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
This study was to determine whether the phytochemical CT-containing peanut skin would have effects on animal performance and drug-resistant Haemonchus contortus control in meat goats or not. Twenty two Kiko-crossbreed intact male goats (Capra hircus) were randomly assigned to thr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36993
The study examined the acute toxicity of Tephrosia vogelii ethanolic extract on early life stages of farmed Clarias gariepinus. 160 fingerlings were divided into four groups using a completely randomized design (CRD) in a factorial layout and were exposed to 25, 50 and 100 mg/L o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37278
An experiment was conducted at the Experimental Field Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period for 19th March, 2015 to 5th August, 2015 to investigate the effects of different organic and inorganic mul...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36272
A study to investigate the effects of phosphorus (P) from Minjingu Phosphate Rock (MPR), Minjingu mazao and Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizers under irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L.) production was conducted in two sites of Lekitatu village, Meru district, Arusha region, Tan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/37202
In this study, emphasis is placed on comparing the variance components for one way model in cotton by ten methods: analysis of variance (ANOVA), Quasi-maximum-likelihood method (QML), Maximum-likelihood method (ML), Full maximum likelihood Procedure (FML), Restricted maximum-like...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36955
Studying genotypic variation in quinoa germplasm is a prerequisite to start a breeding program aiming at improving its productivity under water stress conditions. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to evaluate the effects of drought stress on morphological, physiolog...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36655
Urban agriculture practices are on the rise among the Southern Africa populations bringing with it positive and negative impacts. Nevertheless, the impacts of urban agriculture over Southern Africa cannot be equated to an individual country due to varying characteristics of each...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36720
Presence of pesticides residues in ponds and earth dam waters of Gella Town used by the community as a means of water source was assessed. Water samples were collected in triplicates and residual pesticides determined using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) techniques...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36785
A field experiment was conducted in two seasons during 2012-2013 at Hi-Tech-Horticulture unit, Saidapur, UAS, Dharwad, Karnataka, India to evaluate the effect of drip irrigation and fertigation levels on NPK uptake of tomato hybrid STH-801 under greenhouse conditions. The experim...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36458
Aim: The experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of phytase on haematological indices, serum metabolites and enzyme activities of broiler chickens fed diets with or without phytase supplementation. Study Design: The experiment employed a complete randomized design; all...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36468
Aims: To determine the effect of dietary enzyme (E) and pawpaw leaf meal (PLM) on hematological and biochemical indices of rabbits. Study Design: Complete randomized design with 2x2 factorial arrangements. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out between Novem...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36309
Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of processed Cocoa pod husk on haematological and biochemical indices of rabbits. Study Design: Completely Randomized Design. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out between February and April 2016 at the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36141
Chickpea is an important pulse crop in Bangladesh. The study was conducted at BINA sub-station Magura, to evaluate the yield potential of new cultivars of chickpea under different irrigation regimes. The experimental design was RCBD (with split-plot) having irrigation treatments...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/35861
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