Haematological and Biochemical Parameters of Red Sokoto Goats Fed Desert Date (Balanites aegyptiaca) Leaves as Supplement to Urea Treated Maize Stover Aims: The study was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding urea treated maize stover and graded levels of Balanites aegy...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36689
The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding graded levels of Desert date (Balanites aegyptiaca) leaf forage as supplement to urea treated maize stover on nutrient intake, weight gain, nitrogen retention and rumen parameters of Red Sokoto goats. Sixteen (16) Red Soko...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36074
Sixteen Red Sokoto male goats weighing on average 9.36±0.67 Kg were used for the experiment in a completely randomised design (CRD) for a duration of 12 weeks to determine the total feed intake, weight gain and apparent nutrient digestibility coefficients. The treatments were; A...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/36076
The study was conducted to evaluate the feed intake, weight gain and apparent nutrient digestibility of goats fed browse mixtures (Balanites aegyptiaca and Ziziphus mauritiana) as supplement to urea treated maize stover. Four nondescript goats weighing 19.33 to 20.23 Kg were used...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37054