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Problems and Prospects of Poultry Rearing in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
World poultry production is increasing yearly yet the demand for the
products has not been met. This study assessed the problems and
prospects of poultry rearing in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo
State, Nigeria. The study was carried out among poultry farmers with
interview schedule of Eighty (80) farmers using structured
questionnaires. The study examined social characteristics of poultry
farmers, benefits of poultry production, needs and constraints of
poultry production in the study area. Descriptive statistical analysis
was used to analyze data. The study revealed that 73.80% of the
respondents were males and 26.20% were females, 52.60% had tertiary
education, 36.20% had secondary school education and 11.20% had primary
school education. The result showed that 67.50% of the respondents had
increase in egg production, 15.00% had average increase in egg
production and 17.50% had no increase in egg production. The
respondents had maximum income benefit with 15.00% always having high
income, 51.20% low income and 33.80% indicated indifference in their
income. In this research work, the poultry farmers shows various needs
to boost their production, where 91.20% have problems of good storage
facilities, 92.50% with problems of pest and disease control, 88.80%
request for training for farmers and 53.8% aimed at credit facilities.
The major problems that poultry farmers encounter in the study area are
inadequate capital (100.00%), pest and disease (100.00%), lack of
credit facilities (100.0%) and high cost of feeding (80.0%) of the
respondents
Fibre Characterization of Cassava Peel Leaf Meal and Its Utilization by Broilers
One hundred and twenty ( n = 120) day old broiler chicks with an
average weight (100.00\ub17.00g) were randomly allotted to four
dietary treatments, with cassava peel leaf meal (CPLM) as replacement
for maize at (starter and finisher phases).The trial was in three
phases of adaptation (1-2week),starter (3-5week) and finisher
(6-9week).Thirty broilers chicks were assigned to each of the four
treatments, while was replicated three times at 10 chicks each.
Performance of the chicks such weight gain, feed intake and carcass
yield was evaluated and the proximate and fiber quality of the diets
and CPLM were also determined. Data obtained for performance evaluated
was analyzed using ANOVA, while significant means were separated by SAS
of the same package. The outcome revealed that CPLM had (89.93%) dry
matter, (18.93%) crude protein and (43.28%) NDF, with anon-significant
(p< 0.05) variation in weight gain, enhanced (p< 0.05) feed
intake and depressed (p< 0.05) feed to gain ratio as CPLM inclusion
increased. Dressing percentage values (69.00-73.00%) were obtained on
the treatments. CPLM inclusion (0, 15, 30 and 45%) as replacement for
maize in the diets of broilers produced a favourable performance
Composition of Tree Species in Onigambari Forest Reserve, Oyo State, Nigeria
The tree composition of Onigambari Forest Reserve in Oyo State was
evaluated by laying out a plot size of 50 x 50/m2 resulting to four
plots per hectare. 104 and 93 stems per hectare were recorded. A total
of 197 tree stands were encountered in the two compartments studied
with family Sterculiaceae with species Cola gigantean, Cola millenii ,
Sterculia africana , Sterculia oblonga , Sterculia tragacantha ,
Triplochiton scleroxylon , Pterogota macrocarpa and Nesogordonia
papaverifera .as the most abundant having 34 stands, followed by the
family Papilionoideae with species Baphia nitida with 20 stands as the
most abundance species. About thirty-nine percent of the tree species
encountered were wildlings having a diameter at breast height of
64 10 cm. Less than one percent (0.50%) of the trees were of
merchantable size. This could be a thing of concern and it calls for
adequate resourceful and sustainable management techniques. Habits in
Onigambari Forest Reserve are presented in Table 1. A total of
forty-three (43) species of trees distributed into twenty (20) families
were encountered. Family Sterculiaceae and Fabaceae was the richest
with eight (8) species each followed by family Euphobiaceae with (5)
tree species. Based on their habit, these species were classified into
100% trees. Furthermore, it is of the importance that the forest
reserves be protected from illegal/indiscriminate logging among other
anthropogenic activities in order to allow it regenerate