The Covid-19 pandemic is causing many radical changes in the circadian rhythm of people around th... more The Covid-19 pandemic is causing many radical changes in the circadian rhythm of people around the world and it represents an unprecedented emergency with a grave societal threat. The protection of public health has become a priority. However, governments, policy and decision makers, and the global community must also recognize and attempt to mitigate the current and potential negative impacts of the pandemic on major sectors that contribute to food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. The livestock sector is a major contributor to these areas, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations. The main aim of this review is to summarize recent discoveries related to Covid-19 and how it affects the livestock industry. Even though the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the extent of these effect on the livestock sector are still largely unquantified and yet to be fully felt, formal assessments are yet to commence. The immediate observations showed the disruptions of the li...
The peel of pomegranate fruit contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health bene... more The peel of pomegranate fruit contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health benefits but remain under-explored. We evaluated the antioxidant, nutritional and phytochemical profiles of the peel of the "Wonderful" variety pomegranate and its influence on oxidative metabolic alterations in hepatic tissue. The peel contained appreciable amounts of some beneficial trace minerals and both essential and non-essential amino acids. Mostly Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids were found. The peel extracts exhibited in vitro radical scavenging and Fe3+ reducing antioxidant activities and dose-dependently prevented oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation increase and GSH depletion in both Chang liver cells (IC50 = 18.0 ± 1.46 and 11.2 ± 0.99 µg/mL, respectively) and isolated rat liver (IC50 = 96.7 ± 3.34 and 19.4 ± 3.36 µg/mL, respectively). The antioxidant effects were comparable to that of ascorbic and correlated with their phenolic profile. HPLC analysis further identifie...
Background and Aim: Garcinia kola seed (GKS) is used to prevent and cure a number of gastric-rela... more Background and Aim: Garcinia kola seed (GKS) is used to prevent and cure a number of gastric-related ailments. GKS contain a copious amount of polyphenols and can be utilized as a natural growth promoter in the nutrition of weaned rabbits. This study aimed to determine the dietary effects of GKS meal (GKSM) on the growth performance, hematology and serum biochemical parameters of weaned rabbits. Materials and Methods: GKS were dried and ground into powder. Thirty-two 8-week-old crossbred rabbits with an average weight of 614 g were randomly divided into four dietary groups. The diets were designated as follows: Control (corn-soybean based diet with 0% GKSM) and the GKSM-supplemented diets with 1.5% GKSM, 3% GKSM, and 4.5% GKSM. On the 56th day of the feeding trial, blood was collected from the marginal ear vein of all rabbits and transferred into two separate labeled tubes. The first set of blood was used to determine the hematological indices. The second set of blood was transferre...
A total of 360 two weeks old broiler chicks were used to investigate the effect of varying levels... more A total of 360 two weeks old broiler chicks were used to investigate the effect of varying levels of clay on growth performance of broiler chicks. The birds were randomly divided into six groups of 60 birds each and the groups were randomly assigned to six diets containing six levels (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5%) of clay. Each treatment was replicated two times with 30 birds per replicate. The study lasted for four weeks. The response parameters studied were body weight, feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio. Results showed that dietary clay inclusion significantly (P<0.05) improved weight gain and efficiency of feed utilization. The results indicated that up to 5% clay may be included in the diet of broiler chicks to enhance growth performance and to reduce the cost of production.
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of varying dietary levels of processed orange pee... more A study was conducted to investigate the effect of varying dietary levels of processed orange peels on the performance of broiler finisher birds. A total of 60 4-week old Anak broiler birds were allocated into four treatment groups of 15 birds each. The experiment lasted for four weeks. The groups were randomly assigned to four iso-nitrogenous (20.01-20.04% CP) and iso-caloric (2.88-2.95 Mcal/kgME) diets containing four levels (0, 5, 10 and 15%) of processed orange peels. Each treatment was replicated three times with five birds per replicate. The Response parameters studied were body weight, feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio. The results showed that significant (P<0.05) differences existed in average daily feed intake (ADFI), feed conversion ratio, (FCR,) daily protein intake (DPI) and protein efficiency ratio (PER). Increasing levels of processed sweet orange peel significantly (P>0.05) decreased the average final body weight, average daily weight gain, ADFI, DPI and PER, and increased FCR as the level of processed orange peels increased in the diet. Based on the results obtained in the present study, it was therefore concluded that inclusion of processed sweet orange peels had adverse effect on the growth rate and nutrient utilization by broilers finisher birds.
