The effect of temperature on the performance of Shaver brown hens in the hot humid environment was investigated using seventy-five Shaver brown hens in their 14th week of lay. Each hen was housed in individual battery cage and fed daily with 125 g of commercial layers mash contai...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2019/v9i330007
A twelve-week study was conducted to determine the effect of feed type on performance of Nera black hens in the humid tropical environment. One hundred and twenty (120) Nera Black hens of 28 weeks of age were used for the study at the Poultry Unit of the Department of Animal Scie...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/6051
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of varying dietary levels of processed orange peels on the performance of broiler finisher birds. A total of 60 4-week old Anak broiler birds were allocated into four treatment groups of 15 birds each. The experiment lasted for four...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/6052
Climate change has been described as among the major challenges of the twenty-first century. However, this trend cannot be completely halted but can only be slowed down through the development and adoption of adaptation practices especially among the rural people whose major sour...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13193
A total of seventy five Shaver Brown hens in their 4th week of lay were used in a study conducted to determine the effect of different relative humidity conditions on the performance of Shaver Brown hens under humid tropical environment. Hens were housed individually in separate...
A total of seventy five Nera Black hens in their 4th week of lay were used in a study conducted to determine the effect of different relative humidity conditions on the performance of Nera Black hens under humid tropical environment. Hens were housed individually in separate cage...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/18980
E. N. Okereke-Ejiogu, C. C. Asiabaka, A. O. Ani & P. C. Umunakwe·Advances in Research·2015
This study assessed households’ participation in Community and Social Development Project in Imo State, Nigeria. Specifically, it described the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, determined the participation of the respondents in the project and ascertained the per...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/16866
The paper analyzed constraints to the adoption of improved cassava varieties among rural cassava farmers in Imo state, Nigeria. Specifically, it analyzed the sources of information on improved cassava varieties, identified improved cassava varieties planted, determined level of a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14421