EFFECT OF Senna occidentalis SEED MEALS ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF SAVANNA BROWN GOATS IN A SEMI INTENSIVE SYSTEM AS A TRAJECTORY TO FOOD SECURITY AND AVERSION OF BANDITRY AND KIDNAPPING

Abstract

This study explains a strategic way of producing Savanna Brown Goats in human living areas as a sustainable trajectory to Nigeria’s economic recovery and food security of individual and avert the risk of banditry and kidnapping that serve as treat to small ruminants producers in the villages. A semi – intensive management system was used behind the New Postgraduate School, Federal University of Technology, Minna. Niger State. Farm wastes crop remains and residues like virgina sinensesis hay manlhort utillissima tuber peels, groundnut cake and bonemeal (Yahaya 2014,2018), were formulated into feed with graded levels of inclusion of processed senna occidentalis seeds meals (T1 :0%,T2:5%,T3:10% and T4:15% ) and fed to the animals. Seena occidentalis seeds meals was obtained from the processed seeds of a plant called Negro coffee The result shows The result of growth performance of Savanna Brown Goat fed graded levels of Senna ocidentalis seeds meals (S.O.S.M) based diets presented in table 1.0. The result obtained showed that diet containing S.O S.M had effect (P< 0.05) on the growth performance of goats at week eight (8), week twelve (12) and at the total weight gain. However, the diets had no significant (P >0.05) effect at other weeks. the trajectory of semi intensive management and adoption of senna occidetalis seeds meal will give a positive result.