BACKGROUND To encourage the consumption of more fresh fruits and vegetables, the 2014 United Sates Farm Bill allocated funds to the Double Up Food Bucks Program. This program provided Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries who spent $10 on fresh fruits and vegetables, in one transaction, with a $10 gift card exclusively for Michigan grown fresh fruits and vegetables. This study...

Background: The optimization of particle size corn stover is necessary before it being added in goat ration as affects the uniformity and structural effectiveness diet, feed intake digestion process goats. Methods: A total 24 bucks (10±1 months old; body weight 20±1 kg) were selected divided into three treatment groups 8 each group a Completely Randomized Design. Dietary treatments included con...

This study was focused on the effect of wattle trait on body sizes and scrotal dimensions of traditionally reared WAD bucks in the derived savannah environment. Data were collected from 153 bucks ranging from 4 months to 2 years of age and this included, scrotal length, scrotal circumference, body weight, height at withers, body length and chest girth. Parameters for wattle traits included, wat...

Twenty grower male rabbits of mixed breeds were used to evaluate the effect Kapok seed meal on sperm production and storage capacity: Five bucks each randomly assigned four isocaloric isonitrogenous diets containing decorticated at 0), 10, 15 und 20% levels. After 8 weeks ad libitum feeding, per treatment selected from group, sacrificed their testes evaluated for production, efficiency spermato...

the objectives of the study were to evaluate the effects of sabara leaf meal on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and haematological parameters of red sokoto goats. bucks were managed in a complete randomized design with 4 treatments and 3 replicates. the sabara leaf meal (slm) was fed at concentration of 0, 10, 20 and 30% in treatment 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. the experimental diets...

The objective of this study was to assess the utility of the magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS) technique used for improving characteristics and quality of insemination doses by the elimination ofapoptotic rabbit spermatozoa from a heterospermic pool (Experiment 1) as well as from the ejaculates of individual bucks (Experiment 2). Superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated with annexin V elimi...

Pastoralists are generally known for carefully selecting and maintaining their livestock. In this study, we examine the preferences of pastoralists goat traits. We employ discrete choice experiments all levels endpoints to investigate relative weights that in southern Ethiopia attach different traits does bucks. Based on data generated from 600 pastoral households, estimated willingness pay, tr...