The effect of inclusion level on nutrient intake, digestibility, nitrogen metabolism and haematological parameters of West African Dwarf (WAD) goat fed Cajanus cajan as supplement to cassava peels was investigated in a completely randomized design experiment using twenty-four WAD goats with average initial weight of 10.75±0.85kg (March-September, 2016). There were four treatments as: A...

The present study investigates new sources of infusion as an oviposition attractant for Aedes aegypti L. Infusions with fetid and non-fetid odors were compared as an oviposition stimulant. Traps baited with infusions of dehydrated cashew leaves (Anacardium occidentale), potato peels (Solanum tuberosum) and graminea (Panicum maximum) were compared as attractants, and the effect of odor (fetid an...

Some lignocellulosic food byproducts such as potato peels, wheat bran, barley bran and chestnut shells were evaluated as potential sources of xylose for microbial xylitol production by yeasts. Potential yeast strains were selected after screening xylitol production of some indigenous yeasts in a defined fermentation medium. Candida tropicalis strains gave the highest results with 83.28 and 54.0...

Diagnosis: protothecosis. To determine the cause of the nodules on the patient’s hand (figure 1) and elbow (figure 2), culture of fluid obtained from the right olecranon bursa was performed and revealed Prototheca wickerhamii. A methylene blue wet mount revealed the characteristic sporangia with internal septations (figure 3). P. wickerhamii is an acrophyllic algae that is ubiquitous in nature....

Sweet potatoes are important food staples in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Orange flesh sweet potato (OFSP) varieties especially for combating vitamin A deficiencies and nutrition-induced blindness. Fungal leaf spots one of the many challenges constraining its production Umudike, Southeast, Nigeria. The aims this experiment were to isolate causal fungi OFSP attempt their control using aqueous ex...

This study is concerned with the optimization of fermentation parameters for the hyper production of mannanase from Fusarium oxysporum SS-25 employing two step statistical strategy and kinetic characterization of crude enzyme preparation. The Plackett-Burman design used to screen out the important factors in the culture medium revealed 20% (w/w) wheat bran, 2% (w/w) each of potato peels, soyabe...

To establish the most convenient and effective method to dry tangerine peels, different methods (sun drying, hot-air drying, freeze drying, vacuum drying, and medium- and short-wave infrared drying) were exploited. Our results indicated that medium- and short-wave infrared drying was the best method to preserve nutraceutical components; for example, vitamin C was raised to 6.77 mg/g (D.W.) from...

Abstract Two biomass agricultural waste materials; rice husks (RH) and potato peels (PP) were used as precursors for preparation of activated carbons by chemical activation using phosphoric acid adsorption hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] from tannery effluents. The prepared husk (RH–AC) peel carbon (PP–AC) characterized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy X-ray di...