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Vernonia amygdalina has a unique nutritional and phytochemical property with numerous physiological, biochemical and morphological benefits due to its anti-oxidative and anti-helminthic properties. This study evaluated the effects of Vernonia amygdalina leaf meal (VALM) on follicle stimulating (FSH), luteinizing hormones (LH) and testosterone regul...
Objective: To assess the willingness and preference for Internet-Based Mental Health interventions among university students using a validated self-administered questionnaire, the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire (MHLq) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
Design: A cross-sectional multi-staged randomized study.
Setting: The setting w...
Semen extenders are liquid diluents that buffer sperm cells and preserve their fertilizing potentials. The commercial carbonated drink (CD) as an extender was evaluated on semen characteristics, fertility and hatchability in Yoruba ecotype chickens (YECs). The fructose of the CD was 1.52?0.05 mg/ml. Under the conditions of 370Celsius, 5% and 10% of...
Development of antibiotics-resistance pathogens in poultry poses threat to human health and has necessitated the search for alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in poultry diets to improve gut microflora. One of the alternatives to AGPs is probiotics which are beneficial organisms. Prebiotics, are by-products of digestion of polysaccha...
The study investigated the effect of Vernonia amygdalina (VA) leaf supplementation on organ weight and gut microbial count of Thryonomys swinderianus. Thirty-six weaner grasscutters of mixed sexes were allotted randomly to six treatments (A, B, C, D, E, and F) in a completely randomized design for a nutritional trial of 8 weeks. At the end of the e...
Syzygium aromaticum (Clove) is a small evergreen tree of the myrtle family known for its unopened reddish-brown flower bud with strong aromatic flavor that are used for culinary purpose and are believed to have aphrodisiac properties. The objective of the experiment was to assess the effect of clove extract on hormone profile of West African Dwarf...
Grasscutters (Thyronomys swinderianus) reared intensively for meat production is often exposed to stress and inadequate feeding as a result of their wasteful feeding habits. Vernonia amygdalina leaves have been used in the mediation of stress and as nutriceutical in animal and human health. This study investigated the growth performance and carcass...
The development of antibiotics-resistance pathogens in poultry which poses threat to human health has necessitated the search for alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) to improve gut microflora in poultry diets. One of the alternatives to AGPs is probiotics which are beneficial organisms. The prebiotic potentials of enzyme supplemented...
A total of 105, 14 weeks old cockerels weighing 1.49 ± 0.023 kg were used to investigate the effects of Vitex doniana leaf meal (VDLM) on performance, haematological and serum biochemical parameters in cockerels over a seven-week experimental trials. The cockerels were divided into three (3) treatment groups of 0%, 5% and 10% inclusion levels of VD...
Studied the effect of different energy levels on the growth of grasscutters
This study investigated the effect of energy level on the growth of grasscutters and also nutrient retention of grasscutters. A total of 36 grasscutters were used for the study. The experimental animals were allowed two weeks of stabilization period and feeding trials lasted for eight weeks. Three diets having energy levels of 2800 (control), 2600...
The recent development of antibiotics-resistant pathogens in poultry, which
poses a threat to human health, has necessitated the search for an
alternative to antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) to improve the gut
microflora in poultry diets. One of the alternatives to AGPs is probiotics
which are beneficial organisms. The by-products of the digestio...
The effect of administering graded concentration levels of Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) crude leaf powder to captive grasscutters on growth performance, haematology, serum biochemistry and faecal worm egg-counts were evaluated. Animals were randomly assigned to four treatments with three replicates per treatment, each having three animals. Tre...
Egg laying performance of guinea hens reared on two production systems, floor and cage, was evaluated using 60 guinea pullets for either production systems. The birds were randomly selected from an existing guinea fowl population reared at the Teaching and Research Farm. Parameters monitored were age at sexual maturity, body weight at first egg, eg...
A 28-day feed intake and digestibility trial was conducted with sixteen adult West African Dwarf goats to evaluate the influence of crude aqueous extracts of sheabutter leaf, added to maize-soy bean meal based concentrate diet (18.53 % CP). Goats were divided into four equal dietary groups balanced for body weight (range = 8.34 – 11.62; average = 9...
