The study was carried out in Eagle Island River, located in Mgbuosimini community, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In this study, the concentration of Nickel (Ni) in sediments and periwinkles (Tympanotonos fuscatus) were determined from 25 sampling stations in Eagle Island River. The por...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i426106
The objective of this study was to evaluate the floating and stability of fish feed pellets formulated with different concentration of Baobab (Adansonia digitata) leaf meal (BLM). Five isonitrogenous fish feed (35% CP) with varying inclusion levels of Baobab leaf meal (0% BLM, 4%...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i4348
Feeding trial was conducted in 18 plastic tanks (60 x 45 x 30 cm) to assess the performance of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings fed diets containing fermented Mucuna pruriens leaf meal as an alternative protein source to soya bean meal. Five isonitrogenous (crude protein-40%) diets...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i4345
In the present study, water and sediment samples were collected from Navigation Canal and from Industrial Zone South Port Said to assess heavy metals contamination. It was shown that, the highest mean concentration of heavy metals in water samples was observed in summer, and the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i4327
The food and mineral contents of flesh of the two bivalve species (Egeria radiata and Crassostrea rhizophorea) of Cross river, Nigeria were investigated. The study revealed that the moisture content of E. radiata and C. rhizophorea was 52.46% and 54.01%, crude protein was 24.37%...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i4340
This study examined the replacement of soyabean meal (SBM) with Lablab bean meal (LBM) in the practical diets of Clariid catfish (Heteroclarias). Five Iso-nitrogenous diets of 40%CP containing varying levels of LBM were incorporated as a non-conventional feedstuff at D1(10% LBM);...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i3326
The present study is aimed to provide information on the food and feeding habit of adult Auchenoglanis biscutatus in Lower River Benue. The natural food of A. biscutatus in the Lower River Benue was studied from stomach contents of the fish. The stomach contents were analyzed usi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i3321
The aim of the paper is to identify macroinvertebrates distribution in response to induced stressors and physico-chemical parameters of water and sediment. The species composition of macrobenthic invertebrates as well as the physico-chemical characteristics of Badagry creek was i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i3315
Production of white leg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) is a very important economic activity in the overall farming system in China. In spite of the present successes witnessed by white leg shrimp farming, there are many challenges (disease, overfeeding, effluent discharge, lack of te...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i3309
The spawning potentials of Heterotis niloticus from Great Kwa River and Cross River was compared in a twelve-month study. Forty-nine female H. niloticus was sampled from Cross River and thirty four from Great Kwa River from January to December 2014. Gonadosomatic index (GSI), fe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i3306
This study was carried out to evaluate the length-weight relationship, growth pattern and condition factor of the Silver catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus from the Lower River Benue Makurdi, Nigeria. A total of 200 freshly caught specimens of C. nigrodigitatus were collected be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2301
This study was carried out to evaluate the length-weight relationship and condition factor of the Blackspot Catfish Auchenoglanis biscutatus from the Lower River Benue Makurdi, Nigeria. A total of 200 freshly caught specimens of A. biscutatus were collected from the catches of th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2295
Seaweeds or marine macro-algae form the base for the marine ecosystems and considered as direct or indirect source of food for people across the world. Today, algae have made their way to almost all the areas of human life like food, feed, fuel, medicines etc. Marine algae provid...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2288
The toxicity of tobacco (Nicotiana tobaccum) leaf dust with piscicidal and pesticidal properties was investigated on some enzymatic and protein synthesis activities of juvenile African mud catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Fish were exposed to both lethal and sub-lethal concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2282
This experiment was designed with three experimental treatments namely T1 (natural feed), T2 (feeding with 10% body weight) and T3 (feeding with 5% body weight) for ten weeks. In the content of 33.8% of crude protein (CP), 11.2% of crude fiber (CF), 6% of fat and 10.2% of ash con...
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Research Article10.9734/ajfar/2018/v1i2266