Aim: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding concentrate with varying level of corncobs using twelve West African dwarf goats (WAD). Study Design and Duration: The study lasted for 84 days during which the performance and blood parameters were monitored in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11271
The use of protective chemicals on ware tubers can render it unfit for consumption as tubers undergo little processes before consumption. Hitherto, there is no effective control measure to manage this disease (Pectobactrium ssp); therefore, selection of some plant extracts for th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/12309
The study was conducted to determine the growth response of quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) to varying levels of cassava tuber meal as a replacement for maize. Thirty two (32) unsexed Japanese quails were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments. In each of the four diets...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11412
Aims: The species complex and abundance of panicle pests of sorghum was studied on eight sorghum varieties and cultivars in field trial in order identify the pest spectrum complexity on sorghum and at what time of the season they are in abundance and identify which of the sorghum...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/11935
Establishment of Efficient System for Isolation and Manipulation of Single Protoplasts Containing Aposporous Embryo Sac Initial Cell in Guinea Grass (Panicum maximum) Aims: In order to do the molecular analysis of mechanism of aposporous embryo sac initial cell (AIC) appearance,...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12213
The study was carried out during March to April 2010 to identify the impacts of climate change on food security in context of southwest coastal region of Bangladesh and to address appropriate strategies to overcome it. Multistage sampling technique was adopted to select the house...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6165
This study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial effect of tannin isolated from the leaf of Annona senegalensis on Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi. The study was carried out in the laboratory of Biochemistry department, Modibbo Adama University of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/11882
As a part of our program to discover novel analoges of (1H-pyrrolo [2,3-b] pyridine) 7-azaindole having useful biological activities, a variety of 7-azaindole analogs 1-9 with variable substituents on phenyl ring of phenacyl moiety were synthesized and evaluated for their AChE, B...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/9721
Purpose: The effect of rice husk dust inhalation on some biochemical parameters was conducted on albino rats. Method: 100 albino rats were divided into five groups with each group containing twenty albino rats. Group A served as the control and were housed at the animal house awa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/12013
The objective of this study is to evaluate the possibility of recycling the liquid product obtained from sewage sludge by the hydrothermal treatment as a kind of organic fertilizer and its effect on the plant growth. A small scale hydrothermal treatment experiment was performed a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2014/11636
Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are group of genetically heterogenous conditions that are characterized by abnormal development of ectodermal structures. The most affected structures are teeth, skin and its derivatives (hair, sweat glands) along with other ectodermal structures. The p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11713
An electric air flow olfactometer was designed for testing the olfactory response of adult weevils (males and females). Thirty one natural plant volatile oils, eighteen terpenes and nine volatile chemical compounds were tested in the designed olfactometer for their stimulation on...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2014/11854
Consider any positive integer n. If n is even, halve it. If n is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. This algorithm is then repeated indefinitely. It has been conjectured by Collatz that this process, which is also known as Hasse’s algorithm, eventually reaches 1. A new perspective...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12538
Liquid storage tanks are critical elements in the water supply scheme and firefighting system in many industrial facilities for storage of water, oil, chemicals and liquefied natural gas. A common effective method to reduce the seismic response of liquid storage tanks is using ba...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11299
The focus on herbal products for medicinal proposes has increased during the past decade. Papaver rhoaes L. (PR), commonly known as corn poppy, belongs to the Papaveracea family is used in southwestern Asia for some medicinal proposes. Modern pharmacology revealed that its extrac...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/12264