A study was conducted on the incidence of perinatal lamb mortality with extension up to 30 days of age (PMR 30) in West African Dwarf sheep in Ibadan, Nigeria, over a three year period. An overall PMR 30 of 19.9% was recorded. This consisted of an abortion rate of 3.0%, a still-birth rate of 2.7% and a neonatal lamb mortality rate of 15.6% up to 30 days of age (LMR). Abortion rate was significa...

The performance and economics of production of West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep was investigated in an experiment that lasted for 70 days. Twelve male sheep averaging 9.9 kg in liveweight and aged 7 9 months were randomly assigned to four treatment groups in a completely randomized design with three animals per treatment. Chemical composition of diets, intake, liveweight gain and cost implication...

The aim of this study was to compare the duration of analgesia produced by epidural injection of ketamine, lidocaine and xylazine in West African dwarf goats. Three healthy West African dwarf goats of varying ages were used for this study. After administration of each drug, the onset of action was recorded and the duration of action of each drug was determine through pin prick method at ten (10...

a study was carried out to evaluate nutrient intake and digestibility by west african dwarf (wad) sheep fed graded levels of dietary pigeon pea seed meal (psm). four diets designated a, b, c and d were formulated to contain 0, 10, 20, and 30% levels of psm, respectively. four wad rams aged between 15 and 17 months and weighing between 16 and 19 kg were used to conduct digestibility study in a 4...

Chemical compositions of ensiled cassava peels, dried peels and gliricidia on the performance West African Dwarf sheep were evaluated. Twelve grower rams ewes between 5-7 months age allotted to three treatment diets: D1 (control) diet was 100% (GLI) (leaves with bark soft stem), D2 consisted 80% plus 20% (ENP/GNI) while D3 (DP/GLI). The test feeds observed have more comparable crude fibre conte...