Aim: This study was carried out to evaluate levels of Cadmium (Cd) in goats as sentinels for Cd pollution in some farming communities in Bade Northern Yobe, Nigeria. Study Design: The study was a cross sectional study. Methodology: A total of 356 blood samples were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/44244
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of multi-drugs resistant commensal Escherichia coli (E. coli) in apparently healthy kids and lambs from Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria. Study Design: A cross sectional study was conducted using convenience sampling metho...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/44246
The aim of the current research was to estimate the genetic parameters for milk and conformation traits in Simmental dual-purpose cattle breed. Heritability estimates were 21% for milk yield while body type traits were 26, 13, 10, 28, 20, 35, 6 and 33% for BW, BCS, CL, CW, BD, ST...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/40553
The experiment was conducted at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Poultry Farm for 4 weeks to find out the effect of feed restriction (FR) on growth performance, haematological parameters and carcass traits of broiler chicken. After one week of common brooding, 150 broiler ch...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/43401
Diseases in animals not only constitute health challenges in man but are also a major source of economic losses. Hence, the proper identification, understanding, management and documentation of diseases prevalent in animal husbandry would go a long way in controlling the dissemin...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/42856
The objective of the present study was to investigate the productivity of utilizing barley as a Flushing ration with an energizing source and soybean meal-based diets as a Flushing ration with a protein source the breeding and sexual behaviors in Markhoz Goat. In this study, 42 t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/42786
Aim: The present study was investigated to assess the antibacterial potential of aqueous neem leaves extracts (ANLE) on spermatozoa quality in extended porcine semen. Materials and Methods: Fresh semen was collected from a mature and intact boar (age, breed, body condition score,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/42167
Stepwise multiple regression technique was used to predict body weight from linear body measurements in the savannah muturu cattle (Bos brachyceros). Sexual dimorphism was a significant (P˂0.05) source of variation for body weight (BW), ear length (EL), body length (BL), chest gi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/43017
The microbial loads of processed beef in Jos abattoir were investigated in this study, as well as the hygiene practices of butchers. Fresh beef samples were randomly collected from Jos-south abattoir, Plateau State, Nigeria. A total of twenty samples were collected in a separate...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/42570
Aim: the aim of this paper was to investigate the histopathological changes in the liver, kidney and lung during urea toxicity in cattle. Place and Duration of Study: In September 2015, Alslait South Dairy Farm, Khartoum, Sudan reported sudden death of some cattle occurred after...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41386
The study examined the effects of feeding different protein diets on growth performance and carcass quality of Snail, Archachatina marginata at the snail unit, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Enugu State University of Science...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41510
An eight week feeding trial was conducted at the Poultry Unit of the Teaching and Research Farm, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma to evaluate the haematological and serum biochemical indices of broiler chickens fed varying levels of sundried cassava peel meal supplemented with enzy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41092
This study is aimed to evaluate the growth performance, nutrient retention, dressed and organ weights and economics of production using toasted Daniellia oliveri seed meal (TDSM) as a source of protein substitute with soybean meal (SBM) in broiler diets for 56 days. One hundred a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41469
Seventy per cent (70% ) of Terminalia macroptera stem bark, methanol extract was administered to four groups A,B,C and D of a day old broiler chickens with each group consisting of five(5) chicks. Different doses of 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/kgbw corresponding to 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41607
Biochemical studies with a view to assess the organic and inorganic content of Sun-Dried Rumen Digesta from goat slaughtered in Zuru central slaughterhouse were carried out. Four values for each nutrient were collected according to samples analyzed. The results of mean percentage...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRAVS/2018/41042