Performance Of Growing Male Pigs Exposed To Quantitative Feed Restriction

Eighteen growing pigs weighing 32.4 +- 1.4 were assigned in a completely randomized design to three levels of dietary rearmaments to know the effect of quantitative fed restriction on them. Each treatment had three replicates of two growing pigs per replicate. Each of the treatment was fed one of the 3 dietary levels as follows: 10% of the body weight as feed given to the control group (T1), 7.5% for T2 and 5.5% for T3. Analysis of variance at the end revealed that though the total feed intake value for T1 differed slightly numerically than those of T2 and T3; there were no significant differences (P> 0.05) in feed gain and body weight gain in all the treatments. Economic analysis was also determined. Result shows that subjecting growing pigs to feed restriction made higher profit than the control. Keywords: Quantitative, feed restriction, PigGlobal Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 7 (1) 2008: pp. 31-3

Study of post-weaning growth of F1 and F2 backcrosses of goats managed on different humid tropical environments

The study was carried out to assess the post-weaning growth performance of Nigeria crossbred goats from weaning to 60 weeks of age under different seasons. The results revealed that season of rearing had significant (P0.05) to other seasons. It could be concluded from the findings that the best season for post – weaning rearing is late rainy and early dry season. International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Vol. 7(2) 2006: 48-5

Effect of Preservative Agents on Qualities of Table Eggs

None Availabl

Growth performance of Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf goats fed on native pastures supplemented with concentrate ration

Six Red Sokoto (RS) and six West African Dwarf goats (WAD) aged 12 months and housed individually were reared for five months at the Small Ruminants Improvement and Multiplication Research Unit of ESUT, Abakaliki Campus. The animals were allowed to graze in the University Paddocks containing both native and introduced pastures, browse plants and leguminous herbage. The grazing period lasted from 0800 - 1200 hours in the morning and 1500 - 1700 in afternoon daily and between these two periods they were fed supplemental diets. The results showed that there were highly significant difference amongst the members of the genotypes whose mean body weights were ranged from 24.71 ± 0.083 - 40.75 ± 0.55 (RS) and from 14.98 ± 0.47 - 27.52  0.73kg (WAD). The heights at the withers and body length measurements also showed highly significant increase (P< 0.01) in the genotype during the period. The two genotypes differed remarkably (P< 0.01) from each other with RS being superior in body weight and height at the withers, and body length. However, the measurements taken of the thigh size and hearth girth circumference revealed no real difference between the RS and WAD (P > 0.05). The findings indicate anthropometric areas requiring genetic improvement among the WAD, and at the same time serve as a pointer to the amount of response shown by the Maradi goats to management in the wet humid tropical environment to which it was being exposed.Keywords: Growth Performance, Genotypes, Native Pastures, Supplements, Concentrate Rations