Serge Cyrille Houketchang Ndomou, Cristelle Tiwo Tsapla, Fabrice Tonfack Djikeng, Gires Boungo Teboukeu, Hermann Arantes Foffe Kohole, David Tsafack Ngoudjou, Herve Kuietche Mube & Hilaire Macaire Womeni·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2018
Aims: Utilization of phytobiotics as growth promoter in broilers rearing is not efficiently applied by farmers. This study aimed to assess the relationship between performance, carcass traits and lipid profile of broilers (Cobb 500 strain) fed with different rations supplemented...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40681
Aims: Brucellosis infection was previously encountered in all livestock farming systems in Tanzania but reported to decline below 2% in smallholder dairy subsector due to the stringent calf-hood vaccination using S19 between 1979 and 1990. However, reports from the last decade in...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40955
Aims: This study evaluated the wastewater samples from Onyearugbulem abattoir water supply, 5 m from slaughter and washings, the incinerator, 10m downstream, 100 m downstream and 10 m upstream for bacteriological analysis. Methodology: Samples were collected according to standard...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40979
Chukwudi Onyeka John Okonkwo, Hugh Clifford Chima Maduka, Charles Chijioke Dike, Stephen Ozoemenam Maduka, Victor Nwabunwanne Oguaka & Iketuonye Chinelo Maryann·Journal of Applied Life Sciences International·2018
Aims: This work aimed at evaluating the effects of Dacroydes edulis pulp oil extract on serum lipid profile of male-albino Wistar rats at various concentrations. This was done by assessing serum total cholesterol (TCHOL), high density lipoprotein (HDL) and low density lipoprotein...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/38303
Aims: The use and specific activity of bromelain from pineapples are limited by the presence of contaminants. The aim of this study was to determine the enzymatic activity of bromelain in crown, peels and stem at different purification stages leading to the production of lyophili...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/39678
Background: Despite all efforts to establish the pathogenesis of malaria, it is far from being understood, and resistance to existing drugs remain a problem in several strains of Plasmodium. Different complications arise during malaria infection, and among these is the alteration...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40708
Water is the second essential factor for life after oxygen and it offers a number of benefits and services to man and his environment. The effect of human activities on the physicochemical and bacteriological qualities of water samples from Ujiogba River was carried out using sta...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40435
Cypermethrin, a type II pyrethroid, widely used for pest management causes environmental pollution and health hazards. Previous studies have shown that cypermethrin has teratogenic effect on rat foeti born to exposed dam or buck with no information on its effect on their reproduc...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40290
Field trials were conducted in seven localities across the Western Highlands of Cameroon from April to September 2015 to evaluate the seed tubers yield performance of some potato varieties. Three improved potato varieties (Cipira, Tubira and Jacob 2005) were used in the experimen...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40485
The biodegradability of anionic surfactants and the presence of surfactant degrading bacteria in the New Calabar River situated in Choba, Nigeria was investigated. Eleven (11) locally manufactured and six (6) imported brands were studied alongside sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) us...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/40131