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NUTRIENT INTAKE, DIGESTION AND UTILIZATION BY RABBITS FED COWPEA HULL AND SOYBEAN HULL BASED DIETS ABSTRACT A study involving two experiments was conducted to investigate the growth performance of rabbits…

PERFORMANCE OF WEANER AND GROWER PIGS FED DIETS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF SOYBEAN HULL ABSTRACT Twenty-four weaner pigs were used in a study to evaluate the response of weaner and…

PERFORMANCE, BONE MINERALIZATION AND HAEMATOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILERS FED PHYTOGENIC FEED ADDITIVES ABSTRACT A 35-day experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design to determine the efficacy of two…

PERFORMANCE, EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY OF LAYING BIRDS FED DIET CONTAINING NEEM LEAF MEAL ABSTRACT A study was conducted with 300 “Bachelor” Brown laying birds to determine the…

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF BROILER BIRDS TO ORAL SUPPLEMENTATION WITH ALOE VERA AND NEEM LEAVE EXTRACTS ABSTRACT Two hundred and forty 14-day old broiler birds were used in a study conducted…

PROBIOTIC EFFECTS OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIA ON LAYING CHICKEN FED PALM KERNEL CAKE-BASED DIETS. ABSTRACT  …………………………………Five layers from each treatment group were randomly selected at the 70th week in lay, slaughtered…

PROTEIN AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF AFRICAN GIANT LAND SNAIL (Achatina achatina) ABSTRACT A 16-week study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary protein and energy levels on the growth…

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…

SEMEN QUALITY AND EGG HATCHABILITY IN LOCAL TURKEY FED DIETS CONTAINING MORINGA OLEIFERA AND GONGRONEMA LATIFOLIUM LEAF MEAL. ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted to determine semen quality, fertility, egg hatchability…

SEMEN QUALITY AND HAEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EXOTIC AND CROSSBRED BOARS EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT DURATIONS OF THERMAL STRESS IN THE HUMID TROPICS ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect…

SOME BIOMETRIC AND ALLOMETRIC GROWTH TRAITS OF PUREBRED HEAVY ECOTYPE OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL CHICKEN ABSTRACT Fifty five (55) experimental birds were randomly replicated into 5 deep litter pens in…

THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ENZYME SUBSTRATES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS FED PEELED CASSAVA ROOT MEAL (PCRM) BASED DIET ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using…

EFFECTS OF GARLIC (Allium sativum) AND PROBIOTICS (Lactobacillus acidophilus) ADDITIVES IN THE DIETS OF GROWER PIGS. ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 12 weeks investigated the effects of garlic and…

GENETIC CHANGE IN THE NIGERIAN HEAVY LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPE THROUGH SELECTION FOR BODY WEIGHT AND EGG PRODUCTION TRAITS ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the genetic change in…

GENETIC DIVERSITY OF FIVE POPULATIONS OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL BREEDS OF GOAT USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS ABSTRACTS Genetic diversity and genetic distance of five populations of the…

GROWTH AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF WEANER RABBITS FED MORINGA (moringa oleifera) LEAF MEAL. ABSTRACT Twenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12) males and…

GROWTH AND TESTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN NATIVE AND EXOTIC LARGE-WHITE X LANDRACE BOARS EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH Trypanosoma Brucei Brucei ABSTRACT Tolerance to African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) among several…

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…

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG PRODUCTION TRAITS IN THE LIGHT LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPE USING A SELECTION INDEX ABSTRACT Fifty hens and five cocks from a random mating population of light local chicken…

IN-SILINCO GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE SEQUENCES OF MYOSTATIN GENE IN BOVIDS (CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOAT) ABSTRACT Double muscling is a heritable trait. It has been revealed that myostatin (MSTN) or…

INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION AND BODY CONDITION AT FIRST MATING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF GILTS IN THE HUMID TROPICS ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted at the piggery unit of the…

LAYING AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHAVER BROWN AND NERA BLACK HENS IN HOT HUMID ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT A total of one hundred and fifty Shaver brown and Nera black hens in…

