Browsing by Author "Babayemi O.J"

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    Nutritive assessment and in vitro fermentation of shea nut cake at graded levels in the diets of West African dwarf goats
    (2017) Ogunbosoye, D. O; Tona G.O; Babayemi O.J; Ola R.O
    The perennial problem of feed shortage during the lean period necessitated the need to screen more feedstuffs that are less competitive. Shea nut cake (SNC) is one of the agro industrial by products that abound during dry season. Hence, this study was carried out to estimate the in vitro gas production pattern of shea nut cake in the mixed rations (T1= (0%), T2 = (10%), T3 = (15%), T4 = (25%), T5 = (50%), T6 = (75%) with cassava peels, corn bran, cowpea husk and wheat offal to balanced up to 100 % in equal proportion to predict the degradability of SNC basal diets. The proximate composition revealed that crude protein (CP) varied from 9.18% (T4) to 11.73% (T6). Ether extract (EE), Ash and crude fibre ranged from 2.03-13.62, 16.84-19.54 and 7.08-12.11 % respectively. The samples were incubated for 24 hours. Gas volume was significantly different among the treatments (P < 0.05). The values ranged between 7 and 28ml /200 mg DM in diets 1 and 3 respectively. The methane production ranged from (4.0-17.0ml/200mg DM) in T6 and T1, respectively. Gas production from the soluble fraction (a) was highest in diet T1 and lowest in diet T6. The potential gas production (a+b) varied significantly from 7.00-28.00ml. The gas production rate (c) was highest for diet T1. ME (3.24-46.59MJ/kg DM), OMD (30.73-51.79%) and SCFA (0.22-0.75μmol) differed significantly (P < 0.05) across diets. Diet T3 had highest ME, OMD and SCFA contents. Diet (T3) gave moderate volume of methane. The results revealed that SNC at 15% inclusion can be effectively utilized by ruminants with minimum production of methane gas.
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    Potential values of some non-leguminous browse plants as dry season feed for ruminants in Nigeria
    (2010) Ogunbosoye, D. O; Babayemi O.J
    A study was conducted to assess the nutritive potential of some tropical non-leguminous multipurpose trees: Bombax glabra, Adansonia digitata, Ceiba pentandra, Kigelia africana, Newbouldia leavis, Treculia africana, Milicia exselsa, Mangifera indica, Spondia mombin, Terminalia superba, Terminalia catappa, Tabebuia rosea and Ficus thonningii. A wide variation was observed in the chemical composition, secondary compounds and gas production characteristics. Crude protein (CP) concentration ranged from 6.35 – 16.41 g/100g DM. The ash content varied between 5.27 and 12.46 g/100g DM. The content of neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF) and lignin ranged from 40.49 - 69.31, 28.39 - 52.62 and 6.14 - 16.83 g/100g DM, respectively. At least each possessed steroid as anti-nutrient as revealed from the study. It was observed that five browse species had tannins while eight showed traces of saponin. The degradability of the browse spp can be grouped into 3: High fermentation (> 20.00 ml) for S. mombin, B. glabra, A. digitata, C. pentandra, K. africana and M. exselsa; moderate fermentation (17.00 - 19.00 ml) for T. superba, T. catappa, T. rosea, F. thonningii, T. Africana and M. indica; low fermentation (< 16) was observed in N. leavis. The highest potential gas production, rate of gas production, metabolizable energy and short chain fatty acid were observed in S. mombin. From the result obtained, it is suggested that some of the browse species could be utilized by ruminants as feed supplement during both wet and dry seasons. S. mombin being high in gas production could be supplemented with energy rich feed like guinea grass in order to sustain livestock production.
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    The utilization of some tropical browse plants by pregnant West African Dwarf goats in southern Nigeria
    (2012) Ogunbosoye, D. O; Babayemi O.J
    A study on utilization of five tropical browses was carried out to investigate on the significant effect of these forages on the performance of pregnant goats in relation to weight gain, birth weight, litter size and weight of the kids with their sex. Result revealed that daily dry matter consumption of animals fed guinea grass was highest (1.17kg/day) while the least consumption was Gliricidia sepium (0.48kg/day). The daily weight change of goat fed Albizia odoratissima was highest (85.3g/day) and lowest in animals fed guinea grass. The weight of doe during pregnancy had effect on the litter size and birth weight of the kids. The weight of does fed albizia diet was highest and this resulted into multiple birth and moderate birth weight. The study also showed that single birth kids were heavier than multiple births. The result then revealed that where multiple births occurred, the males were heavier than females. It is therefore concluded that animals fed Albizia odoratissima performed better than the rest, although all the forages used for this study sustained the pregnant does except guinea grass which needs to be supplemented with either browse plants or concentrate.