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• 1. EFFECT OF THERMIZATION AND STORAGE ON THE NUTRITION PROPERTIES AND SHELF-STABIL...

  » EFFECT OF THERMIZATION AND STORAGE ON THE NUTRITION PROPERTIES AND SHELF STABILITY OF YOGHURT FROM BLENDS OF COWMILK AND COCONUT MILK.       ABSTRACTYoghurts were produced by blending reconstituted powdered cow milk (100 g of powderedcow milk (CM) : 0.5 litres of water) with 25 % and 50 % coconut milk (CCM) and a control(100 % cow milk) before fermentation. After fermentation for 16 h at room t...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,434 engagements | 

• 2. EFFECTIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA AN ANALYSIS

  »     ABSTRACT Recent events worldwide concerning high profile corporate failures necessitated the imperative need to determine the efficacy of corporate governance and management oversight devises. It is in this regard that this thesis has assessed the performances of important stakeholders engaged in policy formulation, day to day running of the affairs of the companies as well as those persons ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,303 engagements | 

• 3. EFFECTS OF THE USE OF LOCAL SANCTION BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN AGRICULTURE LOAN ...

  »   IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA       ABSTRACT . ..Distress problems in .Nigerian financial institutions res   ulted into their liquidation.I Prior to the distress syndrome, many financial institutions could not respond very effectively ~to the needs of small holder farmers in Nigeria. However, empirical evidence shows that debt recovery is one major constraint ofmost financial institutions. It was...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,506 engagements | 

• 4. EFFECTS OF COVER MANAGEMEMT PRACTICES ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES RUNOFF AND EROSION ...

  »         ABSTRACTA two –year (2004/2005) field investigation was carried out on the runoff plots at the Universityof Nigeria Nsukka farm, to monitor the effects of cover management practices on physicalproperties, runoff and soil loss in Nkpologu sandy loam soil. The management practices werebarefallow (BF), cocoyam (CY) sorghum (SG), legume (CP) and grass (PM), under no tillpractice. There ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  60 pages |  5,637 engagements | 

• 5. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN SOURCES ON THE GROWTH PERFOMANCE AND CARCASS CHARA...

  » EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PROTEIN SOURCES ON THE GROWTH PERFOMANCE AND CARCASS CHARATERISTICS OF AFRICA GIANT LAND SNAIL (ARCHACHATINA MARGINATA)         ABSTRACTAn experiment was conducted to study the effects of different proteinsources at varying levels on the performance and the carcass characteristics ofthe African giants land snail (Archachatina marginata). Soyabean meal andgroundnut cake wer...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,329 engagements | 

• 6. EFFECTS OF DIETARY VITAMIN C AND VITAMIN E ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LAYING HENS IN ...

  »   ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 52 weeks investigated the effects of dietary Vitamin C (Lascorbicacid) and Vitamin E (dl alpha tocopheryl acetate) on the performance of layinghens in the humid tropics. A total of 240 twenty four week old Golden Neslink pullets wererandomly selected from a flock of 550 birds and randomly divided into sixteen treatments of15 pullets. The birds were initially...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  55 pages |  5,511 engagements | 

• 7. EFFECTS OF DILUENTS, AGE OF SEMEN AND INSEMINATION DOSES ON VIABILITY AND FERTIL...

  » EFFECTS OF DILUENTS,AGE OF SEMEN AND INSEMINATION DOSES ON VIABILITY AND FERTILITY OF TURKEY SEMEN PRESERVRED AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ABSTRACT An investigation was conducted with a total of one hundred and fifty(150) semen samples collected randomly from six (6) toms and one thousandthree hundred and fifty eggs (1350) from forty five (45) hens to evaluate theeffect of diluents, age of semen and ins...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  50 pages |  5,525 engagements | 

• 8. EFFECTS OF GARLIC (Allium sativum) AND PROBIOTICS (Lactobacillus acidophilus) A...