EFFECT OF FREQUENCY OF EJACULATION ON SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY ECOTYPE CHICKEN RAISED IN DERIVED SAVANNAH REGION OF NIGERIA ABSTRACT Effect of frequency of ejaculation on semen characteristics of heavy…

EFFECT OF PARITY AND BIRTH TYPE ON UDDER CHARACTERISTICS, MILK YIELD AND COMPOSITION OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP ABSTRACT Twelve West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, four in each of parities…

EFFECT OF PROBIOTICS (Lactobacillus Acidophillus) IN DRINKING WATER ON THE PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS YIELD OF BROILERS. ABSTRACT This study was to determine the effect of probiotics (L. acidophilus) on growth…

EFFECT OF SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E ON THE REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF RABBIT DOES AND KITS ABSTRACT This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of Vitamin E…

EFFECT OF VARYING LEVELS OF PAWPAW LEAF MEAL (Carica papaya) ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF FINISHING BROILERS. ABSTRACT Sixty “day old” broiler chickens were used to evaluate the growth performance, haematological…

EFFECTS OF DIETARY SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF SOWS ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary selenium (se) supplementation on the reproductive performance of sows,…

EFFECTS OF DIETARY VITAMIN C AND VITAMIN E ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LAYING HENS IN THE HUMID TROPICS ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 52 weeks investigated the effects of…

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENCE TIMING OF ROUTINE VACCINATION SCHEDULES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, MORTALITY RATE AND BLOOD PARAMETERS OF BROILERS. ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find the effect of the delayed…

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN SOURCES ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN GIANT LAND SNAIL (Archachatina marginata) ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to study the effects of different…

EFFECTS OF DILUENTS, AGE OF SEMEN AND INSEMINATION DOSES ON VIABILITY AND FERTILITY OF TURKEY SEMEN PRESERVED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ABSTRACT An investigation was conducted with a total of one…

BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I GENE OF THREE AVAIN SPECIES ABSTRACT A lot of attention has been paid to the study of Insulin-like Growth factor 1 (IGF1) due…

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF BAMBARA NUT WASTE AND DRY BREWERS SPENT GRAIN AS DRY SEASON FEED SUPPLEMENTS FOR WEST AFRICAN DWARF SHEEP ABSTRACT Two feeding trials were conducted to investigate the…

CYTOGENETIC SCREENING OF DIFFERENT BREEDS OF RABBIT FOR GROWTH POTENTIALS IN A WARM HUMID TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the x-chromatin status of different breeds…

DETERMINATION OF THE TRUE METABOLIZABLE ENERGY OF SOME NON-CONVENTIONAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to determine the metabolizable energy of maize pap waste (MPW) and rice milling waste…

EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF ORGANIC SELENIUM AT DIFFERENT LEVELS ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF RABBIT DOES ABSTRACT The effect of dietary supplementation of organic selenium at different levels on reproductive…

EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH VITAMINS E AND C ON THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF PIGS ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted at the piggery unit of the Department of Animal Science…

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DIETARY LEVELS OF PALM OIL SLUDGE ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL TURKEYS. ABSTRACT A 56 day experiment was conducted to determine the effect…

EFFECT OF EJACULATION FREQUENCY AND MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS ON SEMEN QUALITY, FERTILITY AND HATCHABILITY OF LOCAL TURKEYS IN THE HUMID TROPICS ABSTRACT Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of…

EFFECT OF ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE OF PULLET CHICKS FED DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DIETARY FIBRE ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of pullet chicks fed diets containing…

EFFECT OF ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE OF PULLET CHICKS FED DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DIETARY FIBRE ABSTRACT A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of pullet chicks fed diets containing…

BIOAPPRAISAL OF DIFFERENT NON-ANTIBIOTIC GROWTH ENHANCERS USING BROILERS ABSTRACT A sixty three (63) day experiment was carried out to bio-appraise different non-antibiotic growth enhancers using one hundred and twenty day-old…