Okeke Rufina Obioma, Suleiman Ibrahim Onotu, Omotugba Stephen Kayode, Ibikunle Kehinde Yemiola, Idris Abdullahi, Louis Ugwu, Adeniyi Adebayo Kunle & Oludayo Michael Akinsola·Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry·2020
Nonlinear functions of body weight at different age intervals were used to estimate the growth pattern in New Zealand White and California rabbits. Gompertz and Logistic functions of 3 and 4 parameters were fitted to Age-weight data matrix. Age-weight records of New Zealand White...
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Research Article10.9734/ajraf/2020/v5i230080
Okeke Rufina Obioma, Olaoluwa Tosin Olufemi, Oludayo Michael Akinsola, Suleiman Ibrahim Onotu, Allen Olufemi Godday, Makka Nuhu, Ishaya Bawa Atang & Amos Ogundeji·Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports·2019
Genetic parameters for milk and health related traits in low and high milk producing Holstein Friesian cows were estimated using farm collected information on the Jos, Plateau, Nigeria. Milk yield and health related records were extracted from database of the West Africa Milk Com...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2019/v5i330135
This study investigated the effects of different processing methods of Delonix regia seeds on amino acids composition of experimental diets. Ten isonitrogenous diets (40% crude protein) were formulated with cooked, raw and fermented Delonix regia seeds at 0% (Control), 10%, 20% a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2019/v4i430059
The data set for the estimation of genetic parameters for milk and fertility traits of 650 cows calved between 1992 and 2015 was obtained from the database of Integrated Dairies Limited, Jos, Nigeria. The analytical model included the effects of herd-year-season, sire, cow and re...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2019/v2i464
Adekola Omololu Atanda, Okeke Rufina Obioma, Balami Samuel Paul, Louis Ugwu, Abdullahi Idris & Oludayo Michael Akinsola·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
A total of 230 Nera birds were studied in an open and close-ended layer house for 6 weeks to determine the effect of cage location, tier level, and exposure of bird on egg production. Birds were supplied ad Libitumwith feed and water. Eggs were collected twice daily at 11.00 am,...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41948
Infant formula is a synthetic version of mother’s milk and belongs to a class of food materials known as dairy substitutes. This study was designed to evaluate the proximate composition of some selected infant formula sold in Makurdi metropolis. Six (6) different brands of infant...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v7i429978
Bosede Oyegbile, Oludayo Michael Akinsola, Okeke Rufina Obioma, Adekola Omololu Atanda, Balami Samuel Paul, Mary Foluke Oladipo & Zulfat Suleiman Abba·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
The present study was designed to develop the prediction equations for 305 days fat corrected milk yield on the basis of part periods milk yield, milk component and conformation traits of multi-genotype cows. Artificial Neural Network model had the best prediction accuracy across...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41947