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The purpose of this study was to examine the comparative students' academic performance in Basic ... more The purpose of this study was to examine the comparative students' academic performance in Basic Science in public and private junior secondary schools in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. An achievement instrument tagged "Basic Science Achievement Test" (BASAT) was designed, validated

This research studied gender differences in student's academic performance in social studies in K... more This research studied gender differences in student's academic performance in social studies in Kaiama local government of Kwara state. Questionnaire which consists of 30 multiple-choice items drawn from Kwara State Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) multiple choice past question was used as the research instrument. The questionnaire was administered to 120 students from both private and public schools in the study area. The students' responses were marked and scored, afterward analysed using independent t-test. The results of the study showed that even though the male students had slightly better performance compared to the female students, it was not significant. However, the better performance of private school students was significant (p=0.05). Based on the findings of this study, recommendations were made. Parents are encouraged to provide the right education they can afford for their children irrespective of gender. Also, there should be a deliberate Federal Government policy to encourage absorbance of female students into further study in computer science. Furthermore, it was recommended that stake holders in the education industry should make use of these findings and try to research into ways of making gender sensitive policies.

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Forty nine (49) days feeding trial was conducted to investigate the growth performance, carcass c... more Forty nine (49) days feeding trial was conducted to investigate the growth performance, carcass characteristics and nutrient digestibility of broilers fed graded levels of shea kernel cake meal with or without probiotic supplementation. Shea kernel cake (SKC), a major by-product of the shea butter or shea nut processing, is rich in carbohydrates and protein, but the presence of anti-nutritional factors, mainly tannin, saponin and theobromine, limits its use as animal feed ingredient. A total of two hundred and ten (210) Arbor acre, seven (7) days old broiler chicks were randomly allotted to seven dietary treatments containing 0, 5, 5+, 10, 10+, 15 and 15+ replacement levels of shea kernel cake meal with or without probiotic designated as T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 respectively. The level of the probiotic supplementation (+) was 0.5g/kg. Each treatments was replicated three (3) times with 10 birds per replicate in a completely randomized design. The experimental diets and clean drinking water were provided ad-libitum. The birds were weighed individually at the beginning of the study and weekly thereafter. Parameters measured were body weight and feed intake whereas, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and feed cost/kg were calculated. At the end of the feeding trial, the faecal samples were collected from 2 birds randomly selected per replicate and placed in a metabolic cage. Also, two birds were selected and slaughtered each for carcass traits evaluation. The proximate composition of the SKC revealed that it contains 93.30, 13.30, 21.00, 10.00, 6.30 and 42.70% dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), crude fibre (CF), ash and nitrogen free extract(NFE) respectively. The result showed significant (P<0.05) treatment effect on feed intake, final weight, weight gain and FCR. The performance of birds was significantly (P<0.05) improved by probiotics (Biovet-YC®) supplementation. The cost per kg feed ranged from N89.56 - N96.81 (T6 to T2). The feed cost and cost/kg gain was lower on shea kernel cake based diets than the control group. The carcass characteristics showed a significant difference (P<0.05) in all the carcass traits except for gizzard weight. Apparent nutrient digestibility was significantly (p<0.05) affected by probiotic supplementation with the exception of EE and NFE digestibility. It can be concluded that shea kernel cake is a potential alternative to dietary maize in term of nutrient value and can replaced it up to 5% but with probiotic supplementation can replace maize up to 10% in broilers ration.

Keywords: Growth, carcass, digestibility, shea kernel cake, probiotic, broiler

Growth performance and cost benefit of broiler starter chicks fed graded levels of yam peel meal ... more Growth performance and cost benefit of broiler starter chicks fed graded levels of yam peel meal (YPM) supplemented with phytase enzyme was investigated. One hundred and twenty Anak 2000 broilers of 10 – day old with likely equal initial weights were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments. Each treatment having 3 replicates with 10 birds per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The experimental diets consisted of 4 inclusion varied levels (0, 10, 20 and 30%) of YPM supplemented with phytase enzyme represented as Treatment 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Feed and water were offered ad libitum to the broiler chicks for 28 days period of study. YPM contained 91.26% dry matter (DM), 4.90% crude protein (CP), 10.02% crude fibre (CF), 2.00 ether extract (EE), 10.5% ash and 3.886kcal/g gross energy. The result showed that there were no significant differences (P>0.05) for the average values of growth parameters investigated except for feed conversion ratio (FCR), where significant differences (P<0.05) were observed as the level of YPM supplemented with phytase increased in the diet. Similar (P >0.05) mean values of cost parameters were observed. Therefore, the findings of this study shows that 30% YPM supplemented with phytase enzyme is adequate for better performance of broiler starter chicks at low cost of production.

