Comfort Essien

Akwa Ibom State University · Department of Animal Science

Turkey is one of the species in poultry which has numerous attributes that can be used to provide protein in the meals of Nigerians. However, turkey production has not received the needed attention when compared to other poultry (chicken) species, partly due to the paucity of documented information on them. The aim of study was to estimate body wei...

A study spanning twelve weeks aimed to assess the efficacy of Xylopia aethiopica extract on the egg quality indices of laying hens. The study utilized a total of 120 laying hens, six weeks in lay. Xylopia aethiopica extract was separately diluted in 4 liters of water at varying levels: 0 ml, 100 ml, 200 ml, and 300 ml. The laying hens were divided...

Given the soaring costs of conventional feedstuffs, there is a pressing need to explore sustainable alternatives that enhance performance, cut production costs, and foster environmental sustainability. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the performance and cost-benefit of finisher broiler chickens fed boiled cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagitt...

The Nigeria poultry industry has over the years witnessed the introduction of different strains of layer chicken. The growth and productivity of these strains largely depend on the nutritional and climatic variables as well as genetic make-up of these strains. This implies that chicken producers should consider strains with high genetic potential f...

The proximate composition, minerals, vitamins and phytochemical content of Xylopia aethiopica was determined. The analysis were done using standard methods of Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). The result of the proximate composition showed the following. Crude protein (7.83%), Ether Extract (9.07%), Crude fibre (15.23%), Ash (5.02...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of date palm waste on the growth performance, and nutrient digestibility of weaner rabbits. A total of 32 weaner rabbits, crossbred from New Zealand White and Chinchilla, were used in the study. Four experimental diets were formulated and labelled T1, T2, T3, and T4. The control diet (T1) did not con...

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Ficus exasperata as an additive on the performance and carcass traits of rabbits. A total of 36 mixed-breed rabbits were randomly distributed among four treatment groups, with each group comprising nine rabbits. Further, each group was replicated three times, with three rabbits constituting a replicate....

Background: Using wheat flour coating to reduce oil absorption during frying has been explored, but many alternatives exist. Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of polysaccharide coatings on the physicochemical and nutritional composition of deep-fried chicken breast. Materials and Methods: Pre-weighed marinated cut ch...

A twelve-week trial was conducted to determine the effect of fermented Icacinia manni meal on the performance, carcass, internal organs and nutrient digestibility coefficient of young growing rabbits. A total of forty (40) growing rabbits were used for the study. Four (4) experimental diets were formulated and labeled (T1, T2, T3 and T4. T1 (the co...

This study aimed to assess the effects of substituting African pear seed meal (APSM) for maize in broiler finisher diets, focusing on growth performance, carcass traits, and cost-effectiveness. Four experimental diets were created: Diet T1 served as the control with maize as the primary energy source, while T2, T3, and T4 incorporated APSM at 5%, 1...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of boiled African pear seed meal on the performance and nutrient digestibility coefficient of Weaner rabbits. African pear seeds were washed, chopped into pieces, boiled for one hour, sundried and milled to produce a boiled African pear seed meal (BAPSM). Four diets were formulated and designated...

This study was carried out to determine the effect of Xylopia aethiopica fruit powder on broiler chickens' haematological and serum biochemical indices. A total of two hundred broiler chickens (Abor acre) at twenty-eight days of age was used for the experiment. Five experimental diets were formulated and labelled T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. Treatment on...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of varying levels of fenugreek seed powder as feed additive on the growth performance, carcass, internal organ characteristics and nutrient digestibility coefficient of broiler finisher chickens. The experiment utilized a total of one hundred and sixty (160) broiler finisher chickens of Abor Arce bre...

This study was carried out to determine the response of broiler chicken to various levels of cumin seed powder as feed additive on performance characteristics. A total of 160 one-day old chicks were utilized for this investigation. Four diets were compounded for the starter and finisher phases, incorporating cumin seed powder at levels of 0g, 150g,...

A 28-day trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of different levels of fennel seed powder as a feed additive on the growth performance, carcass yield, internal organ characteristics, and nutrient digestibility of finisher broiler chickens. The study involved 200 finisher broiler chickens divided into four groups of 50 birds each. Four experimen...

