A study was conducted to compare the testicular morphology and semen quality of three strains (FUNAAB-Alpha, ISA brown and Bantam) of chickens. A total of 45, thirty four week old cocks were used for the six months study. Semen samples were collected weekly by abdominal massage technique and semen volume, colour, pH, motility, percentage live, normal and sperm concentration were evaluated. Test...


 The study investigated self-esteem of agriculture students the University Ibadan and Federal Agriculture Abeokuta in Southwestern, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 117 124 from conventional university agriculture-based respectively. A structured questionnaire data collection analysed with percentages, Chi-square, PPMC independent t-test. (UI) preferred medicine ...

A thirteen-week experiment was conducted to determine the effect of sex and strain on haematological serum biochemical indices two indigenous chicken strains (FUNAAB Alpha Yoruba ecotype) in African subtropics. One hundred twenty chickens comprising thirty (30) each FUNAAB males, females, ecotype males females were assigned four treatments consisting three replicates ten (10) each, a 2 x factor...

Abstract Influence of deep fat frying parameters on quality attributes chicken nuggets from FUNAAB-Alpha broilers and optimization the process using Box-Behnken experimental design response surface methodology was investigated. Fried were obtained temperature (155–175 °C), time (3–7 min) sample thickness (0.5–2.5 cm) as independent variables. Oil moisture contents, texture (hardness, chewiness,...

A total of forty two resident animals representing eighteen wildlife species at the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB) Zoo Park were screened for nematode helminths between May and June 2013. Freshly voided faeces from the animals were subjected to basic coprology tests (Direct Microscopic Examination and Concentration Techniques). Trichuris specie. was the most prevalent nematode in pr...

This study was conducted to investigate reproductive and production traits in purebred normal feather naked neck strains of FUNAAB alpha chicken (FAC) breed. Forty-five weeks old birds comprising 70 hens 13 cocks per strain selected from random-bred populations each were used variations fertility embryonic mortality. Their progenies compared for juvenile growth performance (day- 12 age), as wel...

Alpha % Growth hormone gene Nigerian indigenous chicken SNPs KR nema Chicken growth (cGH) is a polypeptide secreted by the pituitary gland which responsible for several functions such as tissue and reproduction in chickens. This study was conducted to characterize six genotypes using exon 1 intron regions of cGH sequences. One hundred thirty-four (134) chickens comprising Normal feather (19), N...

Table eggs collected at random from one-hundred and fifty layers (75-FUNAAB-Alpha 75- ISA brown) kept Breeding Unit, Teaching Research Farm, Olusegun Agagu University of Science Technology, Okitipupa 31st, 33rd, 35th weeks (WK) age were analyzed for internal external characteristics within 24 hours laying. The data subjected to analysis variance assess the effect breed on egg quality. Breed had...