Aspects f the hematology, serum indices and neural metabolites of finisher broilers fed graded levels of sesame seed meal

No Abstract.Animal Production Research Advances Vol. 3 (4) 2007: pp. 292-29

Evaluation of Jacaranda mimosifolia T. (Stans) leaf meal as ingredient in finisher broilers diet: performance, carcass and organ weight characteristics

A 35-day experiment was conducted to determine the effects of Jacarandamimosifolia leaf meal (JLM) diets on the performance, carcass and organ weight characteristics of finisher broilers. A total of 108–four-week-old Anak broilers were fed Jacaranda mimosifolia leaf meal at dietary levels of 0.0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5%. The feed intake for the 0.0, 2.5 and 5.0% were significantly (

Aspects of the hematology and serum biochemical indices of finisher broilers fed Jacaranda mimosifolia leaf meal diets

One hundred and eight (108) four weeks old Anak broilers were used for a 35 day experiment to assess the hematological and serum biochemical characteristics of finisher broilers fed Jacaranda mimosifolia leaf meal at inclusion rates of 0% T1 (control) , 2.50% T2, 5.0% T3, and 7.5% T4. Hemoglobin concentration of treatment 1 (control) was significantly (

The effects of dried pulverized rumen contents on the performance, carcass and organ characteristics of finisher broilers

A 42-day feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of Dried Pulverized Rumen Content (DPRC) on the performance of finisher broilers. Five experimental diets were formulated such that diet 1 contended no DPRC and therefore served as the control diet. Diet 2 contains 2.5% DPRC, diet 3, 5%, diet 4, 7.5% and diet 5, 10%. Each of the diets was randomly assigned to a group of 30 4 weeks old Anak broilers. Each group was replicated 3 times to give 10 broilers per replicate. They were fed the experimental diets for 42 days. Data were collected on the feed intake, growth rate, feed conversion efficiency and rate of weight again. Carcass qualities such as dressing percentage, plucked weight, eviscerated weight, neck, wings, thigh weight/drum stick, heart, liver, and spleen weights and the economic effects of feeding the rumen contents to broiler finishers were also determined. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) in performance parameters measured across the different treatment groups. At the 10% inclusion rate, growth was however depressed. There were no significant difference (p>0.05) in the eviscerated weight of control and treatments 1,2 and 3 while it differed significantly from those of treatments 4 and 5 (

Preparation and Evaluation of Gelatin-Based Disc Matrices for the Delivery of Isoniazid

The objective of the present study was to formulate disc matrices based on type B gelatin and to evaluate their potential for use as a vehicle for the delivery of isoniazid. Gelatin hydrogel was prepared in an aqueous solution and subsequently cross-linked with glutaraldehyde. The crosslinked hydrogel was cut into discs and dried under vacuum in a dessicator to form the disc-shaped matrices which were further evaluated for swelling, drug loading and in vitro drug dissolution properties. The effect of varying the duration of cross-linking time on these evaluated properties was similarly evaluated. The results obtained showed that the matrices exhibited significant swelling in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) without pepsin (pH 1.2), simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) without pancreatin (pH 6.8) as well as in water. Increase in cross-linking time resulted in increased swelling of the disc matrices in the different swelling media studied. Loading efficiency was similarly observed to increase with increase in cross-linking time with values ranging from 60 to 95 %. Release of isoniazid from the matrices was higher and more rapid in SIF than in SGF and was sustained for more than 24 h. Drug release from the formulated matrices was found to obey the Higuchi model release mechanism. This study, therefore, suggests that disc matrices based on gelatin hold some potential as a vehicle for the controlled delivery of isoniazid.Keywords: isoniazid, disc matrices, gelatine, hydrogel, cross-linkingNigerian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Vol. 9 No 1 pp. 1 - 14 (February 2011

Evaluation of Two-Stage Cooked Canavalia plagiosperma (Piper) Seed Meal as Feed Ingredient in Layer Diets

The evaluation of two-stage cooked Canavalia plagiosperma seed meal as feed ingredient in layers diets was carried out using two hundred and seventy (270) Shika brown layers that were four months in lay. Two-stage cooked Canavalia plagiosperma seed meal was used to formulate layers diets at 0, 10 and 20% dietary levels, respectively. The two hundred and seventy (270), Shika brown layers, were divided into three groups of 90 birds each and randomly assigned to the three dietary treatments in a Completely Randomized Design. Each group was further subdivided into three replicates of thirty (30) birds per replicate. The experiment lasted for 90-days. There was significant (P<0.05) difference in body weight gain of the layers but no significant (P>0.05) differences in feed intake, feed conversion ratio, egg weight, Hen-day production, shell thickness, yolk index and yolk colour among the treatment groups. It is evident therefore that two-stage cooking reduced the level of anti nutritional factors in raw Canavalia plagiosperma seed meal hence the comparable performance of layers on diets containing the test material and the group on the control diet. The results of this experiment suggests that Two-stage cooked Canavalia plagiosperma seed meal can be incorporated into layers ration at 20% level without adverse effect on the performance of the birds.Keywords: Canavalia plagiosperma, seed meal, layer, ingredien