scholarly journals Indigenous management of Dystocia in ruminant livestock of northern guinea savanna of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-270
Author(s):  
G. N. Akpa ◽  
O. J. Ifut ◽  
F. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Oral Administration ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Sheep And Goats ◽  
Indigenous Management ◽  
Northern Guinea Savanna ◽  
Guinea Savanna ◽  
Savanna Zone ◽  
Ruminant Livestock ◽  
Native Herbs

This study, conducted in Bauchi and Zaria areas of the northern guinea savanna zone of Nigeria involved livestock that encountered problems during parturition Ninety eight Hausa-Fulani livestock holdings involving cattle, sheep and goats were investigated. The study focused on causes of and remedies for dystocia. The study showed that farmers have traditional means of handling difficult birth in ruminants. The identifiable causes of dystocia included age and size of dam, abnormal foetal presentation, poor health, multiple foetuses and weight and sex of the young. The management of this problem included the use of hand to correct foetal position, lubrication of the vulvo-vagina passage with mashed okra fruit for easy passage, and oral administration of solutions from native herbs, snake scales, potash and ashes.

Weed Control in Maize Using Mucuna and Canavalia as Intercrops in the Northern Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocent Y.D. Lawso ◽  
Israel K. Dzomeku . ◽  
Robert Asempa . ◽  
Samuel Benson .
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Northern Guinea Savanna ◽  
Guinea Savanna ◽  
Savanna Zone

scholarly journals Modeling Planting-Date Effects on Intermediate-Maturing Maize in Contrasting Environments in the Nigerian Savanna: An Application of DSSAT Model

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi I. Tofa ◽  
Uche F. Chiezey ◽  
Bashir A. Babaji ◽  
Alpha Y. Kamara ◽  
Adnan A. Adnan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Model Evaluation ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Northern Guinea Savanna ◽  
Guinea Savanna ◽  
Sowing Dates ◽  
Maize Varieties ◽  
Sudan Savanna ◽  
Savanna Zone ◽  
Good Agreement

The Crop Environment Resource Synthesis (CERES)-Maize model in Decision Support System for Agricultural Technology Transfer (DSSAT) was calibrated and evaluated with experimental data for simulation of response of two intermediate-maturing maize varieties to different sowing dates in the Nigerian savannas. The calibration experiments involved 14 consecutive field trials conducted in the rainy and dry seasons in Bayero University Kano (BUK), Dambatta, and Zaria between 2014–2019. Two sets of field experiments were conducted simultaneously for model evaluation in Iburu in the southern Guinea savanna zone and Zaria in the northern Guinea savanna zone during 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons. The experiments for calibration had two maize (SAMMAZ-15 and SAMMAZ-16) varieties planted under optimum conditions with no water and nutrients stresses. The trials for model evaluation were conducted using the same varieties under four different nitrogen (N) rates (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg N ha−1). A 30-year (1985–2014) term simulation was performed to determine effect of varying sowing dates on yields of two maize varieties (SAMMAZ-15 and SAMMAZ-16) in the Sudan savanna (SS), northern Guinea savanna (NGS), and southern Guinea savanna (SGS) zones. The calibration results showed that the cultivar coefficients of the two maize varieties resulted in simulated growth and development parameters that were in good agreement with observed parameters. Model evaluation showed a good agreement between simulated and observed data for phenology and growth of maize. This demonstrated the potential of the CERES-Maize model to simulate growth and yield of maize in the Nigeria savannas. Results of 30-year sensitivity analysis with 9 different sowing windows showed that in SS, sowing the intermediate maize varieties from early to mid-June produced the highest grain yields. In NGS, the optimum sowing windows were found between late June and late July for the both varieties. In SGS, the optimum sowing window is from early June to late July for SAMMAZ-15 and mid-June to late July for SAMMAZ-16. These planting windows gave the highest long-term average yields for each variety. The variety SAMMAZ-15 was found to be best performing across the three agro-ecologies. Maize performance was generally higher in NGS than in SGS. SS in the Sudan savanna recorded the lowest yield compared with other locations.

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