A research investigation aimed to assess the impact of different levels of turmeric rhizome powder as a feed additive on broiler chickens' growth performance, carcass characteristics, and nutrient digestibility coefficient. The study utilized two hundred and fifty-day-old chicks of the Abor Acre strain. Five diets were formulated for both the start...

This study investigated the influence of three organic manure on the nutritional composition of three leguminous forages - Soybeans, Cowpeas, and Groundnuts, cultivated in the coastal Rainforest of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The four different organic manure used were poultry droppings, goat droppings, pig dung and a control (no manure application)....

This study investigated clove powder as a feed additive on the performance, carcass traits, and internal organ weights of broiler chickens. A total of 160-day-old (Arbo acre) broiler chickens were utilized for the study. Four diets, designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4, were formulated. T1 served as the control with no clove powder, while T2, T3 and T4...

This study investigated the influence of three organic manure on the nutritional composition of three leguminous forages - Soybeans, Cowpeas, and Groundnuts, cultivated in the coastal Rainforest of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The four different organic manure used were poultry droppings, goat droppings, pig dung and a control (no manure application)....

This study investigated clove powder as a feed additive on the performance, carcass traits, and internal organ weights of broiler chickens. A total of 160-day-old (Arbo acre) broiler chickens were utilized for the study. Four diets, designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4, were formulated. T1 served as the control with no clove powder, while T2, T3 and T4...

The Nigeria poultry industry has over the years witnessed the introduction of different strains of layer chicken. The growth and productivity of these strains largely depend on the nutritional and climatic variables as well as genetic make-up of these strains. This implies that chicken producers should consider strains with high genetic potential f...

Turkey is one of the species in poultry which has numerous attributes that can be used to provide protein in the meals of Nigerians. However, turkey production has not received the needed attention when compared to other poultry (chicken) species, partly due to the paucity of documented information on them. The aim of study was to estimate body wei...

The research gave empirical data on the correlation between poultry production index and the credit policy environment in Nigeria. An autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound test approach was employed to establish co-integration between series. The estimated long and short-run models parameters demonstrated stability, best quality, efficiency,...

There is need for breeders and farmers to know the best mating method to employ and the breeding goals to expect in rabbit breeding programmes. However, information on which breed should be used as male or female in crossbreeding rabbit for commercial purpose is limited. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of reciprocal crossing on body...

There is need for breeders and farmers to know the best mating method to employ and the breeding goals to expect in rabbit breeding programmes. However, information on which breed should be used as male or female in crossbreeding rabbit for commercial purpose is limited. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of reciprocal crossing on body...

Linear measurements are relevant for within-herd use but may be influenced by management systems. Objective assessment of body conformation may be easier with the introduction of indices from body measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphological structure and body indices of West African dwarf and Yankasa sheep. Body weight (BW...

This study was designed to determine the effect of Jatropha tanjorensis leaf meal on broiler finisher chickens' performance and carcass characteristics. One hundred and sixty broiler chicken were used for the study. Four diets were formulated for finisher broilers and labelled T 1 , T 2 , T 3 and T 4. The control (T 1) had no Jatropha tanjorensis l...

A study was conducted to determine the effect of selim pepper meal (Xylopia aethiopica) and African nutmeg meal (Monodora myristica) on serum lipid profile and sensory quality of rabbit meat. A total of thirty-two weaned rabbits (16 males and 16 females) were used. Four dietary treatments were formulated and the rabbits were randomly allocated to f...

Carcass yield is an important trait in broiler production which determines the profitability of the enterprise. This research was done to establish the correlation between morphometric traits and carcass yield as well as estimate carcass yield from morphometric traits of ROSS 308 broiler chicken. A total of 50 mixed - sex 8 weeks broiler was used f...

reproductive characteristics of two breeds of rabbits, New Zealand white (NZW) and chinchilla (CHA) raised in tropics. Offspring from the crossing of NZW x CHA and CHA x NZW were studied for body weight (BW) and reproductive traits for twelve weeks. Reproductive traits studied were litter size at birth (LSB), litter size at weaning (LSW), Average b...

