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Animal Nutrition, 7th edition

Author: P McDonald, RA Edwards, JFD Greenhalgh, CA Morgan, LA Sinclair

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP202

Topics: Animal Nutrition, water, carbohydrates, monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, lipids, fats, glycolipids, phospholipids, steroids, terpenes, protein, nucleic acid, amino acid, peptide, vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin C, hypervitaminosis, minerals, acid-base balance, enzymes, digestion, metabolism, protein synthesis, carbohydrate synthesis, digestibility, food energy value, food evaluation, crude protein, lactation, food intake, grass, forage crops, legumes, silage, hay, artificially dried forages, straws, chaff, roots, tubers, cereal grains, cereal by-products, protein concentrates, food additives, animal products

Introductions to Soil Mineralogy

Author: Nafiu Abdu

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Mineralogy, soil fertility, soil chemistry, pedology, Soil composition; soil air, soil water, kaolinite, Illite, Smectite, Mixed layer Clays Silica minerals, Iron, aluminum oxides, hydroxide, oxyhydroxides, Differential thermal analysis, X-Ray diffraction analysis, Infrared spectroscopy

Introduction to Pedology and Soil Classification

Author: Sanusi Muhammad

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SST 301, SOS301

Topics: Pedology, Soil Physics, soil formation, soil morphology, soil characteristics, soil components, soil-forming rocks, rock weathering, minerals, soil survey, soil mapping, soil classification, Nigerian Soils, Nigerian Soils properties, Nigerian Soils classification

Animal production resources

Author: Aderonke Nana Agbor

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP511

Topics: Animal production resources, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, water, food classification, feeding stuff classification, feed supplments, dry forages, dry roughages, Energy feeds, Protein Supplements, Mineral Additives, Vitamin Supplements, Nonnutritive Additives, Succulent Feed, Concentrate feeds, cereals, legumes, oil seeds, animal nutrition, Protein quality, Essential fatty acids, Fat soluble vitamins, Oilseed cakes, oilseed meals, Oilseed Processing

Principles of Soil Chemistry, 4th Edition

Author: Kim Tan

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM301

Topics: Soil Chemistry, analytical chemistry, geochemistry, Particle Accelerators, Synchrotrons, Stanford Linear Accelerator, Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator, Fermi National Laboratory Accelerator, Brookhaven Realistic Heavy Ion Collider, quarks, leptons, Atomic Numbers, Avogadro’s Number, atomic orbitals, Acid–Base Titrations, Precipitation, Complex Reactions, Chemical Units, Molarity, Molality, Radioactivity, isotopes, mole fractions, Soil Composition, Electrochemical Potentials, carbon dating, Electrochemical Cells, Nernst Equation, Electron Activity, chemical potential, membrane potential, Soil Gas, Oxygen Revolution, soil aeration, soil aerification, Soil Air Quality, Hydrotropism, Hypoxia, soil water chemistry, Oxygen Demand of Water, Total Soil Water Potential, Matric Potential, Pressure Potential, Osmotic Potential, Gravitational Potential, Plant–Soil–Water Energy Relation, water dissociation, Colloidal Chemistry, Colloidal System, soil humus, Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, Nucleic Acids, lipids, Lignins, humic matter, Electron Microscopy, Clay Minerals, Surface Potential, Electric Double Layer, Helmholtz Double-Layer Theory, Gouy–Chapman Double-Layer Theory, Adsorption Isotherms, soil adsorption, water adsorption, Cation Exchange, Cation Exchange Reactions, Cation Exchange Capacity, Langmuir–Vageler Equation, Mono-Divalent Cation Exchange Reaction, Mono-Monovalent Cation Exchange Reaction, Anion Exchange, Phosphate Retention, Phosphate fixation, Phosphate Potential, Soil Reaction, Acid–Base Chemistry, Weathering, Coordination Theory, Complex Formation, chelation, Metal–Organic Complex Reactions, Clay–Organic Compound Complexes

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

Advanced Soil Science

Author: Aliyu Musa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM516

Topics: Soil Science, silicate chemistry, soil form rocks, minerals, soil composition, soil porosity, soil texture, soil density, soil water relationships, Evapo-Transpiration, tillage, soil properties, Soil Micro-Organisms, Shifting Cultivation, Fallow System

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