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Effect of weaning age and sex on meat quality traits of pigs raised under intensive system and slaughtered at 70 Kg body weight
(Nexus Academic Publishers, 2014-07-04)
The aim of the study was to determine the effects of weaning age and sex on carcass quality of pigs slaughtered at 70 kg body weight. A total of 24 piglets were purchased at birth from a commercial farmer and were assigned ...
Impact of family chickens on the livelihoods of people living with HIV and AIDS in four villages of Botswana
(Scienceline Publication, 2011)
The impact of family chickens on the livelihoods of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) was investigated in Khudumelapye, Mogobane, Mokubilo and Serowe villages of Botswana. The objectives of this study were to determine ...
Phenotypic characterization of Tswana chickens based on quantitative traits in Kweneng and Southern Districts, Botswana
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2017)
The objective of this study was to characterize both sexes of the naked-neck, dwarf, rumpless, normal-feathered and frizzled strains of Tswana chickens in the Kweneng and Southern districts of Botswana using some quantitative ...
Egg quality characteristics of different varieties of domesticated helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
(Academic Journals, 2013)
A study was conducted to evaluate external and internal egg quality characteristics of the pearl, lavender, royal purple and white varieties of the helmeted guinea fowl kept intensively at Botswana College of Agriculture. ...
Effect of feeding mopane worm meal on mineral intake, retention and utilization in guinea fowl under intensive system
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2013)
This study investigated the mineral intake, utilization and retention of guinea fowl fed varying levels of mopane worm meal as a protein source under intensive system up to 13 weeks of age. Ninety-six day old keets were ...
Effect of imbrasia belina (westwood), tylosema esculentum (Burchell) schreiber and vigna subterranea (L) verde as protein sources on growth and laying performance of tswana hens raised under intensive production system
(Scientific Journal of Animal Science, 2013-01-27)
A feeding trial was conducted to determine growth and laying performance of indigenous Tswana hens fed diets formulated with four different protein sources consisting of either Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) or Vigna ...
Effect of Imbrasia belina (Westwood) or Vigna subterranea (L) Verde or Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) Schreiber as protein sources in diets fed to Tswana hens on egg quality
(Integrity Research Journals, 2018-12-12)
A 90 days study was conducted to compare the effects of feeding Tswana hens reared under intensive system and fed diets formulated from Imbrasia belina (Westwood), Vigna subterranea (L) Verde and Tylosema esculentum ...
Influence of stocking density on bone development in family chickens reared up to 18 weeks of age under intensive system
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2014)
This study investigated the influence of stocking density on bone development of family chickens up to 18 weeks of age. A total of 232 unsexed day-old family chicks were used in a completely randomized design. Birds were ...
Growth Performance of Guinea Fowl Fed Diets Containing Yellow Maize, Millet and White Sorghum as Energy Sources and Raised under Intensive System
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2013)
This study investigated growth performance of guinea fowl fed diets containing 3 cereal grains as energy sources in comparison to commercial broiler diets. Birds were raised under intensive system from 3 to 16 weeks of ...
Influence of stocking density on growth performance of family chicks reared up to 18 weeks of age in under an intensive system
(International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2014)
The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of stocking density on growth performance of family chicks reared up to 18 weeks of age under intensive system. A total of 248 day old chicks were randomly assigned ...