Antimicrobial resistance is an overwhelming issue in human and veterinary medicine. Association between usage of antimicrobials in livestock and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in human medicine has been widely discussed. Antimicrobial resistant surveillance is the only...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2022/v5i1198
The main aim of the 8 -weeks study was to assess the dry matter intake, weight gain and nutrients digestibility of Yankasa rams fed urea supplemented fibrous crop residues. Twenty (20) Yankasa rams weighing 15.0kg on average were allocated to four treatment diets which contained...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2022/v5i1197
Artificial insemination has been used in time past to improve the reproductive performance of animals and has a great potential in rabbit production. The cost of purchasing sophisticated artificial vagina is a challenge for rabbit producers in developing countries like Nigeria, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2022/v5i1196
Aims: The study used native crossbred chickens to evaluate the effects of citric acid on growth performance and carcass traits of these chickens Study Design: The experiment was a completely randomized design. Place and Duration of Study: School of Agriculture and Aquaculture's e...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2022/v5i1195
Gastrointestinal parasitic diseases remain a constraint to cattle and goat production industries in developing countries. An abattoir survey was carried out to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in slaughtered cattle and goat in Akwanga abattoir in Nasarawa St...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4182
Cystic echinococcosis/cystic hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stages of taeniid cestodes of the genus Echinococcus. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of echinococcosis among the livestock in Arabia Peninsula countries including Yemen, Saudi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4184
Rotavirus infections are the most common causes of infectious diarrhea in young children and animals worldwide. We performed a genotyping of rotavirus strains by RT-PCR for G (VP7) and P (VP4), in diarrhea samples from calves, in several locations in Costa Rica. Combinations of g...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4183
Introduction: Understanding the extend of benzimidazole resistance is a core step to adopting the correct strategies for control. In Sudan, benzimidazole resistance was recently reported in cattle and goats in South Darfur. This study aimed to collect additional data regarding al...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4181
Aims: This study intends to contribute to the improvement of the quality of small ruminant meat produced at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse in order to protect consumer health and facilitate the implementation of prophylactic measures. Study Design: This was a retrospective study c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4180
The present experiment was designed to study the effect of seasonal variations on ovarian biometry, ovarian surface visible follicle number, oocyte recovery rate, and quality of recovered oocytes in buffaloes. Ovaries were collected from slaughtered buffaloes during the winter an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2021/v4i4179