Milk and other dairy products remains a staple in the diets of most Ugandans but its production is increasingly constrained by feed scarcity and high costs of feeds especially during the dry season. A cross sectional ...

A study was conducted to assess the impacts of FMD outbreak on the livelihood of small holder cattle fanners in Soroti County, Soroti District. The objectives of the study were to determine the economic impacts of FMD ...

Livestock systems occupy about 30 percent of the planet's ice-free-terrestrial surface area and directly support, the livelihoods of 600 million poor smallholder farmers in the developing world. The livestock industry in ...

Herbal remedies have a long history of use for tick control Solanum incanum ripe fruits are locally used to manage ticks. In this study, the effect of Solanum incanum fruit extracts on egg hatchability, inhibition or ...

The main aim of the study was to determine the growth performance and Protein efficiency ratio of farmed Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings. Feeding trail was conducted for 4 weeks. It involved dividing 150 ...

The study was conducted to determine the levels of water parameters·(temperature, pH dissolved oxygen, nitrate and chlorophyll) and their effect on Nile. tilapia productivity in earthen ponds. All ponds were sampled once, ...

Animal manure is commonly being applied to agricultural land to improve soil fertility and organic matter content. Animal manure however, is the main organic fertilizer that contains heavy metals as contaminants, Residues ...

Commercial poultry production is low in Namutumba district and Uganda at large even after the plan to modernise agriculture, the low level of intensive poultry production has persisted long after even government intervene ...

The aim of the study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practices on hides and skins grading in Arapai Sub County; This was done by assessing respondent's knowledge, attitude and practices on hides and skins 99 respondents ...

The aim of this study was to assess the training needs of indigenous chicken farmers in Bududa district. This was done by determining their knowledge, attitudes and practices in the areas of chicken housing, feeding and ...