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Replacement of fish meal protein by soybean meal protein with or without phytase supplemetion in snakehead (Channa striata) diets

Abstract: The study was conducted with snakehead Channa striata fingerlings (4-5g per fish) to determine the appropriate replacing levels of fish meal (FM) protein by soybean […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): Tr?n Th? Be; Tr?n Th? Thanh Hi?n
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Role of aquaculture pond sediments in sequestration of annual global carbon emissions

Abstract: Efforts to quantify carbon sequestration in inland water bodies have focused on inland seas, natural lakes, and large river impoundments (Mulholland and Elwood, 1982; Dean […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; C. Wesley Wood; Philip L. Chaney; Julio F. Queiroz
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Study on nitrogen and phosphorus budgets and production performance in higher-place pond of Litopenaeus vannamei

Abstract: Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in the higher-place ponds of Litopenaeus vannamei were studied systematically to investigate the effects of stocking seasons,shrimp larvae strains and grading […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): Jinliang LI; Chen Xuefen; Lai Qiuming; Lu Chunyu; Chen Jinling; Su Shuye
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Aflatoxin control and prevention strategies in maize for Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract: Mycotoxins are secondary fungal metabolites that contaminate agricultural commodities and can cause sickness or death in humans and animals. Risk of mycotoxin contamination of food […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): K. Hell; C. Mutegi; et al
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Nuts and healthy body weight maintenance mechanisms

Abstract: Nuts are rich sources of multiple nutrients and phytochemicals associated with health benefits, including reduced cardiovascular disease risk. This has prompted recommendations to increase their […]

  • Date of Publication: 2010
  • Author(s): RD Mattes; ML Dreher
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Livelihood trends in Response to Climate Change in Forest Fringe Communities of the Offin Basin in Ghana

Abstract: The livelihoods of forest fringe communities in Ghana depend, largely, on the renewable natural resources that they can find in the forests and any activities […]

  • Date of Publication: June 2009
  • Author(s): S. Amisah; A.B. Gyampoh; P. Sarfo-Mensah; K.K. Quagrainie
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Using Case Studies to Understand Successful Entrepreneurship Among Ghanaian Women

Abstract: The Enhancing Child Nutrition through Animal Source Food Management (ENAM) project identified constraints to availability, accessibility and utilization of animal source foods (ASF) in young […]

  • Date of Publication: April 2009
  • Author(s): Nana Akua Anyidoho; Gloria Y. Kobati; Lorna M. Butler; Grace S. Marquis; Esi K. Colecraft; Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Anna Lartey; B. K. Ahunu
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Livestock Production Systems and Environmental Interactions: Producer Response to Climate and Market Changes in the River Njoro Watershed, Kenya

Abstract: In developing countries, the past two decades have witnessed changes in market structure, climate and demographic characteristics resulting in fast growth in the demand for […]

  • Date of Publication: April 2009
  • Author(s): Daniel Kyalo; Muhia Njeri
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

The Economy of Change: Livelihood Diversification and Land Use Change in Simanjiro, Tanzania

Abstract: In East Africa, widespread conflict exists regarding the implications of land use practices for wildlife conservation. Among the Maasai of northern Tanzania, cultivation is increasing, […]

  • Date of Publication: March 2009
  • Author(s): Stacy J. Lynn
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Masculinization of the native cichlid Tenhuayaca, Petenia splendida (Gunther, 1862), using Artemia nauplii as vehicle of the steroid 17-? methyltestosterone

Abstract: At world-wide level the use of steroids to obtain all-male population in cichlids, has been widely used with the Objectives to avoid the reproduction process […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): Juan Manuel Vidal-Lopez; Carlos Alfonso alvarez-Gonzalez; Wilfrido Miguel Contreras-Sanchez; Ulises Hernandez-Vidal
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article