The study was conducted at the Ruminants section of Teaching and Research Farm University Ibadan, Ibadan to evaluate effects slaughtering weights on meat yield other chevon characteristics West African Dwarf bucks (WAD). Fifteen WAD were fed similar diets before sacrificing nine three pre-determined 15, 20 25kg relative percentage proportions Eviscerated Weight-EW, Hot Carcass Weight-HCW, Dress...

ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, NIGERIA * Email Address for Correspondence/ Adresse de courriel pour la correspondance: ucheosuagwuh@gmai l.com Accepted/Accepté: February, 2014 Full Citation: Osuagwuh U. Haematological response of West African Dwarf Bucks experimentally infected with Trypanoso...

Feed consumed by animal is subject to natural processes in the system before it could be useful animal. And after digestion that imbedded nutrients can available for use various purposes. Non-conventional foodstuff fed animal, but challenge accompanying its inherent utilized A research was conducted evaluate nutrient intake and digestibility West African Dwarf (WAD) bucks graded level of boiled...

In order to study the signs of œstrus in the West African Dwarf goat, 28 non pregnant females younger than 24 months of age were used. Most of them (94.7%) had waggled the tail during heat. The frequency of micturition was higher in the presence of the male. The swelling of the vulva was observed in 68.4% of goats in heat. The cervico-vaginal mucus was significantly (P≤0.05) abundant and elasti...

the objective of this study was to highlight the postnatal development of the uterine tubes of the west african dwarf goat from birth to 28 weeks of age by gross examination and light microscopy. there was a caudal migration of the paired uterine tubes from behind the paired kidneys at birth to the pelvic inlet at week 8 of age. each uterine tube exhibited three segments namely; infundibulum, a...