  » EFFECTS OF GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) AND PROBIOTICS (LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS) ADDITIVES IN THE DIETS OF GROWER PIGS ABSTRACT This study which lasted for 12 weeks investigated the effects of garlic and probiotics additives inthe diets of grower pigs. A total of sixteen 16 weeks old grower pigs were randomly assigned tofour treatments. Each treatment had 2 replicates of 2 pigs per replicate that wer...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  43 pages |  5,555 engagements | 

• 9. EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF RURAL FARMERS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACTHIV/AIDS related problems have continued to be major problems for human welfare.The study was set to evaluate the impact of HIV/AIDS on livelihood of rural farmers ofEnugu State which has HIV prevalence of 5.2 with about 51,639 persons infected. The studyspecifically sought to: describe socio economic characteristic of people living withHIV/AIDS, describe the major HIV/AIDS related problem...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  60 pages |  5,696 engagements | 

• 10. GROUNDNUT OIL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.

  » ABSTRACTThis study examined groundnut oil production and marketing in Kaduna State,Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: examine the socio economic factors thatinfluenced the production of groundnut oil; examine the socioeconomic factorsthat influenced marketing of groundnut oil; describe gender roles in theproduction and marketing of groundnut oil in the study area; describe themarketing chan...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  54 pages |  8,350 engagements | 

• 11. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICRO ORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH BIODEGRADATION...

  » Abstract Microbial analyses were carried out on the shell of the edible nuts of African walnut(Tetracarpidium conophorum). This study was aimed at determining the microbial load of boiledand raw African walnut shell and chicken dropping which can be used as inoculums inbiodegradation process in order to solve the problem of agro waste pollution in the environment.The nuts were sorted and washed wi...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  56 pages |  5,452 engagements | 

• 12. INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION AND BODY CONDITION AT FIRST MATING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE P...

  » ABSTRACTTwo experiments were conducted at the piggery unit of the Department of Animal ScienceFarm, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from July 2007 to March 2009, to determine the effectof nutrition and body condition at first mating on the reproductive performance of gilts. Thefirst experiment evaluated the effects of feeding different combinations of protein and energydiets on age at onset of firs...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,059 engagements | 

• 13. INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES IN ABIA STATE...

  » v ABSTRACTForest, which is a major source of resources in Nigeria, is currently facing accelerateddegradation and depletion. The growing demand for ecosystem services from forests has ledto over exploitation of the resources, resulting in the extinction of some valuable species.This has continued to impact negatively on the capacity of the forests to mitigate climatechange, conserve biodiversity, ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  66 pages |  5,387 engagements | 

• 14. INFLUENCE OF GALLIC ACID ON α-AMYLASE AND α-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORY AND ANTIOX...

  » INFLUENCE OF GALLIC ACID ON α AMYLASE AND α GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORY AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF ACARBOSE ABSTRACTType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic progressive disease that has continued to be aglobal heath and economic burden. Acarbose is an antidiabetic drug, which acts by inhibitingalpha amylase and alpha glucosidase; while gallic acid is a simple phenolic acid that iswid...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  55 pages |  5,378 engagements | 

• 15. INDIGENOUS AND EMERGING ADAPTIVE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN...

  » ABSTRACTThe study ascertained indigenous and emerging adaptive agricultural technologiesto climate change in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Data were collected from 400respondents through the use of semi structured interview schedule using a multi stagerandom sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using percentages, meanscore, and factor analysis. The findings revealed that major...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  65 pages |  5,228 engagements | 

• 16. IMPROVEMENT IN EGG PRODUCTION TRAITS IN THE LIGHT LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPE USING A...

  » ABSTRACTFifty hens and five cocks from a random mating population of light local chicken ecotype(LLCE) were mated and the fertile eggs hatched to obtain the parent generation (G0) used forthis study aimed at improving egg production traits in the LLCE using a selection index. Thehens were monitored for short term (90 days from first day of lay) egg production traitsnamely: Body Weight at First Egg...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,422 engagements | 

• 17. IDENTIFICATION, CONSUMPTION PATTERN AND NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF PROCESSED GREEN ...

  » ABSTRACTThe thrust of this work was to identify some popular and lesser known cultivated andforest green leafy vegetables consumed in Igbo ukwu, Aguata LGA, Anambra State,Nigeria. Those identified include ugbogulu, eliemionu, ariraa, okpa okuku, ugu oyiboand abuba ji nwannu, used in this study. These vegetables were purchased in bulk fromIgboukwu daily market, cleaned and divided into 3 portions. ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  6,285 engagements | 

• 18. GROWTH PATTERN, REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND SEASONAL SENSITIVITY OF BOVAN NERA...

