Browsing by Author "Adeyemi, AA"

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    Effect of dietary levels of Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum on seminal lipid peroxidation and its correlation with semen indices in rabbit bucks.
    (Nigerian Society for Animal Production, 2018) Adeyemi, AA; Ola, SI; Ajao, BH; Yekini, SD; Oloyede, OJ
    To assess the effect of dietary levels of Zingiber officinale (ZO) and Allium sativum (AS) on seminal lipid perioxidation in rabbit bucks, twenty-eight (28) bucks aged 9 - 10 months were fed diets containing 0, 5, 10, and 15 ZO and AS g/kg diet for seven (7) weeks with four bucks per treatment. Semen was collected from the bucks weekly using an artificial vaginal. Samples of fresh semen were assessed for semen volume (ml), spermatozoa motility (%) and live sperm cells (%).
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    Milk yield and Milk Composition of West Africa Dwarf Does as influenced by Body weight and Body Temperature
    (Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria, 2022-01-01) Yusuff, AT; Adeyemi, AA; Lawal, MO; DeCampos, JS; Ajao, BH; Aremu, JO
    The study was conducted to determine the effect of bodyweight and body temperature on milk yield and milk composition of West Africa Dwarf (WAD) does. A total number of sixteen lactating WAD does of different body weight were selected for the experiment. The bodyweight and body temperature of the does were taken before every milking period which lasted up to 8 weeks. Milk sample from each doe was subjected to milk composition analysis using milk analyzer. The bodyweight of the does and its corresponding milk yield were grouped into four classes (12 -15 kg, 15.1 -18 kg, 18.1-21 kg, 21.1-24 kg) while the body temperature and its corresponding milk yield and properties were portioned into three ranges (low: 36.10 – 37.00 oC; medium: 37.10 – 38.00 oC; high: 38.10 – 39.00 oC). The data obtained were subjected to one-way analysis of variance of completely randomized design. The results revealed that bodyweight significantly (P<0.05) affects milk yield but not milk composition while body temperature range of 38.10-39.00 oC influences higher milk yield (580.60 ml) It is therefore concluded that WAD does has a relatively stable milk composition irrespective of body temperature or bodyweight while the does of higher body weight produce more milk. It is therefore recommended that body temperature and bodyweight should be among the considerable criteria when selecting WAD goats for dairy purpose
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    Process Optimisation of Spiced African Locust Bean (P. biglobosa) in Different Packaging Materials
    (Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, 2017) Sunmonu, MO; Odewole, MM; Adeyemi, AA
    A study was carried out on the process optimisation of spiced African Locust Bean in different packaging materials. African locust bean seeds were soaked, steamed, dehulled and fermented naturally for three days. The untreated sample was first subjected to proximate analysis on the first day (0 week) to serve as the control. Thereafter, the remaining sample was divided into four equal portions (400g each) with each of the three portions preserved with ground ginger, garlic, a mixture of both at a uniform concentration of 4% of each portion size while the last portion had no treatment. Each of the 400g was further divided into 16 portions making each to be 25g and samples to be 64 altogether. In this study, a 44 factorial experiment in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD) was used. The number of replicates was three, and the total number of test trials was 768. The samples were packaged in four different packaging materials (Low-Density Polythene, Polypropylene, Aluminium foil and High-Density Polythene) with each having 0%, 3%, 6%, and 9% perforations respectively. The samples were stored in a refrigerator set at 100° C temperature and 70% relative humidity for a period of four weeks. The values of moisture content, bulk density, vitamin A, Iron, calcium content and pH value were determined at an interval of seven days for a period of four weeks. The result revealed the optimum values of output parameters as follows; minimum Moisture content (6.102 %), maximum Crude protein (39.345 %), maximum Bulk density (0.450 g/ml), maximum vitamin A (163.732 mg/100g), maximum Iron (52.109 mg/100g), maximum Calcium content (1429.249 mg/100g) and maximum pH value (8.46) of the stored product at various conditions.