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Modern Livestock and Poultry Production, 9th Edition

Author: Frank Flanders, James Gillespie

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP313

Topics: Livestock Production, Poultry Production, domestication, livestock industry, livestock production safety, nutrition, feeding, feed nutrients, feed additives, balancing rations, animal breeding, animal breeding genetics, animal reproduction, animal breeding systems, Beef cattle, marketing beef cattle, swine, feeding wine, swine housing, swine equipment, marketing swine, sheep, goats, sheep feeding, sheep management, horses, horsemanship, horse training, poultry, poultry diseases, poultry parasites, marketing poultry, marketing eggs, dairy cattle, dairy cattle breeds, feeding dairy cattle, dairy herd management, milking management, dairy heard health, dairy housing equipment, marketing milk, rabbits, Bison, ratites, Llamas, Alpacas, Elk

Animal Breeding and Livestock Improvement

Author: CE Isidahomen

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP507

Topics: Animal Breeding, Livestock Improvement, breeding systems, Performance testing and progeny testing, molecular markers, Variable number tandem repeat, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Identifying molecular markers, Gel electrophoresis, DNA tests, segregation analysis, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, genetic screening, genetic mapping population

Introduction to General Agriculture 2

Author: AD Adeleye

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: COP112, COP116

Topics: Agricultural Cooperatives, Agricultural Development Policy, Agricultural Development Planning, Agricultural Development Programmes, Integrated Rural Development, Agricultural Credit, Agriculture Credit Cooperatives, Agricultural Credit, Agricultural Marketing, Marketing Institution, Co-operative Marketing Organisations, Food Processing Cooperatives, Agriculture Products, Agricultural Produce, Storage, Pasture, Forage, Cash Crops, Cocoa, Oil Palm, Fertilizer, Manure, Livestock Farming, Poultry, Livestock Farming, Cattle Production, Livestock Farming

Principles of animal production

Author: Samson Aribido

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP202

Topics: Animal production, livestock production, livestock breeding, cattle production, sheep production, goat productions, pig production, poultry production, rabbit production, livestock management

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

General Agriculture

Author: MAK Smith

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR201

Topics: Land Tenure, crop classes, Tropical Agricultural Systems, Crop Production, crop propagation, Animal Husbandry, farm animals classes, Farm Animals distribution, Livestock Management Systems, Livestock Management, Fisheries, Fish Production, Aquaculture, Sustainable Forest Management, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Ecotourism

Agricultural Marketing and Price

Author: James Olukosi

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AEA304

Topics: Agricultural Marketing, marketing agencies, market organizations, market expansion, Market Structure Analysis, market conduct, market performance, marketing margins, marketing costs, marketing efficiency, Marketing Boards, Cooperative Organizations, Government Regulations, Government subsidies, credit schemes, Nigerian Agric Insurance company, commodity marketing, food grains marketing, seed cotton marketing, livestock marketing, livestock production marketing, demand, supply, agricultural prices, price fluctuations, empirical price analysis, international trade, free trade, Commodity Exchange Market, international market

Animal health Management

Author: Samuel Bankole

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP407

Topics: Animal health Management, Livestock sanitary practices, Food Animals Ante-mortem inspection, Food Animals post-mortem inspection, disease condition, sick animal recognition, disease diagnosis, livestock animals Drug Administration, Ethno-Veterinary Medicine, Animal Immunity

Animal Health and Diseases

Author: Clement Barikuma Innocent Alawa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP506

Topics: Animal Health, Animal Diseases, Animal immunity, livestock diseases control, bacterial diseases, viral disease, parasitic diseases, Metabolic diseases, Nutritional diseases, Zoonosis, treating livestock diseases, Disease Transmission, immune system, immunity

Modern Tort Law, 7th edition

Author: Vivienne Harpwood

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Law

Course Code: LAW323, PPL323

Topics: Modern Tort Law, tort, contract, criminal law, case law, tort of negligence, duty of care, psychiatric injury, economic laws, breach of duty, causation, statutory duty breach, occupier's liability, land trespass, nuisance, statutory nuisance, public nuisance, highway nuisance, private nuisance, animal liability, livestock, false imprisonment, employer's liability, product liability, consumer protection act, vicarious liability, goods trespass, common law, malicious falsehood, malicious prosecution, human rights act, privacy protection, property defense

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