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1983

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An Extension Teaching Demonstration Using Broiler Chicks As A Model, Joseph B. Ishaya May 1983

An Extension Teaching Demonstration Using Broiler Chicks As A Model, Joseph B. Ishaya

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This test demonstration was intended to develop a modern management program to improve broiler production in Nigeria through extension teaching methodology. The management programs included animal health, nutrition, and general care.

Some of the factors that limit broiler production in Nigeria are associated with the management strategy presently adopted by Nigerian subsistence farmers.

This report considers the effect of different protein sources on broiler nutrition and the techniques necessary to get the farmers to practice the result of up-to-date research findings.

The extension teaching demonstration reported here is based on 60 day-old chicks. Chicks were randomly assigned to two pens, …