The Covid-19 pandemic is causing many radical changes in the circadian rhythm of people around th... more The Covid-19 pandemic is causing many radical changes in the circadian rhythm of people around the world and it represents an unprecedented emergency with a grave societal threat. The protection of public health has become a priority. However, governments, policy and decision makers, and the global community must also recognize and attempt to mitigate the current and potential negative impacts of the pandemic on major sectors that contribute to food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. The livestock sector is a major contributor to these areas, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations. The main aim of this review is to summarize recent discoveries related to Covid-19 and how it affects the livestock industry. Even though the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the extent of these effect on the livestock sector are still largely unquantified and yet to be fully felt, formal assessments are yet to commence. The immediate observations showed the disruptions of the li...
The peel of pomegranate fruit contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health bene... more The peel of pomegranate fruit contains antioxidant phytochemicals that may potentiate health benefits but remain under-explored. We evaluated the antioxidant, nutritional and phytochemical profiles of the peel of the "Wonderful" variety pomegranate and its influence on oxidative metabolic alterations in hepatic tissue. The peel contained appreciable amounts of some beneficial trace minerals and both essential and non-essential amino acids. Mostly Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids were found. The peel extracts exhibited in vitro radical scavenging and Fe3+ reducing antioxidant activities and dose-dependently prevented oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation increase and GSH depletion in both Chang liver cells (IC50 = 18.0 ± 1.46 and 11.2 ± 0.99 µg/mL, respectively) and isolated rat liver (IC50 = 96.7 ± 3.34 and 19.4 ± 3.36 µg/mL, respectively). The antioxidant effects were comparable to that of ascorbic and correlated with their phenolic profile. HPLC analysis further identifie...
Background and Aim: Garcinia kola seed (GKS) is used to prevent and cure a number of gastric-rela... more Background and Aim: Garcinia kola seed (GKS) is used to prevent and cure a number of gastric-related ailments. GKS contain a copious amount of polyphenols and can be utilized as a natural growth promoter in the nutrition of weaned rabbits. This study aimed to determine the dietary effects of GKS meal (GKSM) on the growth performance, hematology and serum biochemical parameters of weaned rabbits. Materials and Methods: GKS were dried and ground into powder. Thirty-two 8-week-old crossbred rabbits with an average weight of 614 g were randomly divided into four dietary groups. The diets were designated as follows: Control (corn-soybean based diet with 0% GKSM) and the GKSM-supplemented diets with 1.5% GKSM, 3% GKSM, and 4.5% GKSM. On the 56th day of the feeding trial, blood was collected from the marginal ear vein of all rabbits and transferred into two separate labeled tubes. The first set of blood was used to determine the hematological indices. The second set of blood was transferre...
A total of 360 two weeks old broiler chicks were used to investigate the effect of varying levels... more A total of 360 two weeks old broiler chicks were used to investigate the effect of varying levels of clay on growth performance of broiler chicks. The birds were randomly divided into six groups of 60 birds each and the groups were randomly assigned to six diets containing six levels (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5%) of clay. Each treatment was replicated two times with 30 birds per replicate. The study lasted for four weeks. The response parameters studied were body weight, feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio. Results showed that dietary clay inclusion significantly (P<0.05) improved weight gain and efficiency of feed utilization. The results indicated that up to 5% clay may be included in the diet of broiler chicks to enhance growth performance and to reduce the cost of production.
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of varying dietary levels of processed orange pee... more A study was conducted to investigate the effect of varying dietary levels of processed orange peels on the performance of broiler finisher birds. A total of 60 4-week old Anak broiler birds were allocated into four treatment groups of 15 birds each. The experiment lasted for four weeks. The groups were randomly assigned to four iso-nitrogenous (20.01-20.04% CP) and iso-caloric (2.88-2.95 Mcal/kgME) diets containing four levels (0, 5, 10 and 15%) of processed orange peels. Each treatment was replicated three times with five birds per replicate. The Response parameters studied were body weight, feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio. The results showed that significant (P<0.05) differences existed in average daily feed intake (ADFI), feed conversion ratio, (FCR,) daily protein intake (DPI) and protein efficiency ratio (PER). Increasing levels of processed sweet orange peel significantly (P>0.05) decreased the average final body weight, average daily weight gain, ADFI, DPI and PER, and increased FCR as the level of processed orange peels increased in the diet. Based on the results obtained in the present study, it was therefore concluded that inclusion of processed sweet orange peels had adverse effect on the growth rate and nutrient utilization by broilers finisher birds.
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