Livestock Production

An introduction to Livestock production, which involves domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fibre and labour.

POULTRY FEED AND FORMULATION

POULTRY FEED AND FORMULATION

INTRODUCTION TO POULTRY FEED FORMULATION Feed formulation is the process of quantifying the amounts of feed ingredients that need to be combined to form a single uniform mixture (diet) for poultry that supplies all of their nutrient requirements. Poor quality feed...

Grasscutter

Grasscutter

Grasscutter farming in Nigeria is at the upward thrust and it is supplying profits for a variety of people. Grasscutter is adaptable to maximum tropical vegetations. They are found in mangroves, swamps, rainforests and savannas. Grasscutters like to reside in...

An Introduction to Livestock Production

An Introduction to Livestock Production

Livestock production in Nigeria was dominated by nomadic pastoralism long before the advent of the British Colonial Administration. It accounts for one-third of Nigeria’s agricultural GDP, providing income, employment, food, farm energy, manure, fuel, and transport

All You Need to Know About Sheep Production

All You Need to Know About Sheep Production

  SHEEP (Ovis aries) Sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant animals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in...