Abstract The present study was undertaken to compare the chemical composition of the colostrums of cows, goat and she camel's species during the first three days after parturition. Camel colostrums was collected from camel research center University of Khartoum (Shambat), cows and goat colostrums collected from the department of animal production dairy farm college of agriculture studies, Sudan University of science and Technology (Shambat). The total of the samples was 45 samples from 15 an...
ABSTRACT The experiment was conducted to investigate effect of black cumin powder addition to broilers chick diets on the performance, serum chemistry and commercial cuts. Four experimental diets were designed A, B, C and D. D served as a control, A, B,C was supplemented with black cumin. Eighty four broiler chicks 7 days old were randomly distributed in to four treatments, each treatment with three replicates and each replicates with 7 chicks. Average weight gain, FCR, dressing percentage, ...
Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the nutritive value of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) as a plant protein source with and without enzyme (xylem 500) on the growth performance, carcass characteristic, blood serum chemistry and economical attributes for broiler chicks. A total of hundred and sixty eight, seven days old, unsexed, aber acre strain were distributed in a complete randomize design, into eight groups of 21 chicks per each. Each group was further subdivided into...
Abstract A total of hundred and five day old broiler chicks were used to evaluate the effect of feeding different levels of full fat soya bean on their performance. Three dietary treatments containing 0%, 12% and 15% full fat soya bean, to the 15% full fat soya bean 1% Moringa leaf meal was added in the Finisher diet as antioxidant. Each treatment was replicated five times with seven birds per replicate. The study lasted for six weeks. Parameters measured was feed intake, body weight, body ...
Abstract This experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding broiler chicks on diets containing yeast Saccromyces Cerevisiae (Sc) in comparison with enzyme (Hamecozyme) as a natural feed additive in productive performance, carcass dressing percentage. The experimental design was used in this experiment Complete Randomized Design (CRD). Total number of 63 chicks at 7 days old, unsexed Aberecar strain broiler chick’s approximately similar initial weights (120gm) randomly divided in ...
Abstract The study was conducted at the Animal Research Canter poultry farm to evaluate the effects of red sea fish waste meal (RSFWM) in the diet of broilers on the performance, carcass characteristics and gut microflora. Ninety six unsexed (Hubbard classic) broiler chickens at seven days of age were randomly distributed into four treatments (24 birds per each treatment).Four experimental diets were formulated, T1 (conventional ration with no RSFWM), T2 2.5% RSFWM, T3 5% RSFWM and T4 7.5% R...
Abstract This research was conducted to study the effect of using renin enzyme and two other plant enzymes on the coagulation time of milk, yield, composition and sensory characteristics of produced cheese. The renin enzyme was used as control. The plant enzymes were extracted from Solanum dubium (Jibeen) and Calotropis procera (Osher) plants. Plant enzymes were added to the milk in 3 concentrations (50%, 75% and 100%). Coagulation time, yield, composition and sensory characteristics were as...
Abstract The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding citric acid on the shelf life and quality of beef burger. Different levels of citric acid were added, (0% control, 0.8and 1 %). Six kilograms of beef were divided into three groups with 3replicates. Chemical composition, Cooking loss, water holding capacity (WHC ( , pH, total bacterial counts and sensory evaluation were determined. The chemical analysis showed significant differences in moisture content, protein, fat , ash and...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Meat Science and Technology Laboratory, College of Animal Production and Technology, Sudan University of Science and Technology, in September 2020 to investigate the effect of adding gum Arabic powder to beef and camel meat sausage, on proximate analysis, physiochemical properties and sensory properties. Three kg of meat (2 kg of beef and 1kg of camel meat), were minced through 30 mm plate and divided into three treatments [(control (0% Gum Arabic powder )...
ABSTRACT The Sahiwal cattle breed in Kenya is a product of a long-term upgrading program involving Sahiwal bulls and the Small East African Zebu (SEAZ) dams. It is an important animal genetic resource that play dual purpose role but information about its population structure, demographic trends and genetic diversity is lacking. The breed faces several challenges that include high risks of inbreeding, drought related challenges, competition from exotic breeds and indiscriminate crossbreeding....
ABSTRACT Aquaculture in Kenya is diverse with uncharacterized fish strains under varying production and management systems. This study characterized the smallholder aquaculture systems and analyzed the growth and survival of the African catfish (Clariasgariepinus) fingerlingsin the former Eastern Province of Kenya. The study also mapped the smallholder aquaculture value chain and identified the main challenges therein. Information on the value chain, fish production and management was collat...
ABSTRACT East Coast Fever (ECF) is a tick borne disease endemic in the North Rift region of Kenya. The ECF infections lead to substantial economic loss to smallholder dairy farmers from veterinary costs incurred in using prophylactics and value loss associated with animal mortality and production decline during disease infection. Traditionally, prophylactic strategy of choice is application of acaricide in communal dips and hand spraying, but effectiveness of the strategy is a factor of good...
ABSTRACT Commercial rabbit production in Kenya is characterized by a long interval of 8 to 12 weeks between kindling and next mating, which yields fewer rabbits for sale to earn income. Changing weaning age regimes can influence the technical and economic results. This study aimed at informing interventions for weaning management by testing associations that weaning age has with feeding practices, market weight, carcass quality and consumer preferences of rabbit meat and profitability. Data ...
ABSTRACT A major challenge to Kenyan Livestock industry today is the inability to produce high quality feeds cheaply. Most of the common sources of protein such as soybean meal, cottonseed cake and fishmeal used in Kenyan feed industry are imported. This makes the final products expensive. To reduce costs, most manufacturers resort to using inferior quality alternatives that result in inferior feeds and leads to slow growing animals. Experiments were conducted to evaluate common beans as an ...
ABSTRACT Indigenous chicken (IC), which have traditionally been an important component of livelihoods among the agricultural households are being integrated into pastoral livelihoods as a diversification strategy. The goal is to reduce vulnerability of ruminant livestock to recurring drought events. However, sustainable utilization of IC could suffer in the absence of adoption of improved management practices supported with access to inputs and output markets and advisory services which supp...