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Armstrong Donkoh

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The researcher has conducted a comprehensive study across multiple themes focusing on broiler chickens' nutritional performance, dietary additives, ruminant nutrition, agricultural practices, and biochemical processes. Key findings include: 1. **Nutritional Performance**: BroILER chickens exhibit significant contributions to carrageenan content in meat from feeds with pito Mash-treated cocoa pod-husk ash or enzymatically hydrolysed corn cob. 2. **Cassava Research**: Discusses the necessity of Cassava starch residue as an energy source and its consumption by broiler chickens, emphasizing the role of Cassava research in optimizing nutritional intake. 3. **Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems**: Examines the use of palm kernel cakes as part of processing methods for attributes like nutrient profiles, fatty acids, etc., using raw seed meals as feed ingredients. 4. **Polysaccharides Composition**: Looks at the role of broiler chicken waste in rat digestibility assays using polyacronolates. 5. **Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity**: Evaluates narrative identity through ruminant nutrition from broiler feeds, utilizing rats as models. 6. **Agricultural Systems and Practices**: Examines the use of raw cotton seed meal (CSM) in layer diets. 7. **Cassava Research and Cyanide**: Discusses the need for Cassava starch residue as an energy source in poultry feeds and its consumption by chickens, along with cyanide studies on Cassava usage. 8. **Livestock and Poultry Management**: Focuses on dietary additives such as rain tree seeds, direct-fed microbial supplementation, chaya leaf meal, enzyme-treated cocoa pod husks, and pito Mash in broiler diets. 9. **Meat and Animal Product Quality**: Examines carrageenan content in meat from feeds with pito Mash-treated cocoa pod-husk ash or enzymatically hydrolysed corn cob. This synthesis highlights the researcher's extensive exploration of ruminant nutrition, dietary additives, biochemical processes, and agricultural practices to enhance broiler chicken performance.