This study was designed to determine the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of finisher broiler chickens fed Denettia tripelata leaf meal as feed additive. Two Hundred broiler chickens were used for the experiment. Four experimental diets were formulated and labeled T1, T2, T3 and T4. T1 (control) had no Denettia tripelata leaf meal whil...

This study was aimed at evaluating the performance effect of African nutmeg (Monodora myristica) as feed additive in rabbits. A total of forty-eight (48) weaned rabbits were allotted to four experimental diets in a completely randomized design. Each group was replicated three times with four rabbits per replicate and the experiment lasted for twelv...

A research to determine the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf meal on the performance, carcass characteristics and lipid profile of finisher broiler chickens was carried out. Two hundred unsexed broilers were used for the trial. Four broiler finisher diets were formulated with each containing 0, 2.5, 5 and 7.5% level of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MO...

A total of one-hundred-and-sixty-day-old broiler chickens were used to evaluate the effect of Tetrapleura tetraptera powder as a feed additive on the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of broiler chickens. Four experimental diets were formulated with the incorporation of Tetrapleura tetraptera powder at 0, 100g, 200g and 300g per 100kg f...

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of thirty-two (32) weaned rabbits fed diets containing Xylopia aethiopica (selim pepper) seed meal (XSM) and Monodora myristica (African nutmeg) seed meal (MSM). Four experimental diets (T1, T2, T3 and T4) were formulated such that Treatment 1 being the control group received diet contain...

A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of thirty-two (32) weaned rabbits fed diets containing Xylopia aethiopica seed meal (XSM) and Monodora myristica seed meal (MSM). Four experimental diets (T 1 , T 2 , T 3 and T 4) were formulated such that Treatment 1 being the control group received diet containing neither MSM nor XSM. Trea...

The performance, carcass characteristics and lipid profile of thirty-two (32) male and female New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits fed varying levels of turmeric Rhizome Powder were evaluated. The rabbits were allotted to four (4) treatments of graded dietary levels (0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%) of Turmeric Powder denoted as T1 T2 T3 and T4 respectively. Eac...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of Ocimum gratissimum as a phytogenic feed additive (PFA) on growth performance, carcass, and blood profile of broiler chicken. One hundred and sixty day old broiler chickens were used for the study. Four diets were formulated to incorporate Ocimum gratissimum at 0, 50, 100 and 150 g per 100 kg of fe...

Twelve week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of 10 and 20% replacement of maize with Icacinia manni meal processed in saline on the laying performance, egg quality characteristics, internal organ evaluation, hematological and serum biochemistry of laying hens. Three experimental diets were formulated in which Icacinia manni pro...

A total of two-hundred-and-forty day old broiler chicks were used to study the response of broiler birds to diets containing graded levels of tiger nut residue (TNR) as a replacement for maize. The diets consisted of 0, 10, 20 and 30% of TNR as a replacement for maize as T1 (control), T2, T3 and T4 respectively. The birds were allotted to four diet...

bstract: This study was conducted to determine the influence of sex on relationship among carcass traits (carcass weight, breast, drumstick, thigh, wings) and morphometric traits (body weight, breast girth, keel length, shank length, thigh length, wing length and body length) in broiler chicken. And also to evaluate correlated relationship between...

This study was conducted to evaluate blood profiles and it relationship with milk productiontraits in agropastoral goats. Atotal of 250 does whose parity were between 1-6 and averageweight of 28.84kg were used for this study, the animals were milked twice a week, and milkproduction traits investigated were average daily yield (ADY), total yield (TY...

The purpose of this study was to model the change in weight and major component parts of broiler chicken using three growth models (Gompertz, Logistics and Richard). A total of two hundred and seventy Abor acre strains of broilers were distributed into two experimental groups of male and female with 135 birds each. The birds were raised on deep lit...

An investigation was carried out on bucks in intensive and semi-intensive systems of management. A total of sixteen (16) bucks (male goats) were randomly purchased for the study. The animals were divided into four groups of four animals per treatment and fed Panicum maximum, Gliricidia sepium for Treatment 1 while Treatment 2 were fed Panicum maxim...