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The present review article demonstrates laboratory and field evaluations of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) against different developmental stages of fruit flies. The virulence of the EPNs differed clearly even on the same insect species and / or by the same nematode species. Such differences might be attributed to some reasons such as the method of... More
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Tribolium castaneum is a species of beetle in the family tenebrionidae, the darkling beetle. Conventional insecticides used for controling stored product pests are expensive and arguably associated with various severe adverse side effects hence the need to develop botanical pesticides that are effective as alternative. Though Azadrachta indica has been used for the control of so... More
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The main objective of this research was to determine the amount of oil fish were extracted from fish west resulted from butchering, cutting and splitting processes before salmon smoking by using cold pressing `methods. The amount and the characteristics of extracted of oil were tested at Regional Centre for food and feed the USDA Agricultural... More
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The shelf life of chicken meat has been rapidly reduced as a result of high environmental temperatures prevalent in the tropics which favored the activities of spoilage micro-organisms, and reactive oxygen species that function in oxidative damage. Newbouldia laevis (N. laevis) possess valuable antioxidant and antibacterial properties. However, information on the effect of aqueous extracts... More
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To determine the sero-prevalence of foot and mouth disease in southern zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, a cross-sectional examination of 340 sera samples were conducted from November 2015 up to May 2016. In addition, a structured questionnaire survey was done to know the perception and knowledge of the local community about the disease and 120... More