» EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF PLANTAIN FLOUR WITH OKARA AND DETARIUM MICROCARPUM FLOUR AS DIETARY FIBER SOURCES ON BLOOD GLUCOSE AND SERUM CHOLESTEROL ABSTRACTFlours were produced from unripe plantain fruit, okara, and Detarium microcarpum andanalysed for selected properties. Plantain flours…Continue Reading »
» EFFECT OF THERMIZATION AND STORAGE ON THE NUTRITION PROPERTIES AND SHELF STABILITY OF YOGHURT FROM BLENDS OF COWMILK AND COCONUT MILK. ABSTRACTYoghurts were produced by blending reconstituted powdered cow milk (100 g of powderedcow milk (CM) : 0.5 litres of water) with 25 % and 50 % coconut…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Recent events worldwide concerning high profile corporate failures necessitated the imperative need to determine the efficacy of corporate governance and management oversight devises. It is in this regard that this thesis has assessed the performances of important stakeholders engaged…Continue Reading »
» IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA ABSTRACT . ..Distress problems in .Nigerian financial institutions res ulted into their liquidation.I Prior to the distress syndrome, many financial institutions could not respond very effectively ~to the needs of small holder farmers in Nigeria. However, empir…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTA two –year (2004/2005) field investigation was carried out on the runoff plots at the Universityof Nigeria Nsukka farm, to monitor the effects of cover management practices on physicalproperties, runoff and soil loss in Nkpologu sandy loam soil. The management practices wereb…Continue Reading »
» EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN SOURCES ON THE GROWTH PERFOMANCE AND CARCASS CHARATERISTICS OF AFRICA GIANT LAND SNAIL (ARCHACHATINA MARGINATA) ABSTRACTAn experiment was conducted to study the effects of different proteinsources at varying levels on the performance and the carcass character…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 52 weeks investigated the effects of dietary Vitamin C (Lascorbicacid) and Vitamin E (dl alpha tocopheryl acetate) on the performance of layinghens in the humid tropics. A total of 240 twenty four week old Golden Neslink pullets wererandomly selected from a fl…Continue Reading »
» EFFECTS OF DILUENTS,AGE OF SEMEN AND INSEMINATION DOSES ON VIABILITY AND FERTILITY OF TURKEY SEMEN PRESERVRED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ABSTRACT An investigation was conducted with a total of one hundred and fifty(150) semen samples collected randomly from six (6) toms and one thousandthree hundred and…Continue Reading »
» EFFECTS OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) AND PROBIOTICS (LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS) ADDITIVES IN THE DIETS OF GROWER PIGS ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 12 weeks investigated the effects of garlic and probiotics additives inthe diets of grower pigs. A total of sixteen 16 weeks old grower pigs were r…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTHIV/AIDS related problems have continued to be major problems for human welfare.The study was set to evaluate the impact of HIV/AIDS on livelihood of rural farmers ofEnugu State which has HIV prevalence of 5.2 with about 51,639 persons infected. The studyspecifically sought to: describe soci…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThis study examined groundnut oil production and marketing in Kaduna State,Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: examine the socio economic factors thatinfluenced the production of groundnut oil; examine the socioeconomic factorsthat influenced marketing of groundnut oil; describe gender…Continue Reading »
» Abstract Microbial analyses were carried out on the shell of the edible nuts of African walnut(Tetracarpidium conophorum). This study was aimed at determining the microbial load of boiledand raw African walnut shell and chicken dropping which can be used as inoculums inbiodegradation process in orde…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTTwo experiments were conducted at the piggery unit of the Department of Animal ScienceFarm, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from July 2007 to March 2009, to determine the effectof nutrition and body condition at first mating on the reproductive performance of gilts. Thefirst experiment evalua…Continue Reading »
» v ABSTRACTForest, which is a major source of resources in Nigeria, is currently facing accelerateddegradation and depletion. The growing demand for ecosystem services from forests has ledto over exploitation of the resources, resulting in the extinction of some valuable species.This has continued to…Continue Reading »
» INFLUENCE OF GALLIC ACID ON α AMYLASE AND α GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORY AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF ACARBOSE ABSTRACTType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic progressive disease that has continued to be aglobal heath and economic burden. Acarbose is an antidiabetic drug, which acts by i…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThe study ascertained indigenous and emerging adaptive agricultural technologiesto climate change in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Data were collected from 400respondents through the use of semi structured interview schedule using a multi stagerandom sampling technique. The collected da…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTFifty hens and five cocks from a random mating population of light local chicken ecotype(LLCE) were mated and the fertile eggs hatched to obtain the parent generation (G0) used forthis study aimed at improving egg production traits in the LLCE using a selection index. Thehens were monitored …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThe thrust of this work was to identify some popular and lesser known cultivated andforest green leafy vegetables consumed in Igbo ukwu, Aguata LGA, Anambra State,Nigeria. Those identified include ugbogulu, eliemionu, ariraa, okpa okuku, ugu oyiboand abuba ji nwannu, used in this study. Thes…Continue Reading »
» GROWTH PATTERN, REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND SEASONAL SENSITIVITY OF BOVAN NERA AND ISA BROWN PARENT STOCK ABSTRACTParent stocks (PS) of exotic hybrids have contributed immensely to commercial poultryproduction in Nigeria. Their continued optimal utilization depends on their performance test.Informa…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTTolerance to African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) among several animal species involves awide milieu of factors which modulate the animal’s response to the disease and is considered abreed attribute. To investigate the effect of breed on tolerance/resilience to trypanosomeinfection on p…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThe growth and haematological response of growing rabbits to dietscontaining graded levels of sun dried bovine rumen content (SBRC) werestudied. Five diets containing 0 (control), 10, 20, 30 and 40 % sun driedbovine rumen content coded as T1,T2,T3,T4 and T5, respectively, werecompared. Twent…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTTwenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12)males and twelve (12) females were used for the experiment to investigate, thegrowth and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits fed four(4) dietary levelsof Moringa oleifera leaf, meal (MOLM). Treatments 1, 2, 3, and…Continue Reading »
» . ABSTRACTTwenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12)males and twelve (12) females were used for the experiment to investigate, thegrowth and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits fed four(4) dietary levelsof Moringa oleifera leaf, meal (MOLM). Treatments 1, 2, 3, a…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTSGenetic diversity and genetic distance of five populations of the Nigerian breeds of goat wereinvestigated using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. Five breeds of goat wereused for the study and each breed constituted a population, hence, the five populationsconsidered in the study. …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to determine the genetic change in the Nigerian heavy local chickenecotype (NHLCE) through selection for body weight and egg production traits. Progenies (G0generation) generated from breeding parents randomly selected from the parent stock of theNHLCE formed the ma…Continue Reading »
