A total of seventy-two weaner rabbits of eight weeks of age were used to assess the effects of replacing groundnut cake (GNC) with blood vegetable waste meal (BVWM) in the diets of rabbits. The BVWM was fed to replace dietary GNC at 0, 15, 30, and 45%, with GNC being 15% in the control diet. The four experimental diets were fed ad libitum for a period of eight weeks. BVWM was analyzed to contai...

To evaluate the hepatoprotective and in vivo antioxidant effect of aqueous seed extract of Vigna unguiculata (AVU) against Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced hepatic injury in rats. 30 male wistar rats were divided into five groups. Group 1 and 2 received plain groundnut oil (3ml/kg body weight p.o.) for 21 days and had free access to food and water. Group 3, 4 and 5 were pretreated with Silym...

The inability of pre-emergence herbicides alone to give season-long weed control in maize production justifies the need for supplementary control. Field trials were conducted evaluate intercropped groundnut and jack bean enhanced efficacy two 2013/2014 2015 cropping seasons at Federal University Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. experiment was arranged split-plot fitted a randomized complete bloc...

The increasing nutritional awareness of consumers has necessitated investigations into the incorporation nutrient dense underutilized crops such as Bambara groundnut and velvet tamarind baked products. This study was aimed at assessing suitability different proportions (80:15:5, 75:20:5. 70:25:5, 65:30:5) wheat, bambara groundnut, composite flours for cake production with 100% wheat flour contr...

On-farm experiments and pot trials were conducted on eight West African soils to explore the mechanisms governing the often reported legume rotation-induced cereal growth increases in this region. Crops comprised pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor Moench), maize (Zea mays L.), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walp.) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). In groundnut trials t...

Twelve (12) weeks feeding trial was conducted to determine the effect of fatty acid content/total lipid and carcass characteristics/organoleptic qualities of broiler fed diets supplemented with dietary fat sources at levels of 5% saturated and 5% unsaturated. Three experimental diets identified as T1, T2 and T3 were formulated, the control diet T1 was with 0% fat, T2 contained palm oil at 5% in...

INTRODUCTION Cholera is a diarrhoea disease caused by the bacterium e. On 13th June 2011, there was a reported outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea at Medinya among people who eat at a mass traditional wedding ceremony in the Western Region of Ghana. We investigated to characterize the outbreak, and implement control and preventive measures. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study. We...

In a recent paper (Basil, Sen and Sen Gupta, 1945) we have shown that groundnut meal affords a culture medium for the growth of various intestinal organisms when it is digested with some proteolytic enzyme. The hydrolysate when further admixed with a trace of liver extract gives still better results. The latter observation led us to work on the growth of other delicate organisms, and the experi...

Feeding of 2% cholesterol diet increased lipid parameters in serum and tissues of rats during a period of one month. In addition to the above, lipid peroxidation also increased and activities of certain enzymes were significantly altered in the tissues. Similar changes were also observed to a greater extent with diets containing 40% by weight of coconut kernel or groundnut with and without 2% c...

With the advent of data generation, collection and storage technologies, world is overwhelmed with data everywhere. Following this trend, more and more agricultural data are nowadays are virtually being harvested along with the crops and are being collected/stored in databases. As the volume of the data increases, the gap between the amount of the data stored and the amount of the data analyzed...