In the next decades, forage legumes are likely to become more important. However, predicted climate change may increase the risk of droughts and thus influence their agricultural performance. Decreases in yield due to water shortage are well documented, while influences on nutritive values are inconsistent. Therefore, we examined the effects of drought on crude protein (CP), neutral deterge...

Aggressive interactions, and their consequences, are the most important causes of poor welfare in piglets. Aggressive behaviour can be modulated by the prenatal and neonatal environment in several species. Commercially kept pregnant sows are often subjected to food restriction, which can compromise their welfare. Limited information is available on the consequences of sow hunger during pregnanc...

some wild ganoderma lucidum were found growing on logs of dead wood and tree stumps at different location of the nasarawa state college of agriculture, lafia and the faculty of agriculture, lafia campus, during the wet rainy season. the matured fruiting bodies seen as red open caps were removed for proximate, mineral and anti-nutrient evaluation. the result showed that the fruiting bodies conta...

Present experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding lucerne straw and urea treated wheat based TMR (Total Mixed Ration) on nutrients intake, digestibility nutrients, rumen parameters, microbial protein synthesis enteric methane emissions in crossbred bullocks. Experiment 15 bullocks for 50 days using Completely Randomized Design. The animals control group (T1) were fed with 70% 30% ...

Some wild Ganoderma lucidum were found growing on logs of dead wood and tree stumps at different location of the Nasarawa State College of Agriculture, Lafia and the Faculty of Agriculture, Lafia Campus, during the wet rainy season. The matured fruiting bodies seen as red open caps were removed for proximate, mineral and anti-nutrient evaluation. The result showed that the fruiting bodies conta...

Amaranth leaves and seeds are highly nutritious, but less is clearly known for the varieties grown in Tanzania. Grains, (dry fresh) flower part of amaranth were analyzed minerals (iron, zinc, copper manganese), proximate (crude protein, crude fat, fibre carbohydrate) anti-nutrients (nitrate oxalate) content. Minerals significantly higher (p<0.05) fresh leafy performing 75.89 mg/100 g, 3.284 ...

Barley is the grain base for pig production in Western Canada. Its successful use depends upon appropriate supplementation. Good barley contains only 90% of recommended digestible energy (DE) for growingfinishing pigs. Barley is highly variable in DE, protein and amino acid content, being affected by varietal, agronomic and climatic factors. High fibre content is associated with reduced DE cont...

The phytochemical and proximate analyses of Psidium guajava leaves were determined using the methods of association of official analytical chemists (A.O.A.C). The quantitative analyses showed the concentrations (mg/100g) of the phytochemical constituents as flavonoids (0.40 ± 0.02), tannins (0.55 ± 0.01), glycosides (3.76 ± 0.08), alkaloids (0.04 ± 0.00), saponins (3.01 ± 0.01), phenols (0.28 ±...

Food industry generates massive waste, which is a concern not only to environment but also loss of valuable biomass. The foremost benefit of industrial waste is that it is available at zero cost and in immense quantities. Pea pods which otherwise are discarded in bins or at finest used for animal feed is exploited for its nutritional benefits in present study. Pea powder formulated was found ri...