  » GROWTH PATTERN, REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND SEASONAL SENSITIVITY OF BOVAN NERA AND ISA BROWN PARENT STOCK ABSTRACTParent stocks (PS) of exotic hybrids have contributed immensely to commercial poultryproduction in Nigeria. Their continued optimal utilization depends on their performance test.Information on performance indices of PS layer breeds in South West Nigeria is howeverlimited. The growth, ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  45 pages |  5,101 engagements | 

• 19. GROWTH AND TESTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN NATIVE AND EXOT...

  » ABSTRACTTolerance to African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) among several animal species involves awide milieu of factors which modulate the animal’s response to the disease and is considered abreed attribute. To investigate the effect of breed on tolerance/resilience to trypanosomeinfection on pubertal boars, nine (9) Nigerian Native and nine (9) Large White x Landracecrossbreed boars were exp...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  40 pages |  5,103 engagements | 

• 20. GROWTH AND HAEMATOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF GROWING RABBITS TO DIETS CONTAINING GRADE...

  » ABSTRACTThe growth and haematological response of growing rabbits to dietscontaining graded levels of sun dried bovine rumen content (SBRC) werestudied. Five diets containing 0 (control), 10, 20, 30 and 40 % sun driedbovine rumen content coded as T1,T2,T3,T4 and T5, respectively, werecompared. Twenty growing rabbits were randomly assigned to thetreatments; each treatment had four experimental unit...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  40 pages |  5,173 engagements | 

• 21. GROWTH AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF WEANER RABBITS FED MORINGA (moringa oleif...

  » ABSTRACTTwenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12)males and twelve (12) females were used for the experiment to investigate, thegrowth and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits fed four(4) dietary levelsof Moringa oleifera leaf, meal (MOLM). Treatments 1, 2, 3, and 4 received 0,10, 20, and 30% MOLM, respectively. Results obtained showed that rabbits on T3 diet ac...Continue Reading »

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• 22. GROWTH AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF WEANER RABBITS FED MORINGA (moringa oleif...

  » . ABSTRACTTwenty four (24) cross bred rabbits of both sexes, made up of twelve (12)males and twelve (12) females were used for the experiment to investigate, thegrowth and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits fed four(4) dietary levelsof Moringa oleifera leaf, meal (MOLM). Treatments 1, 2, 3, and 4 received 0,10, 20, and 30% MOLM, respectively. Results obtained showed that rabbits on T3 diet ...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  50 pages |  6,345 engagements | 

• 23. GENETIC DIVERSITY OF FIVE POPULATIONS OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL BREEDS OF GOAT USING...

  » ABSTRACTSGenetic diversity and genetic distance of five populations of the Nigerian breeds of goat wereinvestigated using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. Five breeds of goat wereused for the study and each breed constituted a population, hence, the five populationsconsidered in the study. The populations were: Sokoto Red (SR), Sahel (SH), Kano Brown(KB), Bornu White (BW) and West African...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  40 pages |  5,493 engagements | 

• 24. GENETIC CHANGE IN THE NIGERIAN HEAVY LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPE THROUGH SELECTION FOR...

  » ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to determine the genetic change in the Nigerian heavy local chickenecotype (NHLCE) through selection for body weight and egg production traits. Progenies (G0generation) generated from breeding parents randomly selected from the parent stock of theNHLCE formed the materials for the research. On hatching, the chicks were grouped accordingto sire families using colou...Continue Reading »

  Item Type: Project Material |  50 pages |  5,372 engagements | 

• 25. QUALITY AND GENETIC EVALUATION OF SOME GENOTYPES OF RICE (Oryza sativa L.) USIN...

  » ABSTRACTThe patterns of gene effects on agronomic and some quality traits of eight genotypes ofrice (Oryza sativa L.) and their progenies were studied using Diallel analysis method 1involving parents, F1 hybrids and their reciprocals. The eight genotypes studied wereselected for their agronomic performance and protein content from thirty genotypesevaluated in a randomized complete block design and...Continue Reading »

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