IOSR-JAVS   Volume-12 ~ Issue-11 ~ November 2019

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to find the optimal economic management of agricultural production, by minimizing the use of available water resources. The plain of Magnesia prefecture was chosen for this study, as it constitutes the most representative part of the plains of Greece. The method of Multi-criteria Analysis and more specific the Compromise Programming was used for the optimization of the agricultural production. The aim was to find the relatively optimal solution by evaluating alternative crop restructuring scenarios for the irrigation network. The result of this research is the final optimal restructuring of crops in irrigation network that brings all the benefits of using it, in both economic and environmental terms...

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ABSTRACT: Phytogenic feed additives (PFA), comprising of herbs, spices, essential oils, plant extracts and products derived thereof have gained considerable importance in view of the worldwide ban on the inclusion of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in food animals. PFA have also been reported to influence meat and carcass quality traits in animals. The present study was aimed at comparing the effects of a PFA and an AGP on carcass traits in broilers. A 39-day trial was conducted with an as-hatched flock of 432-day-old Cobb 400 broilers. Chicks were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments with 12 replications per treatment and 12 birds per replicate. The three dietary treatments comprised of a control (basal diet), AGP (basal.........

Keywords: broiler, phytogenic feed additive, antibiotic growth promoter, carcass

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ABSTRACT: Bruising, morphological distortion, decaying, discolouration and mycotoxin production instored melon seedsensued partly as a result of several microbial activities within the storage environment. Shelled and unshelled melon seeds were collected from store houses in local markets within Lagos, Nigeria. Disease diagnosis, characterization andLaboratory analysis were conducted on samples collected.Absidia corymbifera and Penicillium spp caused decay and mummification of unshelled melon seeds, Cladosporium spp and Aspergillus fumigatus degraded the unshelled seed hilum, while A. flavus, Curvularia spp and Cladosporium spp caused tanning.......

Keywords: Mycotoxin; Stored melon seeds; Microbial activities; Disease diagnosis; Fungi.

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