Eighty black Nera cockerel chicks were randomly alloted to four dietarey treatmants containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% kolanut husk meal (KHM) for twelve weeks. Significant differences (P<0.05) in feed intake, weight gain conversion ratio observed. Dietary inclusion of KHM depressed growth rate nutrition uilization cockerels birds. There linear reduction (P>0.05) nitrogen retention apparent cru...

A case of polymelia with a rudimentary wing is described in an eight-week-old Nera black chicken (Gallus domesticus). It is a rare disorder with chromosomal aberrations, which are associated with congenital limb malformations. The condition was observed during routine physical examination of a flock of 2000 poultry birds in the month of February 2008 in Ibadan, Nigeria. After physical examinati...

The erythrocyte osmotic fragility and other erythrocyte indices in fowls of two different age groups (7-9 week-old and 49 week-old) were studied using Nera Black strain usually raised commercially for egg production in Nigeria. Erythrocytes in the 49 week-old birds were more fragile than those in the 7-9 week-old at sodium chloride (NaCl) concentrations of 0.2% (p<0.05), 0.7% (p<0.05), 0.8% (p<...

This study investigated the Immunomodulating activity of Rhizopus nigricans meal with a view of comparing it with that exhibited by -glucan. The indicators of the immunomodulating activity employed in this study were: hormonal assay (testosterone estimation), testis homogenization (elongated spermatids evaluation) and internal organs histological examinations. R. nigricans meal supplementation ...

This is a review of the article"Government Preferences for Promoting Open-Source Software: A Solution in Search of A Problem"by David Evans and Bernard J. Reddy. This report was paid for by Microsoft and put together at its request. Now Microsoft is using it as part of their lobbying campaign in Europe against governments' promotion of Open Source Software. As expected, this article is strongly...

INTRODUCTION Through leaching experiments and simulated rainfall experiments, characteristics of vertical leaching of exogenous rare earth elements (REEs) and phosphorus (P) and their losses with surface runoff during simulated rainfall in different types of soils (terra nera soil, cinnamon soil, red soil, loess soil, and purple soil) were investigated. RESULTS AND ANALYSES Results of the lea...