ninety red sokoto bucks were used to assess the relationship between body, testicular and epididymal measurements in three age groups (group 1: 7-12 months; group 2: between 1 and 2 years and group 3: older than 2 years). the effect of age on body and testicular / epididymal measurements was analyzed. a predictive model was developed for each of the testicular / epididymal measurements using li...

Ninety Red Sokoto bucks were used to assess the relationship between body, testicular and epididymal measurements in three age groups (group 1: 7-12 months; group 2: between 1 and 2 years and group 3: older than 2 years). The effect of age on body and testicular / epididymal measurements was analyzed. A predictive model was developed for each of the testicular / epididymal measurements using li...

Records of body weight and testicular measurements (scrotal circumference, scrotal length and average testes weight) were obtained from 296 (197 Red Sokoto and 99 Borno White) indigenous goats of various ages (between one and three years of age) in Nigeria. Red sokoto goats had significantly (P<0.05) higher body weight than the Borno White. The Borno white had significantly (P<0.05) longer scro...

This study aimed at evaluating the effect of sex, age, breed and reproductive status on platelet count and total protein, and also to demonstrate the relationship between the two variables in goats during the cold-dry season. At the peak of the cold-dry season, 56 male and female goats belonging to Red Sokoto (n = 28) and Sahel (n = 28) as well as 14 Red Sokoto goats in the last trimester of ge...

the objectives of the study were to evaluate the effects of sabara leaf meal on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and haematological parameters of red sokoto goats. bucks were managed in a complete randomized design with 4 treatments and 3 replicates. the sabara leaf meal (slm) was fed at concentration of 0, 10, 20 and 30% in treatment 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. the experimental diets...

six red sokoto (rs) and west african dwarf (wad) does, raised intensively in livestock farm of michael okpara university were evaluated for milk yield and composition in a ten-week study. the animals in their first parity were fed cut-and-carry forages in a cafeteria arrangement between 07:00-08:00 h daily and also were allowed access to concentrate supplementation by 14:00 h. the forage consis...

Data from smallholder flocks of adult West African Dwarf (WAD) and Red Sokoto goats (n = 824) and Yankasa, Uda and Balami sheep (n = 636) were utilized to investigate the distribution and frequencies of certain qualitative traits. The animals were randomly sampled in Northern parts of Nigeria. They were scored for the presence or absence of wattle, beard, horn, coat colour [Phaeomelanic standar...

This study was conducted to determine the genetic relationships among and population history of four Nigerian indigenous goat populations. A total of 200 goats from three breeds namely Sahel (60), Red Sokoto (60), West-African dwarf (60) and Kano Brown, a strain (20), were used for the study. Tissue samples were collected from the ear of animals using an Allflex® ear punch tissue sample collect...

The study was carried out at the Livestock Teaching and Research Farm of Federal University Dutsin-Ma to monitor performance Sokoto red bucks fed urea treated untreated rice milling waste. Twenty entire male were used. experimental animals allotted (n=5) in a completely randomized design (CRD) diets A B with 15% 30% inclusion levels waste, respectively, while C D contained (CRD). feeding trial ...