ORGAN WEIGHT CHANGES OF WISTAR RATS FED AFRICAN YAM BEAN (Sphenostylis stenorcarpa) SOAKED IN ACIDIC AND ALKALINE MEDIA

Authors

  • H. O. Amusa Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
  • O. O. Egbinola University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • O. A. Abu University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7113

Keywords:

African yam bean, wistar rats, acidic medium, alkaline medium

Abstract

A total of thirty wistar rats weighing 40-50g were randomly allocated to three dietary treatments of ten rats each in a completely randomized design to investigate the organ weight changes of wistar rats fed diets containing African yam bean (AYB) soaked in acidic and alkaline media. Three diets were formulated to contain dehulled AYB- (T1), and dehulled AYB soaked in ogi liquor- (T2), dehulled AYB soaked in wood ash- (T3). The experiment lasted for 28days. Four rats per treatments were sacrificed by cervical decapitation to evaluate the organ weight changes of wistar rat fed experimental diets. Liver, lungs and spleen were influenced by dietary treatments and there was no significant (P>0.05) difference in heart and kidney across dietary treatments. Rats on T3 had the lowest value for liver (1.86g), lungs (0.58g), kidney (0.29g) and spleen (0.12g) while rats on T2 had the highest value for liver (3.13g) and lungs (0.88gIt could be concluded that dehulled AYB soaked in wood ash gave the bestresults when it comes to weight of internal organs

Author Biographies

H. O. Amusa, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State

Department of Animal Health and Production

O. O. Egbinola, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Department of Animal Science

O. A. Abu, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Department of Animal Science

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Published

2024-07-15

How to Cite

Amusa, H. O., Egbinola, O. O., & Abu, O. A. (2024). ORGAN WEIGHT CHANGES OF WISTAR RATS FED AFRICAN YAM BEAN (Sphenostylis stenorcarpa) SOAKED IN ACIDIC AND ALKALINE MEDIA. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 619–621. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7113

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2016: NSAP 2016 Proceedings

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