PERFORMANCE OF WEANED RABBIT FED GRADED LEVELS OF AFRICAN YAMBEAN IN CASSAVA PEEL MEAL BASED DIETS.

The effect of feeding varying levels of African yambean in cassava peal meal based diet was evaluated in a 12 week feeding trial. Thirty two (32) New Zealand white x Chinchilla crossbred weaned rabbits of about 8 weeks old mixed sexes were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups of 8 rabbits each in a completely randomized design. They were allotted to 4 different diets as follows: African yambean based diets, T1 (control 0%), T2 (10%), T3 (20%) and T4 (30%). The rabbits were housed individually in cages and supplied daily with feed and water ad-libitum under a mixed feeding regime where Ipomea batatas leaves was used as forage supplement. Results obtained from this study showed highly significant difference (P<0.05) in body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio. Results reveal the inclusion of African yambean up to 20% as protein source in cassava peel meal based diets for weaned rabbits without any adverse effect on performance

EVALUATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO SUBSPECIES OF AFRICAN GIANT LAND SNAILS Archachatina marginata ovum AND Archachatina marginata saturalis FED OIL PALM FRUITS IN SWAMP FOREST ZONE OF NIGERIA.

The study evaluated the reproductive characteristics of two African giant land snail subspecies (Archachatina marginata ovum and Archachatina marginata saturalis) fed oil palm fruits in swamp forest zone of Nigeria within a 20 week periods. Reproductive characteristics of the two African giant land snails subspecies evaluated revealed that Archachatina marginata ovum performed better (P < 0.05) than Archachatina marginata saturalis in terms of total number of eggs laid, clutch size, incubation period, percent egg hatchability, egg weight, egg length and egg width

COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF TWO EDIBLE ECTOTYPE OF GIANT LAND SNAILS FED BANANA LEAVES IN THE HUMID TROPICAL ZONE OF CROSS RIVER STATE

The study investigated the reproductive potentials of two edible ectotype of giant land snails (Archachatina marginata ovum and Archachatina marginata Saturalis) fed banana leaves in the humid tropical zone of Cross River State within a 16 week period. The reproductive potentials of the two ectotypes of giant lands snail revealed that Archachatina marginata ovum performed better (P <0.05) than Archachatina marginata Saturalis in terms of total number of eggs lard, clutch size, incubation period, egg weight, egg length and egg width. However, no differences (P>0.05) was observed between the two ectotypes on their Percent egg hatchabilit

EVALUATION OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND SOME HAEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WEANED RABBITS FED PAWPAW PEEL MEAL BASED DIETS IN CROSS RIVER RAIN FOREST ZONE

ABSTRACT A study to evaluate the growth performance and some haematological characteristics of weaned rabbits fed pawpaw peel meal based diets was undertaken. Twenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of mixed sexes between 5-6 weeks old; weighing 516.67 -583.33g were randomly assigned to four (4) experimental diets after weight equalization, with six (6) rabbits per dietary treatment. The feeding trial lasted nine (9) weeks after two initial weeks of acclimatization and the rabbits were given diets with crude protein levels ranging from 17 -18% and energy levels ranged from approximately 2400 -2700Kcal/Kg ME. The four dietary treatments were designated T 1 , T 2 , T 3 and T 4 with 0%, 15%, 30% and 45% levels of pawpaw peel meal (PPM) respectively. Results obtained from the study showed that all growth parameters recorded no significant difference (p &gt; 0.05) between dietary treatments. Average daily feed intake (ADF) fluctuated with increasing levels of PPM, with T 4 (45%) recording the highest value of 55.36g and T 2 (15%) the least value of 45.72g. The average daily weight gain (ADG) also recorded a fluctuating trend. Treatment T 3 (30%) PPM was the best utilized diet as it recorded the least FCR (4.28) compared to other treatment groups. Apart from the white blood cell counts (WBC), all other hematological parameters recorded no significant difference (p &gt; 0.05) between treatments. The packed cell volume (PCV) and haemoglobin (Hb) increased marginally as the levels of PPM increased in the diets. All the haematological parameters were within the normal ranges for rabbits. Therefore, findings from this study suggest that feeding PPM up to 45% may not adversely influence the growth performance and haematological characteristics of rabbits

Search for new resonances decaying to a WW or ZZ boson and a Higgs boson in the ℓ+ℓ−bbˉ\ell^+ \ell^- b\bar b, ℓνbbˉ\ell \nu b\bar b, and ννˉbbˉ\nu\bar{\nu} b\bar b channels with pppp collisions at s=13\sqrt s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

See paper for full list of authors, 18 pages (plus author list + cover pages: 36 pages total), 13 figures, 1 table. Submitted to PLB. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/EXOT-2015-18/International audienceA search is presented for new resonances decaying to a $W$ or $Z$ boson and a Higgs boson in the $\ell^+ \ell^- b\bar b$, $\ell\nu b\bar b$, and $\nu\bar{\nu} b\bar b$ channels in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt s = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider using a total integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb$^{-1}$. The search is conducted by looking for a localized excess in the $WH$/$ZH$ invariant or transverse mass distribution. No significant excess is observed, and the results are interpreted in terms of constraints on a simplified model based on a phenomenological Lagrangian of heavy vector triplets