Abstract: A study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of oral administering neem and bitter leaf extract as natural feed additive for broiler chicks on feed Intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass parameters, hematological serum biochemical parameters, chick mortality percentage, sensory evaluation of meat, chemical composition of meat and partial budget analysis of broiler chicks. Unsexed one hundred ninety-two, day-old Cobb 500 broiler chick with initial weight of...
Abstract: Improvement of the contribution of the untapped huge goat resource of Ethiopia can be achieved through alleviating constraints and adjusting inefficient production practices which requires knowledge about roles of goat, husbandry practices, production constraints, performance under the prevailing condition and available resources. With this understanding, a survey study on goat production systems of mixed crop livestock (MCL) and Agro pastoral (AP) Farming systems in the rural kebe...
Abstract: A survey and other three interrelated trials were conducted on the objective of selecting the best maize form that would substitute brewery grain in crossbred (Fogera and Holstein Friesian) dairy cows ration. In the survey (paper I) a cross-sectional single visit multi-purpose design was used to assess farmers’ perception, and available practices for hydroponic fodder production. In paper II and III, a 4 x 3 factorial experiment (four maize varieties with three seed rates) in a C...
Abstract: A study was conducted to assess forage mass, botanical composition, nutritive value of herbaceous vegetation, grazing behavior, forage selectivity and performance of co-grazing sheep, goats, cattle and camels with initial body weights (BW) of 20.6±2.09, 16.6±0.97, 96.8±3.43 and 162.3±21.28 kg, respectively. Grazing lasted 16 weeks, using 6 growing animals from each animal species (AS). Animals co-grazed 6 ha of grazing area (G) with diverse plant species. Four enclosures (E) ea...
Abstract: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of genotype, age at slaughter, aging temperatu re and aging duration on meat toughning of beef produced from Arsi, Borena, Harar and cro ss of Holstein Friesian with Arsi cattle breeds. A total of 24 bulls from Arsi (6), Borana (6), Harar (6) and crossbreed of HF breeds (6) were used for this study. The bulls were stratified into two age groups 2 - 3 and 4 - 5 years. Temperature and pH were recorded at 45 min, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours on ...
Abstract: The study was based on two experiments;Experiment Iused white leghorn layers (Paper I and Paper II) whereasExperiment IIused cobb500 broilers (Paper III and Paper IV). Experiment-I was conducted to study effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM)with graded levels of linseed meal (LSM) on feed intake, egg production and quality, fertility, hatchability and chick quality(Paper I) and egg chemical compositions, fatty acids profiles and eating quality (Paper II). Experiment-II studied fee...
Abstract: The general objectives of the study were to provide information necessary for the development of appropriate management strategies to ensure improved quality of drinking water for livestock and to determine the extent to which consuming saline water affects performance and health of sheep and goats. Specific objectives were to analyze the quality of water from rift valley lakes of Ethiopia for livestock drinking and to determine the effects of salinity of drinking water on performa...
Abstract: The study was based on two experiments;Experiment Iused white leghorn layers (Paper I and Paper II) whereasExperiment IIused cobb500 broilers (Paper III and Paper IV). Experiment-I was conducted to study effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM)with graded levels of linseed meal (LSM) on feed intake, egg production and quality, fertility, hatchability and chick quality(Paper I) and egg chemical compositions, fatty acids profiles and eating quality (Paper II). Experiment-II studied fee...
Abstract: A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding kocho waste,“dupo” (scraped pseudostem fermented in a pit as upper cover of whole kocho) as a substitution of energy portion of concentrate mixture (ECM, that is 2:1 ratio of maize and wheat bran) on feed intake, digestibility, live weight gain, carcass characteristics, meat quality and economic benefit of Harerge Highland sheep fed a basal diet of natural grass hay. Twenty-four yearling intact Harerge highland sheep with ...
Abstract: Potato is an important tuberous vegetable crop in Ethiopia. It is production is constrained by arthropod pests, nutrient depletion of soil and diseases. Among the arthropod pests, two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) is one of the major pests affecting potato production in eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia. To tackle this problem, the survey was undertaken to assess the status of TSSM on the irrigated potato. The data were collected from ninety-six potato producers from October to March in Hara...
Abstract: Cotton flea beetle, Podagrica puncticollis Weise is among the most chronic and economically damaging insect pests of cotton in Northwestern Ethiopia. Although this beetle is known to cause significant crop losses, the ecological aspects and management of this insect pest have not been adequately assessed and documented. Thus, five studies were conducted in the area. The first study was conducted in Metema district to assess the cotton growers’ perception and knowledge of cotton f...
Abstract: Value chain analysis of maize in Nedjo woreda has been conducted to identify value chain actors, and their roles and linkages, to analyze maize marketing costs and margins of different actors along the value chain, and to identify factors affecting marketed surplus of maize at producers’ level. To accomplish these tasks, both primary and secondary sources of data were used. Data have been collected from randomly selected 119 maize producer households in Nedjo woreda using a semi-...
Abstract: The study was conducted in Plant Protection Laboratory and greenhouse (GH) at Haramaya University under 25±2 oC, 70±5% RH and 30±2 oC, 60±5% RH, respectively, during 2016. The objectives were to: 1) evaluate the efficacy of some pesticides on Tetranychus urticae in the laboratory and greenhouse; and 2) evaluate the performance of TSSM to six plants under GH conditions. The efficacy of five pesticides, viz. Amitraz, Profenofos, Chlorantrniliprole + λ-cyhalothrin, and Profenofos...
ABSTRACT--- This experiment was carried out to determine the performance and carcass quality of broilers placed on pro-vitamin A cassava and sweet cassava-based diets using maize-based diet as control. The results show that daily weight gain of birds placed on maize-based diet (19.67g) was statistically higher (p0.05) among themselves. The average daily feed intake of the maize- based diets (54.07g/day) was significantly higher (p0.05) between each other. The feed conversion ratio of 2.75...
Abstract: Environmental friendly pre-treatment of fibre has been lately adopted by many researchers worldwide but not fully understood. Although various chemical modifications of fibre through several chemical treatments have been explored, but less has been done on lower sodium hydroxide (NaOH) concentrations. This paper investigated the effect of thermalization at 115 C and lower NaOH of concentrations (1, 3 and 5) effect on mukwa wood flour as a way of minimizing chemical impact on possib...