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Ambient temperature: a factor affecting performance and physiological response of broiler chickens(1989)
Chemical composition of cocoa pod husk and its effect on growth and food efficiency in broiler chicks(1991)
Chemical composition of solar-dried blood meal and its effect on performance of broiler chickens(1999)
Comparison of the slaughter method and simple T-piece cannulation of the terminal ileum for determining ileal amino acid digestibility in meat and bone meal for the growing pig(1994)
Value of sheanut cake as a dietary ingredient for broiler chickens(1998)
The nutritional value of dried coffee pulp (DCP) in broiler chickens' diets(1988)
The effect of dietary crude protein content on apparent and true ileal nitrogen and amino acid digestibilities(1994)
The nutritive value of chaya leaf meal (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) Johnston): studies with broiler chickens(1999)
Nutritive value of feedstuffs for poultry in Ghana: chemical composition, apparent metabolizable energy and ileal amino acid digestibility.(2009)
Development of feed package for layers using low energy agro-industrial by products.(2010)
Effect of direct-fed microbial and antibiotics supplementation on the health status and growth performance of broiler chickens under hot humid environmental conditions(2012)
Comparison of methods to determine the endogenous amino acid flow at the terminal ileum of the growing rat(1995)
Endogenous ileal nitrogen and amino acid flows in the growing pig receiving a protein-free diet and diets containing enzymically hydrolysed casein or graded levels of meat and bone meal(1999)
The laboratory rat as a model animal for determining ileal amino acid digestibility in meat and bone meal for the growing pig(1994)
Blend of oil palm slurry and rice bran as feed ingredient for broiler chickens(2000)
Direct-fed microbial on the health status, productive performance and internal egg characteristics of layer chickens under hot humid environmental conditions(2014)
Management of environmental temperature and rations for poultry production in the hot and humid tropics(1988)
Effect of direct-fed microbial addition in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) diets on performance and health responses(2018)
True ileal digestibility of amino acids in meat and bone meal for the growing pig—application of a routine rat digestibility assay(1994)
The nutritive value of quality protein maize in the diets of broiler chickens(1998)
Effect of feeding regimen and lighting pattern on the performance of broiler chickens in the hot, humid tropics(1989)
Influence of processing temperature on chemicalcomposition of solar-dried blood mealand on performance of broiler chickens(2002)
Brooding chicks with or without supplemental heat and light(1984)
Value of peanut skins as a dietary ingredient for broiler chickens(1989)
Effect of direct fed microbial in layer diets, on egg laying performance and health response of indigenous Ghanaian guinea fowls (Numida meleagris)(2018)
Response of chicks to two diets of differing energy levels under conditions of brooding with or without supplemental heat(1987)
Growth response of broiler chickens to finisher diets containing high amounts of wheat bran(1999)
Effects of dietary vitamin C addition on the performance of broilers in a hot, humid environment(1998)
Growth Response and Economics of Production of Guinea Fowls Fed Diets Containing Blend of Bovine Blood and Cassava Meal(2017)
Evaluation of Methods of Processing Dried Poultry Waste in Terms of Performance and Carcass Quality of Broiler Chickens(1982)
Amino acid digestibility in meat and bone meal for the growing pig : the development of a digestibility assay based on the laboratory rat : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand(1993)
Meeting the Protein Requirements of Broiler Chickens through Plant Sources(2000)
Response of broiler chickens to different feeding times in the hot humid tropics(2000)
Assessing the Performance Characteristics of Chicken Layers Fed with Pito Mash Inclusion Diets Treated with Cocoa Pod-Husk Ash Extract(2014)
Assessment of the nutritional quality of variously-processed rubber seed meals as dietary ingredients using the laboratory rat as model for pigs(2017)
EVALUATION OF METHODS OF PROCESSING CHAYA LEAF MEAL (CLM) IN TERMS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ON PERFORMANCE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF CHICKS(2021)
The Impact of Feeding Strategies to Reduce the Heat Stress in Broiler Production(2023)
Evaluating Cassava Starch Residue as a Maize Substitute in Broiler Chicken Diets(2025)
Alternative organic wastes as substrates and its impact on growth, proximate chemical and mineral composition of black soldier fly ( <i>Hermetia illucens</i> ) larvae for subsistent animal feed(2023)
Alternative Feed Resource for Growing African Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus phoenicis) Larvae in Commercial Production(2018)
Nutritional Potential and Microbial Status of African Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus phoenicis) Larvae Raised on Alternative Feed Resources(2018)
Hypocholesterolemic potentials of garlic on the lipid profile of poultry birds and poultry products: A review(2024)
Chemical composition of chaya leaf meal (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) Johnston) and availability of its amino acids to chicks(1990)
Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of Dried Cashew Nut Testa Using Laboratory Rat as a Model for Pigs(2012)
Oil palm slurry (OPS) as a partial replacement for maize in the diets of broiler chickens(1987)
Effect of processing method on nutritive value of palm kernel cake in non-ruminant diets(2008)
Further studies on the use of solar-dried blood mealas a feed ingredient for poultry(2001)
Growth performance and economic evaluation of broiler Chicken fed with rain tree (Samanea saman) seed meal(2016)
Response of broiler chickens to the dietaryinclusion of &lt;i&gt;Chromolaena odorata&lt;/i&gt; leaf meal(2002)
Broiler performance on finisher diets containing different levels of either Pleurotus ostreatus-fermented dried cocoa pod husk or dried cocoa pod husk supplemented with enzymes(2009)
A note on nutritive value of blend of bloodand ground maize cob for broiler chickens(2003)
UTILIZATION OF CHAYA (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius(Mill.) Johaston) LEAF MEAL IN CHICK DIETS(2021)
Assessment of Samanea saman Whole Pod Extract as an Antimicrobial Agent and its Effect on Chicken Patties(2019)
Amino acid digestibility in non-ruminants : a review.(1991)
Feeding Graded Levels of an Improved Cultivar of Cowpea Haulm as Supplement for Rams Fed Maize Stover Diet(2013)
Intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance of sheep fed bambara groundnut haulm as supplement to a maize stover basal diet(2020)
Ground maize cob as a dietary ingredient for broilerchickens in the tropics(2003)
Effect of Diamond Vxpc (Direct Fed Microbial) on Broiler Performance and Health Status(2018)
Breadfruit (Artocarpusaltilis)Pulp Flour as a Non-Conventional Filler in Communited Pork: Effect on Physico-Chemical and Sensory Attributes of Meatloaves(2023)
Effect of raw cotton seed meal on the performance carcass characteristics and certain blood parameters of broiler chickens(1986)
Effect of variously-processed rubber seed meals on reproductive performance: The use of Sprague-Dawley laboratory rats as model for pigs(2019)
Some blood indices in finisher broiler chickens fed cocoa pod husk ( Theobroma cacao L.) fermented with Pleurotus ostreatus or treated with enzymes as ingredients in their diets(2014)
A note on the use of breadfruit meal (&lt;i&gt;Artocarpusincisus&lt;/i&gt;) as a feed ingredient for broiler chickens(2002)
Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. Strains Isolated from Some Selected Poultry Farms in the Oforikrom Municipality Kumasi, Ghana(2024)
Effects of times of collection and different storage methods on the microflora and nitrogen content of poultry waste(1986)
American Research Journal of Agriculture(2021)
Haematological responses of layer chickens fed with diets containing pito mash treated with cocoa pod-husk ash extract(2015)
Performance of indigenous guinea fowls (numida meleagris) fed direct-fed microbial(2016)
The use of raw cottonseed meal (CSM) in layer diets.(1987)
The Need and Acceptability of Cassava Starch Residue as an Alternative Energy Source in Poultry Feeds: Farmers and Consumers Perspectives in the Ashanti Region of Ghana(2025)

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