A. M. Adeiza, N. Alhaji, Nuhu A. Sani, E. A. Godwin, Elizabeth C. Okolo, Andrew M. Adamu
Objectives: This study was to assess the composition and quantity of solid wastes and their collection and disposal methods in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Method: A total of 420 well-structured questionnaires (in English language) were administered to consenting participants to obtain information on methods of waste collection and disposal. Secondary data such as waste characteristics and types generated were collected from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) records from January to December 2020. Results: Proportion of solid wastes generated in AMAC were in the order Food and other organic wastes, Papers, water sachets, plastics, metals, glass and textiles, 46.23%, 20.27%, 13.23%, 8.53%, 4.88%, 4.37% and 2.45% respectively. On waste collection, significant 55.71% proportion of the respondents choose government-approved bins, 25.23% use household items while 19.04% employed commercial waste collectors (X2 = 32.5454, df= 12, P= 0.00113). An insignificant 47.4% of the respondents in the study claimed to patronize only government approved dumpsites in disposing off their household wastes, 24.5% at any available open spaces while 24.3% dumped their wastes in their private backyards, 3.80% disposed the wastes in drainages (X2 = 18.8314, df= 18, P= 0.4022). Conclusion: This study successfully achieved the objective for which it was set. This study successfully assessed the composition and quantity, collection and disposal methods of waste generated in AMAC, FCT, Nigeria.
{"title":"Household Solid Wastes: Collection and Disposal Methods in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria","authors":"A. M. Adeiza, N. Alhaji, Nuhu A. Sani, E. A. Godwin, Elizabeth C. Okolo, Andrew M. Adamu","doi":"10.31559/vmph2024.5.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2024.5.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study was to assess the composition and quantity of solid wastes and their collection and disposal methods in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Method: A total of 420 well-structured questionnaires (in English language) were administered to consenting participants to obtain information on methods of waste collection and disposal. Secondary data such as waste characteristics and types generated were collected from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) records from January to December 2020. Results: Proportion of solid wastes generated in AMAC were in the order Food and other organic wastes, Papers, water sachets, plastics, metals, glass and textiles, 46.23%, 20.27%, 13.23%, 8.53%, 4.88%, 4.37% and 2.45% respectively. On waste collection, significant 55.71% proportion of the respondents choose government-approved bins, 25.23% use household items while 19.04% employed commercial waste collectors (X2 = 32.5454, df= 12, P= 0.00113). An insignificant 47.4% of the respondents in the study claimed to patronize only government approved dumpsites in disposing off their household wastes, 24.5% at any available open spaces while 24.3% dumped their wastes in their private backyards, 3.80% disposed the wastes in drainages (X2 = 18.8314, df= 18, P= 0.4022). Conclusion: This study successfully achieved the objective for which it was set. This study successfully assessed the composition and quantity, collection and disposal methods of waste generated in AMAC, FCT, Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140526202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In Ethiopia, farm animals are confined to compounds year-round, and the climate is conducive to the development and survival of transmissible stages or vectors of several diseases. Therefore, helminth parasites are the primary cause of economic loss. Climate, ecology, and animal production. Systems are essential contributors to parasite reproduction and persistence. Important among diseases caused by infectious means is parasitic bronchitis Dictyocaulus filaria (D. filarial) is a lungworm of small ruminants that is found worldwide, including Ethiopia. The prevalence of D. filaria in sheep is maximum in Shoa (approximately 83-91.5 %), lowest in Tigray (approximately 11.24 %), and average in between 34.36% and 36. 24% in goats. In sheep, the prevalence of D. filaria is nearly 67.15 percent in females and 69.75 percent in males. In Gonder town, lungworm is prevalent in extensive management (approximately 43.40 %) and semi-intensive management (approximately 30.90 %). The diagnosis of lungworm is based on clinical symptoms, epidemiology, and laboratory conclusions of the first larvae gained by a range of larval recovery techniques. Guiding parasitic bronchitis in small ruminants can be talented through the use of anthelmintic, enhanced management practices, and the practice of using exposed larvae as a vaccine.
