The weather and climate of the tropics, Part 9 – Climate, flora and fauna

Galvin, Jim

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“…Nonetheless, the fluctuations in ambient temperature and relative-humidity in the dry season were within the ranges that are characteristic of the tropics (Galvin, 2009;Trewin, 2014). THI range of 29.30°C -31.10°C indicated that the studied bucks were very severely heat stressed according to the categorisation of Marai et al, 2002. This observation was similar to the conclusions made by researchers in the dry season in both Nigeria and Egypt (Akinsola, 2012;Nizza et al, 2003).…”

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Effects of dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and onion on semen profile, haematological and serum antioxidant status of rabbit bucks raised in the dry season of the humid tropic

Ajao

Ola

2022

J Agric Sciences

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Purpose:The study evaluated the semen, haematological and antioxidant status of rabbit bucks fed ginger, garlic and onion supplemented diets under a severely heat stressed condition. This is to evaluate the effect of heat stress and spice supplementation on seminal parameters, haematology and antioxidant capacity of rabbit buck raised in the tropics.Research Method: Fifty -five bucks were allotted to 11 treatments comprising of control diet, three each of ginger, garlic and onion at 5g, 10g and 15g/kg feed plus positive control diet. Seminal, haematological and antioxidant traits of the bucks and their pen's Temperature -Humidity index (THI) were observed for 8 weeks.Findings: ) recorded during the study indicated the prevalence of severe to very severe heat stress. Heat stress impacted negatively more on sperm morphology than on other seminal parameters. Sperm cell motility, viability and abnormality were similar within supplemented groups and the controls. Semen volume and concentration were highest in animals fed garlic at 10 and 15g/kg feed respectively. Spice supplementation had no significant effect (p>0.05) on the haematology and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of the experimental animals. Originality/value:The study concluded that spice supplementation mitigated heat stress effect on sperm cell morphology and was not deleterious on haematology and TAC of the bucks.

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Effects of dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and onion on semen profile, haematological and serum antioxidant status of rabbit bucks raised in the dry season of the humid tropic

Ajao

Ola

2022

J Agric Sciences

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“…(Figure SPM.6 of IPCC, 2007 The weather and climate of the tropics -Part 10 2007), 4 many of them along coasts or rivers, where transport and water resources have allowed populations to grow crops and flourish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ World_population#Population_distribu-tion). The extremity of most tropical climates -the discomfort of humidity, large desert temperature ranges, the cold of high mountains, copious rainfall -are well represented by the climate data (Galvin, 2009b).…”

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The weather and climate of the tropics: Part 10 – Tropical agriculture

Galvin

Jones

2009

Weather

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“…The determination of what volume of water to supply for use, when and where to ration water supply and so on require the knowledge of what is available of water resource both spatially and temporally. [3] and [1] noted that potential evaporation in the tropics is high and constant from year to year, that the difference between the warmest and coldest months is as low as 4 o C and could be less in some places close to the equator (see [4] and [5]). Apart from this, [3] and [6] highlighted the essence of studying evapotranspiration-water supply relationships.…”

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Relationship between Evapotranspiration and water Availability in the Tropical Regions: A Case Study of a South Western City in Nigeria

Ogunbode

Ifabiyi

2019

ACRI

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The understanding of the impacts of evapotranspiration on water supply in time and space is critical to a purposeful water management effort. A study was conducted to examine annual water balance situation in the humid tropical city of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. A thirty-year rainfall and temperature data (1977-2006) were collected from NIMET Office for this purpose. Annual evapotranspiration values were empirically determined using temperature data and Thornthwaite’s model. The study revealed that the major determinant of water balance is the availability of water at the surface which is majorly supplied by green surface and rainfall. Evapotranspiration rate was found to be relatively constant and high above 1000 mm annually ranging from 1249.7 mm in 1980 to 1112.87 mm in 2004 while annual rainfall total varies over the study period of 30 years ranging from 697.1 mm in 2002 to 1595.5 mm in 1998. Results showed that effort should be directed towards urban reforestation and or aforestation, planting of shade trees and other related measures that will encourage water availability for evapotranspiration process for improvement on water balance in the study area.

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The weather and climate of the tropics, Part 9 – Climate, flora and fauna

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Effects of dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and onion on semen profile, haematological and serum antioxidant status of rabbit bucks raised in the dry season of the humid tropic

Effects of dietary supplementation of ginger, garlic and onion on semen profile, haematological and serum antioxidant status of rabbit bucks raised in the dry season of the humid tropic

The weather and climate of the tropics: Part 10 – Tropical agriculture

Relationship between Evapotranspiration and water Availability in the Tropical Regions: A Case Study of a South Western City in Nigeria

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