Key words: Performance, cost, starter broilers, yam peel meal, phytase

The purpose of this study was to examine the comparative students' academic performance in Basic ... more The purpose of this study was to examine the comparative students' academic performance in Basic Science in public and private junior secondary schools in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. An achievement instrument tagged "Basic Science Achievement Test" (BASAT) was designed, validated

This research studied gender differences in student's academic performance in social studies in K... more This research studied gender differences in student's academic performance in social studies in Kaiama local government of Kwara state. Questionnaire which consists of 30 multiple-choice items drawn from Kwara State Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) multiple choice past question was used as the research instrument. The questionnaire was administered to 120 students from both private and public schools in the study area. The students' responses were marked and scored, afterward analysed using independent t-test. The results of the study showed that even though the male students had slightly better performance compared to the female students, it was not significant. However, the better performance of private school students was significant (p=0.05). Based on the findings of this study, recommendations were made. Parents are encouraged to provide the right education they can afford for their children irrespective of gender. Also, there should be a deliberate Federal Government policy to encourage absorbance of female students into further study in computer science. Furthermore, it was recommended that stake holders in the education industry should make use of these findings and try to research into ways of making gender sensitive policies.

Forty nine (49) days feeding trial was conducted to investigate the growth performance, carcass c... more Forty nine (49) days feeding trial was conducted to investigate the growth performance, carcass characteristics and nutrient digestibility of broilers fed graded levels of shea kernel cake meal with or without probiotic supplementation. Shea kernel cake (SKC), a major by-product of the shea butter or shea nut processing, is rich in carbohydrates and protein, but the presence of anti-nutritional factors, mainly tannin, saponin and theobromine, limits its use as animal feed ingredient. A total of two hundred and ten (210) Arbor acre, seven (7) days old broiler chicks were randomly allotted to seven dietary treatments containing 0, 5, 5+, 10, 10+, 15 and 15+ replacement levels of shea kernel cake meal with or without probiotic designated as T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 respectively. The level of the probiotic supplementation (+) was 0.5g/kg. Each treatments was replicated three (3) times with 10 birds per replicate in a completely randomized design. The experimental diets and clean drinking water were provided ad-libitum. The birds were weighed individually at the beginning of the study and weekly thereafter. Parameters measured were body weight and feed intake whereas, weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and feed cost/kg were calculated. At the end of the feeding trial, the faecal samples were collected from 2 birds randomly selected per replicate and placed in a metabolic cage. Also, two birds were selected and slaughtered each for carcass traits evaluation. The proximate composition of the SKC revealed that it contains 93.30, 13.30, 21.00, 10.00, 6.30 and 42.70% dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), crude fibre (CF), ash and nitrogen free extract(NFE) respectively. The result showed significant (P<0.05) treatment effect on feed intake, final weight, weight gain and FCR. The performance of birds was significantly (P<0.05) improved by probiotics (Biovet-YC®) supplementation. The cost per kg feed ranged from N89.56 - N96.81 (T6 to T2). The feed cost and cost/kg gain was lower on shea kernel cake based diets than the control group. The carcass characteristics showed a significant difference (P<0.05) in all the carcass traits except for gizzard weight. Apparent nutrient digestibility was significantly (p<0.05) affected by probiotic supplementation with the exception of EE and NFE digestibility. It can be concluded that shea kernel cake is a potential alternative to dietary maize in term of nutrient value and can replaced it up to 5% but with probiotic supplementation can replace maize up to 10% in broilers ration.

Keywords: Growth, carcass, digestibility, shea kernel cake, probiotic, broiler

Growth performance and cost benefit of broiler starter chicks fed graded levels of yam peel meal ... more Growth performance and cost benefit of broiler starter chicks fed graded levels of yam peel meal (YPM) supplemented with phytase enzyme was investigated. One hundred and twenty Anak 2000 broilers of 10 – day old with likely equal initial weights were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments. Each treatment having 3 replicates with 10 birds per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The experimental diets consisted of 4 inclusion varied levels (0, 10, 20 and 30%) of YPM supplemented with phytase enzyme represented as Treatment 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Feed and water were offered ad libitum to the broiler chicks for 28 days period of study. YPM contained 91.26% dry matter (DM), 4.90% crude protein (CP), 10.02% crude fibre (CF), 2.00 ether extract (EE), 10.5% ash and 3.886kcal/g gross energy. The result showed that there were no significant differences (P>0.05) for the average values of growth parameters investigated except for feed conversion ratio (FCR), where significant differences (P<0.05) were observed as the level of YPM supplemented with phytase increased in the diet. Similar (P >0.05) mean values of cost parameters were observed. Therefore, the findings of this study shows that 30% YPM supplemented with phytase enzyme is adequate for better performance of broiler starter chicks at low cost of production.

Key words: Performance, cost, starter broilers, yam peel meal, phytase