Smoke-dried fish is vulnerable to lipid peroxidation, which can reduce product quality and pose health risks to consumers. The study examined the antioxidant potency of Moringa oleifera marinade on oxidative stability
of smoke-dried catfish in comparison with salt and Butylated hydroxyl anisole (BHA), a synthetic antioxidant. Seventy-two catfish (2...
Smoke dried fish is vulnerable to lipid peroxidation, which can reduce product quality and pose health risks to consumers. The study examined the antioxidant potency of Moringa oleifera marinade on oxidative stability of smoke-dried catfish in comparison with salt and Butylated hydroxyl anisole (BHA), a synthetic antioxidant. Seventy-two catfish (2...
The study assessed the effect of Moringa oleifera marinade on chemical composition and organoleptic properties of smoke- dried catfish in a 6x8 factorial experiment. The experimental treatments are the control, 1, 2 and 3% (w/v) Moringa oleifera Marinade (MOM), 5% brine and 0.2% Butylated Hydroxyl Anisole (BHA) (w/v) solutions. Ninety fishes of ave...
In a study of dietary effects of fungi (Trichoderma ghanense and Trichoderma asperellum) treatment on Jatropha curcas meal. Defatted Jatropha curcas cake was inoculated with the fungi and then used to replace soybean meal in a formulated diet for West African Dwarf goats. The fungi Trichoderma ghanense was included at 0%, 4%, 2% level in diets A, B...
The aim of this study was to investigate the phytohormonal potential of eight selected tropical plants. Seeds of Tribulus terrestris, Mucuna pruriens, Myristica fragrans, Glycine maximum, leaves of Hyptis suaveolens, Allium cepa, root of Daucus carota and rhizomes of Dioscorea uillosa were evaluated for phytohormonal and metabolite constituents for...
The aim of the study was to assess the effect of soymilk on spermatozoa and its use as an extender. Twelve Yankasa rams between 12-48 months old were used for the study. The semen was collected with an electroejaculator, evaluated for sperm concentration and percent sperm motility, live spermatozoa and sperm abnormakties. The best semen samples wer...
Twelve West African dwarf goats weighing between 4.5kg to 5.5kg were used to study the effect replacement of Tridax and Siam weed in Ficus based diet. The goats were divided into three dietary treatments with attention to the body weights with four replicate per treatment. The diets were fed for a period of 25days in order to investigate the influe...
Fifteen (15) West African Dwarf Bucks (WAD) of initial weights of 10kg were used in an experimental design to assess the effect of Myristica fragrans extract on the sexual function. They were subcutaneously administered 0.01, 0.02, 0.03ml/kg body weights of Myristica fragrans extract. The control and standard group were given 0.01ml/ kg body weight...
Thirty West African dwarf bucks with average initial weight of 10kg were used in the experiment to investigate the effect of varying levels of Tribulus terrestris extract on their sexual response. The extract was administered subcutaneously in different doses (0.01, 0.02 and 0.03ml/kg Bw), while the control and standard groups were given 0.01ml/kg...
The proximate composition of the lemon grass and oil content were studied for the various physico-chemical properties such as- oil content, ash, moisture, acid value, saponification value, iodine value, free fatty acid (FFA), specific gravity, mean molecular mass (MMM), refractive index (RI), as per standard procedures. The fatty acid determination...
The effect of Omega-3-fatty-acid on performance was carried out in sixteen (16) West African Dwarf does between 12 to 18 months of age with an average weight of 10 kg. Supplementation of Omega-3-fattyacid was varied from 0 mg for control to 500, 1000 and 1500 mg for low, medium and high level (s), respectively. Blood samples were collected on days...
A feeding trial was conducted to assess the effect of dietary detoxified Nigerian Balanites aegyptiaca fruits on performance and nutrients digestibility of weanling pigs. Twenty pigs weighing averagely 4.5 ± 0.85kg were used for the experiment which lasted for one month. The pigs were randomly allocated to the five dietary treatments in a completel...