{"title":"Lungworms in Small Ruminant: A Review with Emphasise on the Situation in Ethiopia","authors":"Chala Kebede","doi":"10.31559/vmph2024.5.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2024.5.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"In Ethiopia, farm animals are confined to compounds year-round, and the climate is conducive to the development and survival of transmissible stages or vectors of several diseases. Therefore, helminth parasites are the primary cause of economic loss. Climate, ecology, and animal production. Systems are essential contributors to parasite reproduction and persistence. Important among diseases caused by infectious means is parasitic bronchitis Dictyocaulus filaria (D. filarial) is a lungworm of small ruminants that is found worldwide, including Ethiopia. The prevalence of D. filaria in sheep is maximum in Shoa (approximately 83-91.5 %), lowest in Tigray (approximately 11.24 %), and average in between 34.36% and 36. 24% in goats. In sheep, the prevalence of D. filaria is nearly 67.15 percent in females and 69.75 percent in males. In Gonder town, lungworm is prevalent in extensive management (approximately 43.40 %) and semi-intensive management (approximately 30.90 %). The diagnosis of lungworm is based on clinical symptoms, epidemiology, and laboratory conclusions of the first larvae gained by a range of larval recovery techniques. Guiding parasitic bronchitis in small ruminants can be talented through the use of anthelmintic, enhanced management practices, and the practice of using exposed larvae as a vaccine.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140516798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nabélékounon Tuo, Bertin Kouamé Akpatou, Gaoussou Coulibaly, Kan Célestin Kouakou, Kouadio Jean François Hori Koko, Jules N’Gatta Kouadio, Roland Kouassi Wa Yao, Eliézer Kouakou N’Goran
Objectives: This study aims to identify and assess intestinal parasites with zoonotic potential in terrestrial small mammals to better understand the associated risks. Methods: Live captures were performed using Sherman traps placed in human dwellings within the Abobo commune of Abidjan. Captured animals were euthanized and their legs were thoroughly washed with a Sodium Acetate Acetic Acid Formol solution. Subsequently, the digestive tract contents and leg washing fluids were examined using the Ritchie concentration method. Results: Mus musculus (75.3%) and Rattus rattus (13.5%) emerged as the most prevalent of small mammal species. Overall, 33.3% of these animals were infected with intestinal parasites. The predominant helminth species were Hymenolepis diminuta (8.9%) and Ancylostoma sp. (6.9%), while the primary pathogenic protozoa detected was Giardia intestinalis (2.3%). Conclusion: The presence of parasites of public health importance proves that cohabitation of small mammals with humans poses a significant risk to both public and veterinary health. These data therefore provide valuable information to local and provincial administrations, which should consider population control measures for small mammals to mitigate the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. They also provide information to medical practitioners for the diagnosis of possible zoonoses, and a reference for further studies in urban environments in Cote d'Ivoire.
{"title":"Anthropophilic Small Mammals: Potential Source of Zoonotic Enteric Parasites in the Commune of Abobo, District of Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)","authors":"Nabélékounon Tuo, Bertin Kouamé Akpatou, Gaoussou Coulibaly, Kan Célestin Kouakou, Kouadio Jean François Hori Koko, Jules N’Gatta Kouadio, Roland Kouassi Wa Yao, Eliézer Kouakou N’Goran","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study aims to identify and assess intestinal parasites with zoonotic potential in terrestrial small mammals to better understand the associated risks. Methods: Live captures were performed using Sherman traps placed in human dwellings within the Abobo commune of Abidjan. Captured animals were euthanized and their legs were thoroughly washed with a Sodium Acetate Acetic Acid Formol solution. Subsequently, the digestive tract contents and leg washing fluids were examined using the Ritchie concentration method. Results: Mus musculus (75.3%) and Rattus rattus (13.5%) emerged as the most prevalent of small mammal species. Overall, 33.3% of these animals were infected with intestinal parasites. The predominant helminth species were Hymenolepis diminuta (8.9%) and Ancylostoma sp. (6.9%), while the primary pathogenic protozoa detected was Giardia intestinalis (2.3%). Conclusion: The presence of parasites of public health importance proves that cohabitation of small mammals with humans poses a significant risk to both public and veterinary health. These data therefore provide valuable information to local and provincial administrations, which should consider population control measures for small mammals to mitigate the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. They also provide information to medical practitioners for the diagnosis of possible zoonoses, and a reference for further studies in urban environments in Cote d'Ivoire.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135736811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kamal M. A. Abdalmahmoud, El Tahir S. Shuiep, Ibtisam E. M. El Zubeir, Omer H. M. Arabi
Objectives: This study was conducted to analyze milk samples, for chemical composition and detection of aflatoxins M1 in Gedarif town, East Sudan. Methods: One hundred milk samples were collected randomly; 35 samples from farms, 35 samples from sale points and 30 samples from groceries in Gedarif town. Milk-Kana was used for determination of fat, solids not fat, lactose and protein, freezing point, density and added water and Unisensor kits were used as screening method for detection of aflatoxin M1. Results: The collected milk samples showed lower content of fat (3.4 +- 1.3%, 3.4 +- 1.3% and 3.5 +- 1.25%), solids not fat (7.7 +-1.1%, 8.1+-1.7% and 8+-1%), lactose (4.2+-0.6%, 4.4+-0.8% and 4.3+-0.5%) and protein (3+-0.4%, 3+-0.5% and 3+-0.4%). Relatively, the freezing point and density of milk revealed few variations in the examined samples. Moreover, the added water was high in the samples collected from the farms and sale points compared to those from the groceries. The occurrence of aflatoxin M1 was found in 22 (27.50%) of the milk samples. The presence of aflatoxin contamination was high in milk samples collected from sales points (15.0%) followed by farms (11.25%) compared to those obtained from groceries (1.25%). Conclusions: The presences of aflatoxin in the milk samples might indicate that the cow milk was contaminated with aflatoxins through feed. Hence this study recommended that good hygienic practices should be considered in Gadarif town. Similarly, regulations and lows for selling the milk should be implemented by the official authorities.
