Eight weeks feeding trails were conducted with 120 broiler chickens at poultry production unit of the Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. The aim is to determine performance characteristics of broilers fed termite supplemented diet (Macrotermes belli...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i373
Aims: The effects of high fibre diet fed to broilers chicken on growth, carcass performance sensory evaluation, primal cuts and meat characteristics were carried out in a eight weeks feeding trials. Methodology: A total of two hundred and forty, day old broiler chicks of Arbor Ac...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i372
A twelve week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of air-dried mucuna (Mucuna pruriens) leaf meal (MLM) in the diets of grower rabbit bucks. Mucuna leaf meal was included at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% for T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. Thirty grower rabbits b...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i371
Dermatophytosis is a superficial fungal infection of hair and keratinized layers of the epidermis and is caused by keratinophilic and keratinolytic genera such as Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton. It is an endemic infection in many countries throughout the world affec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i243
Research on animals may harm the animals if proper care of them is not taken. It’s really riveting to know more about the animal behavior, but sometimes we humans injure the animals knowingly or unknowingly. We should respect an animal’s freedom, as most animals are caged or are...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i242
The study was conducted to assess the extent of participation of rural women in small-scale dairy farming for poverty reduction in two villages at Paikgachha upazila in the Khulna district, Bangladesh. Data were collected from 50 respondents through direct interviews involved in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i245
Feed contamination by fungi can lead to nutrient losses and detrimental effects on animal health and production. This present study was designed to isolate and identify the mycological contamination of poultry feeds in some selected parts of Abia state (farms and feed depots in U...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i244
Zanthoxyliun leprieurii belong to aromatic plants. Its fruit is commonly used as spice in soups and as medicine in many African countries. Because of its phytochemical composition, it cans also be used as antioxidant. In the present study, effects of aqueous extract of Z. leprieu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i241
This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the modulatory effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on rectal temperature, body weight changes and percentage excitation of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats transported by road for eight hours. A total of twenty eight (28) male...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i250
The present research work was conducted to analyze the growth performance of broiler fed with different commercial feeds of Bangladesh. For this purpose, a total of 200 Cobb-500 broiler day old chicks were purchased and divided into four treatment groups and fed with four differe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i249
This study was conducted to understand the incidence of Mastitis infection at the farm level. Data were collected from a sample of 120 cattle farms randomly selected from 12 blocks of Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram districts of Tamil Nadu respectively. Incidence of mastitis infect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i248
Aims: To describe a vaginal leiomyoma in a five year old crossbred female dog and its surgical management by episiotomy. Case Presentation: A five year old cross-breed female dog was presented to Aliyu Jodi Veterinary clinic sokoto-Nigeria with complaint of muscular tissue protru...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i247
Aims: The feed industry needs new sources of highly digestible protein to substitute other valuable limited protein sources of animal origin such as fishmeal in animal feed. The aim of this study was to exploit the potential of the housefly larvae (maggots) in production of a low...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i246
Aims: The aim of the study was to increase rabbit production by evaluating the effects of bean offal on the growth performance of the New Zealand rabbits breed and to reduce the economic costs of feed. Study Design: Study was conducted in a completely randomized design. Methodolo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i153
Livestock is significantly contributing to livelihood and food security of more than a billion people in different parts of the world. However, the performance has been poor in many developing countries, due to various reasons. This paper reviews the distribution of different spe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i152