Article published the May 3, 2022
INTRODUCTIONMedicinal plants are reservoirs of bioactive compounds used by humans since early ages in traditional medicine for the treatment and prevention of diseases due to their therapeutic potential (Arun and Varsha, 2014; Dilfuza et al., 2015). According to Oluwafemi et al. (2020); Adewale et al. (2020), there are over 500,000 species of medicinal plants identified globally which has led to t ...
Article published the April 25, 2022
INTRODUCTIONMedicinal plants are reservoirs of bioactive compounds used by humans since early ages in traditional medicine for the treatment and prevention of diseases due to their therapeutic potential (Arun and Varsha, 2014; Dilfuza et al., 2015). According to Oluwafemi et al. (2020); Adewale et al. (2020), there are over 500,000 species of medicinal plants identified globally which has led to t ...
Article published the April 6, 2022
IntroductionIn recent years, there has been increasing concern over the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock production due to the possible emergence of multi-drug resistance, dangers of environmental pollution and toxic residue in animal products (Diarra and Malouin, 2014; Alagbe, 2019). Consumption of animal products (meat, milk and eggs) with residues of antibiotics can actually have ...
Participation in Forum on December 21, 2020
Article published the December 14, 2020
INTRODUCTIONOne of the important cardinals of management is feeding and it accounts for 50-70% cost of production (Peter and Bern, 2013) but there has recently been an increase in competition among the ingredients used in the manufacture of animal feed. There is consequently a great need for alternatives that can supply in the high demand for such ingredients, in particular for soya bean meal (Chi ...
Article published the November 3, 2020
INTRODUCTIONThe huge increase in poultry production to meet the growing demand in Nigeria has led to the rise in antibiotic use, leading to a worrying increase in cases of antibiotic resistance diagnosed in animal and humans via direct contact, environmental contamination and food consumption, causing high cases of cancer and other ailments. According to NCI (2012), over 100 types of cancers affec ...
Participation in Forum on July 27, 2020
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Article published the June 23, 2020
INTRODUCTIONThe use of plants in traditional medicine (herbs) has been in existence for thousands of years because plants have proven to be a natural renewable resources with valuable bioactive compounds (Lina, 2017; Cherkupally et al., 2017) and also provided a clue on the discovery of new products of medicinal value for drug development (Senthilkumar et al., 2018). According to Rates (2001) out ...
Article published the April 22, 2020
INTRODUCTIONMedicinal plant is any plant which in one or more of its organs contains substances that can be used for therapeutic purposes or which are precursors for the synthesis of useful drugs (Sofowora, 1993). Recently, there has been increasing demand for organic or natural products to reduce or eliminate the use of antibiotics as growth promoters due to its high cost and negative human healt ...
Article published the December 23, 2019
IntroductionPoultry production has experienced a lot of remarkable growth within the past forty years, but there are still some problems confronting the industry, one of which is the high cost of feed materials. Recent data have shown that feed cost constitutes about 70-75% of the total cost of production, this could be basically attributed to the stiff competition between humans and animals for g ...