{"title":"Chemical Composition and Screening of Aflatoxin in Cows’ Milk in Gadarif town, Sudan","authors":"Kamal M. A. Abdalmahmoud, El Tahir S. Shuiep, Ibtisam E. M. El Zubeir, Omer H. M. Arabi","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study was conducted to analyze milk samples, for chemical composition and detection of aflatoxins M1 in Gedarif town, East Sudan. Methods: One hundred milk samples were collected randomly; 35 samples from farms, 35 samples from sale points and 30 samples from groceries in Gedarif town. Milk-Kana was used for determination of fat, solids not fat, lactose and protein, freezing point, density and added water and Unisensor kits were used as screening method for detection of aflatoxin M1. Results: The collected milk samples showed lower content of fat (3.4 +- 1.3%, 3.4 +- 1.3% and 3.5 +- 1.25%), solids not fat (7.7 +-1.1%, 8.1+-1.7% and 8+-1%), lactose (4.2+-0.6%, 4.4+-0.8% and 4.3+-0.5%) and protein (3+-0.4%, 3+-0.5% and 3+-0.4%). Relatively, the freezing point and density of milk revealed few variations in the examined samples. Moreover, the added water was high in the samples collected from the farms and sale points compared to those from the groceries. The occurrence of aflatoxin M1 was found in 22 (27.50%) of the milk samples. The presence of aflatoxin contamination was high in milk samples collected from sales points (15.0%) followed by farms (11.25%) compared to those obtained from groceries (1.25%). Conclusions: The presences of aflatoxin in the milk samples might indicate that the cow milk was contaminated with aflatoxins through feed. Hence this study recommended that good hygienic practices should be considered in Gadarif town. Similarly, regulations and lows for selling the milk should be implemented by the official authorities.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135736815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Objectives: The main aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Kabul City residents towards Rabies. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out from September to December 2022. Eight of the 22 districts of Kabul city were selected, and after oral consent was obtained, 400 questionnaires were filled out. The data were analyzed using MS Excel and SPSS software. Results: The results of the present study showed that 85% of the sample population have heard the name Rabies while, only 46% of them had information about the disease. Three-fourths of the participants knew that Rabies is transmitted by a suspected dog bite. Furthermore, only half of the interviewees knew that Rabies is a vaccine-preventable disease. Likewise, pet animal vaccination practice against Rabies was poor among dog and cat owners. Conclusion: It is concluded that community awareness and animal vaccination practice about the disease was poor especially, in the illiterate population of the city. A comprehensive awareness campaign across the country is needed to enhance community awareness regarding Rabies.
{"title":"A Cross-sectional Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Rabies Among Residents of Kabul City, Afghanistan","authors":"M. Sangary, Zahidullah Ahmadi, Ehsanullah Ramaki","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The main aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Kabul City residents towards Rabies. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out from September to December 2022. Eight of the 22 districts of Kabul city were selected, and after oral consent was obtained, 400 questionnaires were filled out. The data were analyzed using MS Excel and SPSS software. Results: The results of the present study showed that 85% of the sample population have heard the name Rabies while, only 46% of them had information about the disease. Three-fourths of the participants knew that Rabies is transmitted by a suspected dog bite. Furthermore, only half of the interviewees knew that Rabies is a vaccine-preventable disease. Likewise, pet animal vaccination practice against Rabies was poor among dog and cat owners. Conclusion: It is concluded that community awareness and animal vaccination practice about the disease was poor especially, in the illiterate population of the city. A comprehensive awareness campaign across the country is needed to enhance community awareness regarding Rabies.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139344550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bovine Fasciolosis in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Prevalence, Economic Loss, Risk Factor and Coprology","authors":"Adane Mota Japaro","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128319731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on Coprological and Postmortem Investigation of Bovine Fasciolosis at Sebeta Municipal Slaughterhouse, Special Zone of Oromia, Oromia, Ethiopia","authors":"Chala Kebede, Monenus Etefa, Takele Sori","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123361720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. M. Adeiza, N. Sani, A. Bida, W. Nafarnda, E. Godwin, Elizabeth Chinwe Okoli
{"title":"Assessment of Cryptosporidium Burden in Cattle in Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria","authors":"A. M. Adeiza, N. Sani, A. Bida, W. Nafarnda, E. Godwin, Elizabeth Chinwe Okoli","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126440028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ismail M. Malkawi, Farah R. Al Qudsi, Emilio Cherchiari
