February 2011

Sources and utilization of poultry production information among poultry farmers in Oyo State

  The study was conducted to determine the sources and utilization of poultry production information among poultry farmers in Oyo state. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select 120 poultry farmers who were interviewed for the study. Findings revealed that majority of the poultry farmers were male within the age bracket 31 to 50 years and were literate. The farmers did not belong to any...

Author(s):   Oladeji, J. O.

February 2010

Effect of feeding crop residues of different cereals and legumes on weight gain of Yankassa rams

  Crop residues from maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), millet (Pennisetum glaucum), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) are important livestock feed in the West African savannas particularly during the long dry season. The residues from cereal crops are relatively in abundance, but of low nutritive value compared to the leguminous...

Author(s):   B. B. Singh, A. Musa,  H. A. Ajeigbe and S. A. Tarawali