A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of thermal indices and relationship with milk yield in dairy cows using invasive (glucose, total cholesterol, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and inorganic phosphate) and non-invasive (Rectal temperature (RT), respiration rate (RR)... Continue Reading
EFFECTS OF INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY ON SOIL FERTILITY AND CROP PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL HOLDER FARMS IN IKARA, NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA OF NIGERIA Continue Reading
Pedogenic properties of plinthic (laterite) soils developed on two parent materials; basement complex and basaltic rock in Northern Guinea Savannah, Nigeria were studied with a view to determine the influence of composition and quantity of the soil (plinthite) as a raw material for the construction industry. Four pedons were dug on each parent mat... Continue Reading
Two studies were conducted to determine growth and fattening performance of Yankasa rams fed complete containing urea and lime treated groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) shell. The shell was treated with 5% urea, 5% lime and 2.5% of urea and lime for each known weight of the shell (50g/kg shell). In the first study four treatment diets were formulated c... Continue Reading
Field experiments in 1979 revealed that higher populations of Metopolphium dirhodum (Wlk.) developed on barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)-infected winter wheat and oats than on healthy plants. More Sitobion avenae (L.) were similarly recorded in 1980 on BYDV-infected winter wheat, oats and barley. In both years, foci of BYDV infection attracted more... Continue Reading
This study analyzes the socio-economic and institutional factors influencing livelihood diversification among rural farmers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the socio – economic and institutional factors influencing rural people to seek other sources of livelihood beside agricu... Continue Reading
Thisstudy focused on analyse of livelihood diversification by farming households in Kachia, Kagarko and Jaba Local Government areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 220 respondents using structured questionnaire. The statistical tools used to analyse the data were descriptive statistics, logit regression and t-statistics. Continue Reading
Studies were conducted to investigate the effect of mixed Gmelina arborea and Moringa oleifera leaf meal inclusion on the performance of Red Sokoto goats fed Digitaria smutsii hay based complete diets. Gmelina arborea and Moringa oleifera leaf meals were mixed at the ratio of 3:1 and included at 0, 10, 20 and 30% in a 40 % D. smutsii hay base. In t... Continue Reading
This research carried out an economic analysis of groundnut processing and determined its effects on the poverty level of the processors in Zamfara State, with main focus on groundnut oil and cake processing ventures. Continue Reading
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary inclusion level (50% or 100%), form (whole or ground), and enzyme supplementation (with or without) of pearl millet at the expense of maize on the performance of Japanese quails. In the first experiment (growing phase), 378 two weeks old unsexed Japanese quails were used in a 2 x 2 x... Continue Reading
This study examined socio-economic and institutional factors influencing farmers’ perception of the e-wallet scheme. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 189 respondents for the study from two of the four ADP zones in Kaduna state. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data obtained usi... Continue Reading
Nine feeding experiments and one metabolism study were conducted to investigate the water requirements and metabolism of some indigenous Nigerian sheep and goats including the various factors that influence it in the Sudan Savanna Zone. The studies conducted examined the wrter balance, seasonal variations, breed effect, diet effect, influence of fe... Continue Reading
This study was designed to analyse efficiency and competitiveness of rice production systems in three selected states of Northern Nigeria. A multi stage sampling technique was used to collect primary data from 278 rice farmers in three major rice producing systems in the Northern Nigeria. The data was collected with the aid of pretested questionna... Continue Reading
A study was conducted to assess the effect of breed, sex and age on growth, haematological, serum biochemical and carcass characteristics of Turkey. The data was generated from 100 Turkeys which comprised 50 Norfolk breed and 50 Mammoth breed. The growth traits included biweekly body weight (BW) and linear body measurements: neck length (NL), body... Continue Reading
The gene sequences of Growth hormone (GH), Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) and Myostatin (MSTN) were downloaded from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database, through Entrez of the database as non-redundant reference sequence in FASTA format, using respective accession numbers of the various genes in the GenBank to access ... Continue Reading