The effects of water treatment (tab water (CTW) vs. magnetically treated water (MTW)) on the performance (body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (feed/gain)) from day to 32 days of age, water consumption (WC) and Water: feed consumption ratio (WFR) during the first three weeks of age (starter phase), carcass composition at 32 days of age, and antibody responses to SRBS antigens of...

The potential of the yeast component, mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) to ameliorate the effects of aflatoxicosis was examined in growing Japanese quail. The product was incorporated in the diet at 1 g/kg and was evaluated for its ability to reduce the deleterious effects of 2 mg total aflatoxin (AF; 82.30% AFB1, 2.06% AFB2, 7.68% AFG1 and 7.96% AFG2)/kg diet on Japanese quail chicks from 10 to 45 d...

Supplementing diets of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with pelleted rations is an increasingly common practice aimed at increasing deer antler size on rangelands in Texas. Feed loss to consumption by various nontarget species (e.g., raccoons [Procyon lotor] and feral pigs [Sus scrofa]) raises both ecological and economic concerns. Whole cottonseed is a feedstuff that may afford a mo...

One way to use the timber resources of our country more efficiently is to convert the refuse from logging and manufacturing operations into food. Research at the Forest Products Laboratory therefore is aimed in part at the conversion of wood to sugar solutions, which have been tested as livestock feed by several agricultural experiment stations. The investigations indicate that w^ood wastes can...

AIM The objective of this study was to investigate the dietary advantages of inclusion of unconventional nutrient source, i.e., Azolla in the basal diet of White Pekin broilers. MATERIALS AND METHODS All ducklings were randomly distributed into three treatment groups with three replicates each and each replicate having 12 ducklings and were reared in deep litter system. Groups were subjected ...

Feed resources availability at cheap and affordable prices for livestock consumption are major factors determining capability of livestock production to supply products for increasing urban and cities consumers in Nigeria. To take advantages of the high demand in urban areas, livestock producers on extensive pastoralism are moving closer to cities and urban communities such as Abuja the Nigeria...