This study was conducted to investigate the influence of egg size on fertility, hatchability, keets mortalities and growth performance of indigenous Guinea fowl in Ghana. The study was carried out for a period of two (2) months. One hundred and thirty five day-old keets hatched f...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i178
An eight-week study was carried out to determine the effect of dietary rice offal inclusion levels and Natuzyme® enzyme supplementation on performance of broiler chicken. Two hundred and ten 7-day old broiler chicks of Arbor Acre strain were randomly allocated to seven dietary tr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i177
Aims: In Africa, local poultry production is main source of meat and eggs though disease is a major constraint. This study appraised the influence of management on local poultry exposure to infection and their response to vaccination and medication through feed. Study Design: Loc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i176
The objective of the experiment was to investigate the effect of vitamin C supplementation on egg quality, carcass characteristics and meat sensory properties of the Pearl Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) in Ghana. Three hundred and sixty day old keets of the Pearl breed of Guinea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i185
A total of 100 pregnant cows from various private livestock farms of Al Nuba town, Al Gezira State, Sudan was selected to assess the therapeutic effect of buparvaquone in bovine theileriosis. Theileriosis was diagnosed before treatment by blood smears and PCR. Theileria spp. in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i184
In order to characterize goat farming of the arganeraie in the province of Agadir in Morocco. A structured questionnaire survey and individual monitoring of farm animals were conducted in 35 randomly selected goat farmers in 9 villages of Amskroud commune in Agadir province. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i183
Aims: This study aims to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors of leptospirosis in slaughtered cattle and abattoir workers at the Ngaoundéré Municipal Abattoir, Adamawa region, Cameroon. Study Design: 10% of the average number of cattle slaughtered in the abattoir within...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i182
Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) is an economically important pathogen of poultry, causing respiratory infection and synovitis in chickens and turkeys. Early detection of MS infection is of critical importance for subsequent prevention and control measures; in this view the present resea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2020/v3i181
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of using garlic (Allium sativum) as feed additives on immune status and milk fatty acids components for ewes. The study consists of two parts: the first part included metabolism trial using 16 adult barki rams divided into four...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i495
This study was conducted to determine the carcass characteristics and meat quality of bucks fed diets fortified with yeast and lactic acid bacteria. 30 West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks (8.50±1.59 kg) were allotted to six dietary treatments with five (5) animals per group in a compl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i494
Ethiopia has a large potential for dairy development because of its large livestock population and favorable climate for improved high yielding breeds. But milk productivity is still low as lower productive indigenous dairy animals characterize the dairy sub-sector in the country...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i493
Sixteen (16) California white weaned rabbits of both sexes with average age of 6 weeks old weighing an average of 451.16 g were placed on four dietary treatment (4 rabbits per treatment) for ten (10) weeks. The experiment was designed to investigate the growth performance and dig...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i492
This study was conducted to determine the effect of Lawsonia inermis leaf meal on growth performance and blood profile of broiler chicks for fifty-six days. A total of 150 day old broiler chicks were used. They were divided into five treatment groups of three replicates each (T1,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i491
Performance of broiler chickens fed diets containing different protein sources was evaluated. One hundred and fifty (150) Ross 308 day-old chicks were divided into three experimental treatment groups, and each treatment group was replicated five times, with 10 chicks per replicat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i489
A research lasting 161days was carried out with 12 Muturu calves (6 males and 6 females) in The Teaching and Research Farm, University of Uyo, Nigeria. The cattle were managed semi-intensively to investigate the pattern of early growth traits and predict body weight using linear...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i490