{"title":"Dietary Benefits of MIX OIL® When Used as Feed Enhancer","authors":"Ismail M. Malkawi, Farah R. Al Qudsi, Emilio Cherchiari","doi":"10.31559/vmph2023.4.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2023.4.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126153598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ocheja, L. M. Ibrahim, J.I Itodo, I. Shettima, L. Igbatigbi, A. Abdulrahman, A.O Ejiwoye, A. Aliyu
The study evaluated the water intake and organ weights of red sokoto goats fed different forms of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves and concentrate diet. The experiment was carried out at the smal ruminant unit Teaching and Research Farm, Federal University of Kashere. Sixteen red sokoto goats (bucks) aged between 7 to 9 months with a weight range of 6.8 kg to 7.3 kg were allotted into four (4) treatments of four goats each. The goats were housed individually in pens. The goats were fed fresh neem leaves, neem leaves hay, neem leaves meal and neem leaves silage at 300g/goat/day for treatments 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively; and concentrate diet at 125g/goat/day for a duration of sixty- three (63) days. Known volume of water was served and daily water intake was determined. The experimental design was a completely randomized design; data were analyzed using a one- way analysis of variance. The significant means were separated using Least Significant Difference contained in SAS 9.4 statistical packages, 2018 edition. The concentrate and the neem leaves were analyzed for their proximate composition using the method of AOAC (2000). The daily water intake values ranged from 286.87 – 392.95 ml and were significantly (P<0.05) different across the treatment means (significant between which Treatment 1 on one hand and Treatments 2, 3 and 4 on the other hand and both values increased with dry matter intake. All the organ weights values evaluated were not significantly(P>0.05) different across the treatment means. and which value, water intake/dry matter intake (2.70 – 3.87ml/g) values also showed significant (P<0.05 difference between The values for kidney ranged from 0.50 – 0.53 % while those for liver were 2.10 – 2.17 % It was concluded that the various forms of the neem leaves had no influence on the water intake of the goats, the different forms of neem leaves were not toxic to the goats afe he goats. Neem leaves can be used to feed goats during the long dry season. Further research should be carried out using other species of ruminants such as sheep and cattle.
{"title":"Water Intake and Organ Weights of Red Sokoto Goats Fed Different Forms of Neem Leaves, Supplemented with a Concentrate Diet","authors":"J. Ocheja, L. M. Ibrahim, J.I Itodo, I. Shettima, L. Igbatigbi, A. Abdulrahman, A.O Ejiwoye, A. Aliyu","doi":"10.31559/vmph2022.3.3.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31559/vmph2022.3.3.2","url":null,"abstract":"The study evaluated the water intake and organ weights of red sokoto goats fed different forms of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves and concentrate diet. The experiment was carried out at the smal ruminant unit Teaching and Research Farm, Federal University of Kashere. Sixteen red sokoto goats (bucks) aged between 7 to 9 months with a weight range of 6.8 kg to 7.3 kg were allotted into four (4) treatments of four goats each. The goats were housed individually in pens. The goats were fed fresh neem leaves, neem leaves hay, neem leaves meal and neem leaves silage at 300g/goat/day for treatments 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively; and concentrate diet at 125g/goat/day for a duration of sixty- three (63) days. Known volume of water was served and daily water intake was determined. The experimental design was a completely randomized design; data were analyzed using a one- way analysis of variance. The significant means were separated using Least Significant Difference contained in SAS 9.4 statistical packages, 2018 edition. The concentrate and the neem leaves were analyzed for their proximate composition using the method of AOAC (2000). The daily water intake values ranged from 286.87 – 392.95 ml and were significantly (P<0.05) different across the treatment means (significant between which Treatment 1 on one hand and Treatments 2, 3 and 4 on the other hand and both values increased with dry matter intake. All the organ weights values evaluated were not significantly(P>0.05) different across the treatment means. and which value, water intake/dry matter intake (2.70 – 3.87ml/g) values also showed significant (P<0.05 difference between The values for kidney ranged from 0.50 – 0.53 % while those for liver were 2.10 – 2.17 % It was concluded that the various forms of the neem leaves had no influence on the water intake of the goats, the different forms of neem leaves were not toxic to the goats afe he goats. Neem leaves can be used to feed goats during the long dry season. Further research should be carried out using other species of ruminants such as sheep and cattle.","PeriodicalId":385877,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128872552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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