Sumerianz Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary
Online ISSN: 2617-3077
Print ISSN: 2617-3131
Quarterly Published (4 Issues Per Year)
Journal Website: https://www.sumerianz.com/?ic=journal-home&journal=30Archive
Volume 2 Issue 10 (2019)
Effect of Albizia Lebbeck Seed Oil Dietary Supplementation on the Heamatological and Serum Biochemical Parameters of Weaner Rabbits
Authors : Alagbe J. O. ; Grace Funmilayo R.
Abstract:This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of Albizia lebbeck seed oil (ALO) dietary supplementation on some hematological and serum biochemical parameters of weaner rabbits. Fifty (50) weaned rabbits of mixed breed and sexes, aged between 6-7 weeks with an average initial body weight of 510 ± 0.31 were randomly divided into five treatment groups with five replicates, each of two rabbits in a completely randomized design (CRD). Treatment 1 was fed basal diet without ALO, Treatment 2, 3, 4 and 5 were fed basal diet supplemented with ALO at levels of 0.1 %, 0.2 %, 0.3 % and 0.4 % respectively and the experiment lasted for ten weeks. Results for haematology showed that all the parameters (PCV, Hb, RBC, MCH, MCV, MCHC, WBC and its differentials) were significantly (P<0.05) affected by the dietary supplementation of ALO also higher mortality was also recorded among animals in T1 (3) and none was recorded in the other groups. Total protein, glucose, urea, cholesterol and activities of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were significantly (P<0.05) different among the treatments. However, total bilirubin and creatinine were not significantly (P>0.05) influenced by ALO. Results obtained from this study showed that the ALO inclusion at 0.4 % had no deleterious effect on the blood profile of rabbits.
Pages: 96-100
Use of Bacterial Endophyte as a Control for White Aphid’s Infestation in Tobacco Plant
Authors : J. O. Raymond Anyasi ; R. O. Anyasi
Abstract:This study entails the effectiveness of colonization of bacterial endophytes as a way of controlling the attack of aphids in tobacco, following inoculation of the cells in plants. Pseudomonas parafulva Ros-1 were inoculated using foliar spraying and the treated was studied against the un-inoculated control in Nicotiana tabacum for 60 days. This was to ascertain whether P. parafulva can inhibit the infestation of aphids on the plant. The foliar parts of the plants were assessed post inoculation for their colonization by the pest. Significant differences at P < 0.05 of colonization were established between the inoculated and the control. Un-inoculated control demonstrated the highest infestation in the tobacco plant for the period of the test. Leaf inoculation of an endophytic strain of P. parafulva provides succor to the treat of aphids on tobacco plants. Growth index measured demonstrated a positive relationship between the inoculation of the endophyte and the growth parameters which included stem length and germination rate. This study, therefore, showed that the bacteria strain P. Parafulva Ros-1 as an endophyte of tobacco could be used to curb the infestation of aphids.
Pages: 88-95