with SCTM and WSCTM, respectively, while in diets 4 and 5, 100% of the maize was replaced with SCTM and WSCTM, respectively. Each diet was fed to a group of 30 one-week old broiler chicks for 4 weeks. Thereafter, the diets were adjusted to finisher form and fed for another 5 weeks. Blood was collected from the birds at the end of the feeding trial and hematological constituents determined. RCTM contained 800 ppm HCN, SCTM contained 50 ppm and WSCTM contained 10 ppm. At 100% replacement of dietary maize with SCTM, growth performance of the birds was significantly (p Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 1-5","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127907164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of artificially induced aestivation on edible tropical land snail Achatina achatina","authors":"I. Ebenso, E. S. Ikon","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I1.36364","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of artificially induced aestivation on edible tropical land snail species Achatina achatina under controlled laboratory conditions for 12 weeks in plastic snaileries was studied, comparing active (control) snails given water and food ad libitum with aestivated snails without food and water. Parameters determined were weights of edible and non- edible portions of each snail. Aestivated snails showed significant (p Animal Production Research Avancees Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 42-45","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"29 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120957298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio-economic characteristics of cattle farmers and their perceptions of climatic effects on cattle production in Kwara State, Nigeria","authors":"A. Obayelu, V. Okoruwa, A. Adeniyi","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36376","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132752362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative study of oven and traditionally roasted suya : an indigenous Nigerian meat","authors":"M. Okafor, H. Nwanjo, G. Oze","doi":"10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/APRA.V3I2.36380","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":350170,"journal":{"name":"Animal Production Research Advances","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115019497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}