On-farm data were collected to evaluate reproductive performance of Red Sokoto does reared under small-holder agro-pastoral production system within metropolitan Kano, semi-arid, Nigeria. The effects of age of dams, parity, litter size(s) and sex of kid(s) on pre-weaning growth rate were investigated. Data was obtained from semiintensively managed herds of twenty four households for a period of...

A study was carried out to investigate the effect of feeding two varieties cowpea haulm on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance in Red Sokoto bucks. The experiment consisted 15 bucks average weight 10kg, which were balanced for randomly assigned three dietary treatments with five per treatment a complete randomize design. diets Brachairia decumbens hay as basal diet c...

A fifteen-year (1991 — 2005) study of reproductive cases in animals presented to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, were analyzed based on species, disease condition and sex using clinical case Files of Sheep, goat and cattle. Within the study period a total of 88 reproductive cases were handled out of which 53 (57.95 %) occurred in sheep, 32(36.36 %) goat and...