![]() Thus, this study was conducted to explore malting as a processing method and its effect on growth performance and haemo-biochemical parameters of broiler chickens. However, the presence of phytochemicals may limit its utilization in sustainable poultry production which require some form of treatment before use. ![]() Sorghum is amongst the most drought-tolerant cereals in the driest rain-fed regions of the arid and semi-arid tropics and hence its suitability in circumventing food and feed insecurity. Overall, the results from the study suggest that maize grains can be replaced with malted sorghum grains, especially Segaolane in poultry diets without any adverse effects on the bird’s growth’s performance and health status. Haematological and serum parameters fell within reported normal range of healthy chicken. Protein intake (PI) of birds on MSOBD was highest in all weeks. Poor feed conversion ratio (FCR) was observed on MBBD birds in week 3, 4, 5 and 6.The PER was lowest on MSOBD birds in week 2 and 6 but in week 5 the opposite is the truth. The birds on Control diet gained more weight than those fed malted sorghum based (MSOBD). Birds fed MSBD were eating more than those fed other diets. One hundred and fifty one-week old Ross 308 broiler (R308BC) were evenly distributed into 15 replicate pens (10 birds/pen) to which experimental diets were randomly allocated and offered in three phase feeding. Three isonitrogenous and isoenergetic diets were formulated by totally replacing maize with either malted Mr Buster (MBBD) or Segaolane (MSBD) and Control diets. Such balanced fishing pattern, based on traditional fishing practices, facilitates the provision of food and nutritional value of the fishery to marginalized communities. Based on this review, we debate that floodplain fisheries, like in the Okavango Delta, should be exploited using a diverse exploitation pattern to ensure a harvesting regime in balance with system productivity. We argue that identification of the processes that sustain production and biodiversity patterns is an essential step towards a better ecological understanding and natural resource management of river-floodplain systems. Consequently, the periodicity, magnitude and predictability of flows are the major drivers of the systems’ capacity to sustain persistent fisheries production and other ecosystem services affecting human welfare. Similarly, low floods may reduce inputs of nutrient resources from the terrestrial environment that support aquatic food webs and can lead to community disruption, even to the point of local extirpation of stranded fish in fragmented ephemeral pools in the floodplain. However, the dry season results in alteration or reduction in aquatic habitats available for fish reproduction. During the wet season, high flows increase connectivity in three dimensions (longitudinal, lateral, and vertical) which facilitates dispersal of aquatic biota, nutrients, and other material among successive locations in the riverscape. There is also a dynamic inter-annual variability in the fish species assemblage, particularly between “good” and “bad” flood years. The Delta’s fish species assemblage undergoes seasonal changes driven by the flood regime. It is characterized by a multi-species, multi-gear fishery adapted to the seasonal flood pulse. The Okavango Delta in Botswana is a large land-locked complex river-floodplain ecosystem, with a diverse biota, and high environmental heterogeneity due to periodic drying and flooding along a space and time gradient. Understanding the dynamics of these systems is important for developing adaptive fisheries management paradigms that will facilitate access and sustainability to this cheap but high-quality food and nutrition source. These systems support valuable floodplain fisheries that are a major livelihood for riparian communities. ![]() Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems globally characterized by dynamic interactions between terrestrial and aquatic habitats at different scales. ![]()
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