OBSERVATIONS ON HEALTH AND STRESS IN WORKBULLS UNDER INDIGENOUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN KADUNA AND KATSINA STATES OF NIGERIA
OBSERVATIONS ON HEALTH AND STRESS IN WORKBULLS UNDER INDIGENOUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN KADUNA AND KATSINA STATES OF NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | MOHAMMED, Abdullahi Kolo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-10T07:44:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-10T07:44:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-09 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF M.Sc. DEGREE IN VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE SEPTEMBER, 1998 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A total of 2,887 workbulls comprising Bunaji, Bokoloji and Rahaji breeds, aged 2.5-9 years, belonging to 240 farmers in Soba and (iivva Local Government Areas of Kadnna State and Malumfashi and Dutsin-Ma LGAs of Katsina State, were investigated for the prevalence of traumatic and non-traumatic disease conditions. Bunaji breed constituted 91% (2627), while Bokoloji and Rahaji breeds represented 8.7% (251) and 0.3% (9)of the cases investigated, respectively. Important health problems observed were traumatic conditions (45.0%), helminthiases (24.4%), ecto-parasitism (22.2%), dermatophilosis (kirchi) (10.4%), anaplasmosis (4.2%) and babesiosis (4.0%). Other conditions included footand- mouth disease (1.8%), abscesses (1.1 %), foot-rot and orchitis (0.2% each). Workbulls were 13.6 times more likely to have traumatic conditions than non-workbulls in the areas studied. Significantly high relative risks (P<0.05) were obtained for the months of March through July. In another study, 36 of the Bunaji breed belonging to 18 tanners, derived from the same population were used to investigate the hematological and scrum biochemical changes before and immediately after ridging activity. Significant (P<0.01) elevations in hematological parameters (RBC, PCV, Hb, WBC and neutrophils) were observed immediately alter strenuous ridging activity. Neutrophilia with marked lymphocytopenia and eosinopenia were demonstrated, indicating stress. While decrease in erythrocyte indices MCV, MCH and MCHC were insignificant (P>0.05). There were also significant (P<0.0l) elevations in chloride, BUN, creatinine and total protein. However, the increase in sodium and albumin were insignificant while bicarbonate and potassium levels decreased immediately after work. Most farmers were observed to use each workbull for about four planting seasons before replacement. Commonly used ridgers in the area were Emcort(R) (45%), loeally fabricated ones (45%), and Kasco(R) (10%). The ridgers' mean weight was 35.40 + 4.50 kg while the bulls ridging speed on a plain rain-fed soil was 0.90 ± 0.1 1 m/s. The area ridged was 0.23 ha/hour (1 ha/4.35 hours) and the bulls worked an average of 6.16 ± 1.67 hours/day during the period of active land preparation for planting (May-July). The mean live-weight of the bulls at the start of the study was 381.80 ± 60.01 kg and 372.39 ± 38.72 kg at the end of the study. During the rainy season, workbulls maintained their weights by grazing 5-6 hours/day on natural grassland. While those weighing over 250 kg were supplemented with 3.5 - 6.5 kg agro-industrial by-products 3 times daily in the late dry season, prior to maintaining and preparing them for farm work during the early rains period | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5292 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | OBSERVATIONS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | WORKBULLS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | INDIGENOUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, | en_US |
| dc.subject | KATSINA STATES OF NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.title | OBSERVATIONS ON HEALTH AND STRESS IN WORKBULLS UNDER INDIGENOUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN KADUNA AND KATSINA STATES OF NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |