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1. QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF FEED INGREDIENTS UTILIZED IN FEED FORMULATION ARE THE DE...
» CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONFeeds and feeding is an integral part of pig production that claim between 60 75% cost of production and at the same time dictates the production strength and quality based on the observed feeding regime and feeding quality. Quality and quantity of feed ingredients utilized in feed formulation are the determinant of feed quality. These ingredients could be grouped as main (b...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 10,898 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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2. EFFECT OF LITTER SIZE ON THE BODY WEIGHT OF RABBIT
» ABSTRACTThis 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, gestation length (GLT), litter size at birth (LTSBTH), li...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 12,293 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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3. OUTPUT, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION, CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO AND ENERGY VALUE OF BROI...
» Studies were carried out to examine the output, proximate composition, carbon to nitrogen ratio and energy value of poultry litter. Excreta was collected from broiler chicken and caged layers. Excreta collected was subjected to gross chemical analysis and gross energy determination. The results showed the output of broilers to be 154g per bird per day while that of layer was 86.5g.Result obtained ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 8,195 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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4. SAPONIN: ITS OCCURENCE IN PLANT AND NUTRITIONAL IMPLICATIONS IN FARM ANIMALS
» ABSTRACTSaponins are natural detergents found in a variety of plants. Two major commercial sources of saponins are desert plants, such as Yucca schidigera from Mexico and Quillada saponaria from Chile. Yucca saponins have a steroid nucleus, where as Quillada saponins are triterpenoid in structure. Saponins contain a lipophylic nucleus (steroid or triterpenoid) and one or more water soluble carbohy...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,936 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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5. EFFECT OF AGE OF GUINEA GRASS (Panicum maximum) ON SILAGE QUALITY AND ITS NUTRIT...
» ABSTRACTAn all year round pasture is not always guaranteed in the tropics especially in Nigeria as half of the period is a dry season. In order to circumvent the pasture scarcity during drought, silage making is paramount. In this vein, nutritive value of silage made from Guinea grass (GG) frequently harvested at 4, 6 and 8 weeks was assessed by West African dwarf (WAD) goat. Quality and chemical ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 10,193 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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6. THE EFFECTS OF DIETARY SYNTHETIC AMINO ACID (LYSINE) LEVELS ON GROWTH AND FEED U...
» ABSTRACTThe growth response and feed utilization of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings fed diet containing different levels of dietary lysine was investigated to determine the effects of the diets on their growth rate and also determine if there are any differences in the utilization of these diets by the fish. Ninety (90) fingerlings of Clarias gariepinus (5.10±0.6g) obtained from a farm (Imafidon f...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 8,449 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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7. MICROBIAL EVALUATION IN THE UNIT OPERATION OF THE PROCESSING OF CANE RAT
» ABSTRACTThis study was conducted to evaluate the microbial status of fresh and processed cane rat along the unit operation in some selected markets in Benin City, Nigeria. Fresh cane rats were obtained from the different markets which are from the three local government areas that is, Oredo, Egor and Ikpoba Okha which make up Benin City, while the Control cane rat was processed in the Faculty of A...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,667 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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8. METABOLIZABLE ENERGY VALUES OF DRIED LEAVES OF CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta), SIAM...
» ABSTRACTA study was conducted to determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) value of dried leaves of cassava (Manihot esculenta), siam weed (Vernoma amygdalina)and bitterleaf (Chromolaena odorata). In determining the ME values, the substitution method was adopted and the basal diet which was a standard broiler finisher diet containing about 3000Kcal/kg ME and about 20.0% crude protein (CP) ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 8,996 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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9. EFFECT OF LEAF EXTRACT ON THE PERFORMANCE AND SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS OF BOILER CH...
» ABSTRACTThe study was conducted to know the effect of leaf extracts bitter leaf, Awolowo leaf scent leaf and bridelia leaf on the performance and some blood parameters of broilers finisher chicken. A total of one hundred and thirty unsexed Marshall` broilers chicken finisher were used during the course of this study which lasted for 4 weeks. They were randomly selected and assigned to five treatm...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 13,739 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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10. PERFORMANCE INDICES AND WATER CONSUMPTION OF TORTOISE (kinixyx erosa, Schweigger...
» ABSTRACTThis experiment was carried out using a total of 16 tortoises (Kinixys erosa) weighing between 172.5g and 180g to determine their performance indices and water consumption of tortoise fed unripe boiled plantain mixed with palm oil under different watering regime in captivity. The tortoises were randomly divided into four Treatments with four replicates such that there were one animals per ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,680 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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11. DYNAMICS OF IONS IN THE HAEMOLYMPH OF GIANT AFRICAN LAND SNAILS (Archachatina ma...
» ABSTRACTThis experiment was conducted to study the dynamics of ions in the haemolymph of Giant African land snails (Archachatina marginata) during fasting. Fourty Archachatina marginata were purchased and using a completely randomized design (CRD) they were arranged into four different treatments. Haemolymph was collected randomly from three samples within each treatment and the samples were analy...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,769 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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12. AN IN-VITRO STUDY OF SOME SPICES FOR REDUCING METHANOGENESIS IN RUMINANTS
» ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to systematically evaluate and compare the effect of selected spices on methanogenesis using in vitro cultures. Some of the spices selected are Allium cepa, piper nigrum. Aframonum melegueta, Dennttia tripetala,, syzygium aromaticum, Gongronema latifolium among others were dried and milled for chemical analysis and in vitro gas fermentation study. The result...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,364 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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13. EFFECT OF PARITY ON LITTER SIZE AT BIRTH AND AT WEANING IN RABBITS
» ABSTRACTData on 100 litters from different parities were used to study the effect of parity on litter size at birth and at weaning in rabbits. The data were subjected to statistical analysis and the significant mean differences separated using student Newman Keul’s test. Traits considered were litter size at birth and at weaning. Results obtained showed that litter size at birth increased sl...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 43 pages | 6,618 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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14. MICROBIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF RAW AND SMOKED PORCUPINE MEAT CONSUMED
» ABSTRACTThe microbiological status of raw and smoked porcupine meat sold in Benin City were investigated. The samples (raw and smoked porcupine meat) were sourced from three different locations (Egor, Ovia North east and Oredo L.G.As) in Edo State. Bacteria growth was determined using nutrient agar, the presence of Streptoccocus aureus was detected and Fungi growth was determined by using potato d...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,264 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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15. EFFECTS OF QUANTITATIVE FEED RESTRICTION WITH OR WITHOUT ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION ...
» ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to evaluate the effect of quantitative feed restriction with or without enzyme supplementation on the bilateral body measurements, organ weights and serum biochemistry of broiler chickens. A total number of 100 healthy mashall breed of day old chickens were used for the study. The birds were all fed ad libitum for the first week. At the second week, the birds were...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,878 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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16. PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF GOATS IN THE FARM PROJECT
» ABSTRACTA 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 using floatation and sedimentation method. From the re...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,765 engagements | Source: Animal Science Projects & Research Materials
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17. PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF LAYER ENTERPRISE
» ABSTRACTThis study examined the profitability of layers production in Esan North East and Ovia North East L.G.A’s of Edo State. A purposive and convenient sampling of 64 poultry farmers was carried out in the study area in order to generate data for the analysis. Results of the study showed that the respondents were predominantly males (56%) with good educational background and relatively long f...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 9,150 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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18. MARKETING OF UZIZA
» ABSTRACTThe study dealt with marketing of uziza in Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. The study was conducted to identify the socio economic characteristics of respondent, the marketing channels, estimate the determinant of sales, determine the producer’s share of retail price and gross marketing margin, carryout a functional analysis of gross marketing margin and identify the main problem...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,496 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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19. POTENTIALS OF GROWING ENERGY CROPS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AMONG CASSAVA AND JATROPHA ...
» CHAPTER ONEBACKGROUND INFORMATIONBiotechnology in one form or the other has flourished since prehistoric time beginning from when the first human beings realized they could plant their own crops and breed animals. The first bakers were acting as fledging biotechnologists when they found they could make soft bread rather than a firm thin cracker. The discovery that fruit juices fermented into wine ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,340 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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20. HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF BEEF DEMAND
» ABSTRACTThis study was aimed at the hedonic analysis for beef and the impact of income changes on household consumption in Benin City. The study was carried out between the months of July and November 2011. The study was carried out in two tertiary institutions; University of Benin in Oredo Local Government Area and Benson Idahosa University, Egor Local Government Area, which were selected because...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 5,366 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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21. ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) AMONG...
» CHAPTER ONE1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYAgriculture is an important economic sector, since it provides income and food for a large segment of the population in developing countries. It plays a key role in the socio economic development of many developing countries. For Agriculture to play these key roles successfully, farmers need to be properly informed in order to take rational dec...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,173 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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22. FARMERS ADOPTION OF IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING\
» ABSTRACTThis study was aimed at determining farmer’s adoption of improved technology in cassava production and processing in peri urban areas of Edo state using Ikpoba Okha and Ovia North East local government areas as case studies. Purposive sampling was used to select 6 wards from which simple random sampling was used to select each of 148 cassava farmers from the 6 wards. The data was analyse...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,874 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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23. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POST HARVEST LOSSES AMONG LEAFY VEGETABLE MARKETERS
» ABSTRACTThe study examined economics of post harvest food losses involving three (3) varieties of leafy vegetables namely: Telfaria(Ugu leaf), Amaranthus(Green leaf ) and Pterocarpus(Oha leaf) in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A random sampling technique was used to collect data on vegetable marketers’ socio economic characteristics, types of post harvest losses, physical ...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 7,975 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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24. HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF BEEF DEMAND IN BENIN CITY
» ABSTRACTThis study was aimed at the hedonic analysis for beef and the impact of income changes on household consumption in Benin City. The study was carried out between the months of July and November 2011. The study was carried out in two tertiary institutions; University of Benin in Oredo Local Government Area and Benson Idahosa University, Egor Local Government Area, which were selected because...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 0 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials
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25. POVERTY ALLEVIATION ON PLANTAIN AND BANANA FARMERS
» ABSTRACTThe study focused on poverty alleviation among plantain and banana farmers in Ovia South North East Local Government Area of Edo State. It answered the following questions (i) what is the socio economic characteristics of plantain and banana,(ii) what is the perception of farmers on the profitability of plantain and banana production in their area, (iii) what is the constraint faced by pla...Continue Reading »
Item Type: Project Material | 65 pages | 6,077 engagements | Source: Agricultural Economics And Extension Projects & Research Materials