Our Company Profile-snail & Grasscutter Farming « Result #1 on Dec 2, 2009, 6:05am »
Company Profile The name of our business is The Thy Consulting.It was registered as a business name on 8th June,2001.The general nature of our business are Business organization,Administration and Management with special interest on agricultural businesses and for now majorly focusing on snail and grasscutter Farming.
The main goal of our business is to help enough other people in setting up snail and grasscutter farming businesses.We intend to achieve this by through organizing of seminars and workshops,training,helping our clients to set up farms across the country,suppling breeding stocks of snails and grasscutters.
A lot of magazines and newspapers have also featured us – including The Nation News Paper – about 5 times and Business Day News Paper.The following are the links on articles written about Mr.Ismail AbdulAzeez on snail and grasscutter farning business:
Money Making From Snail Farming Money Making From Grasscutter Farming
Mr.Ismail AbdulAzeez has also written two books on snail and grasscutter farming. The titles of the books are: THE BEAUTY OF SNAIL FARMING with ISBN 978-978-084-418-9 and Copy Right Certificate No. CN/L/0580 and THE BEAUTY OF GRASSCUTTER FARMING with ISNB 978-978-900-057-9 and Copy Right Certificate No. CN/L/1342.
Location: We are located at plot 4,Ismail AbdulAzeez Street Singer BusStop,Ewupe-Ijaniye, Sango Ota Ogun State.
Customers/Clients: Our customer base is very wide and lagre and span through the following: Retired or soon to be retired executives, young graduates,School leavers, unemployed, farmers, exporters, investors, and entrepreneurs
Clients Comments: a).1. My interest first was caught in the way and manner the wife took off in her husban absence,explaining everything in detail.That gesture compelled me to ask her whether she read agriculture.
2. The delivery of the lecture by the wife and husband agitated my mind into a greater anxiety to take off the snail and grasscutter farming.
3. Both husband and wife were pleasant and I sensed an eagerness for me to grasp everything and their willingness to expose me to the market was amazing.
Mr. Osondu Anyalechi, Isolo,Lagos.
b).The training on snail and grasscutter farming was educative and interesting.
Odunuga Taiwo,Oworosoki,Lagos.
c).Am excited,especially talking to a practical farmer and am happy that you have support services on snail and grasscutter farming @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARMS.
Mr.Fred Eneye,PortHarcourt.
d).I came across your website during my web surfing and I must say I am really impressed of the way you tried to impact on your visitors. I am in the process of setting up a small-scale snail and rabbit farm. But after spending some time at your website I decided to go for snail and grasscutter farm.
Bernard G
e).I feel very good after having my snail farming training here @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARMS. I feel relieved from the training because I have been trained by other people which I`m not convined. I thank God for that.
Mr.Tony Nnoka,PortHarcout.
f).The training is straight forward,detailed and above all,snail farm sites visited. It is recommended for `money making on snail farming`.
Ahmend Haruna.
g).The snail farming training has envision my vision about this industry.It is quite amazing.I will go for it big time.May God help THE THY CONSULTING.
3. At least I`m sure of self employment through grasscutter farming and also hope to be a millionaire within a short time if I can manage myself on the field.Thanks to Almighty Allah and THE THY CONSULTING for the opportunity. May Allah continue to strengthen you.
Abdulfatai AbdulAkeem, Ibadan.
4. The Grasscutter training was interesting and quite educative.It was also good the interactive session pattern it took.God bless you THE THY CONSULTING.
Mike, BJ Export.
5. I have that confidence of being able to go into grasscutter farming after receiving the training @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARM. Also,with the quality of the training @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARM,I can say the trainer,Mr.Ismail AbdulAzeez is competent.
Ilomeh Fidelis.O, Port Harcout.
6. For the grasscutter farming,it is also very educative and interesting.More grease to your elbow.
Adigun,S.A, Ikorodu,Lagos State.
7. The grasscutter farming teacher is very patient.Receive your own grasscutter farming too @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARM.
Mr.Austin Okechuku,Ogun State.
8. With the training I had with your The Thy Consulting I can now be rest asure that I can now start with rearing of snail & grasscutter.
Mr.Akinyemi,Lagos state.
9. The training on grasscutter farming is analytical,explanatory and interesting.I felt like I should just jump into the business and start immediately.God bless this organization.
Mike Dairo, Ogun State.
10. I have that confidence of being able to go into grasscutter farming after receiving the training @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARM http://www.thethyconsulting.com/thebeautyofgrasscutterfarming.htm . Also,with the quality of the training @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARM,I can say the trainer,Mr.Ismail AbdulAzeez is competent.
Ilomeh Fidelis.O, Port Harcout.
11. The seminar on snail & grasscutter farming is quite intersting and an eye opener for anyone that want a better life.If you need a better thing to invest your money in better not let this opportunity pass you bye.See you at the top.
Gbenga Oriwe,Sango Ota,Ogun State.
12. The training programme on the grasscutter rearing & snail farming was an eye opener and gave me the needed education in the proper management of grasscutter and snail farm.
Onyeawu Nnamdi Kelechi,Portharcout.
13. I came to know about THE THY CONSULTING http://www.thethyconsulting.com via the web.I thought it was one of those ficticious claims but it was not.
The skill acquisition on snail and grasscutter farming was informative,practical and life changing.
I was given what I needed and shown what I needed to see.
Very interesting grasscutter farming training « Result #3 on Nov 26, 2009, 5:27pm »
Very interesting and educative.Any intending grasscutter farmer needs the grasscutter farming training @ http://www.thethyconsulting.com to avoid making costly mistakes. Mr.Obiora Ogonsiagbe, Eastern Nigeria.
A greater anxiety to take off grasscutter farming « Result #4 on Nov 25, 2009, 2:26pm »
1. My interest first was caught in the way and manner the wife took off in her husban absence,explaining everything in detail.That gesture compelled me to ask her whether she read agriculture.
2. The delivery of the lecture by the wife and husband agitated my mind into a greater anxiety to take off the snail and grasscutter farming.
3. Both husband and wife( http://www.thethyconsulting.com ) were pleasant and I sensed an eagerness for me to grasp everything and their willingness to expose me to the market was amazing.
Support Services on Grasscutter Farming « Result #5 on Nov 25, 2009, 1:53am »
Am excited,especially talking to a practical farmer and am happy that you have support services on snail and grasscutter farming @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARAMS http://www.thethyconsulting.com
Nutritive potentials of growing grass-cutter « Result #6 on Nov 19, 2009, 4:57pm »
Livestock Research for Rural Development 20 (11) 2008 Guide for preparation of papers LRRD News Citation of this paper
Nutritive potentials of four conventional forages fed to growing grass-cutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) O O Obi, A J Omole, F O Ajasin* and O O Tewe** Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria * Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, Nigeria ** University of Ibadan, Nigeria omoleboye@yahoo.com Abstract This study examined the nutritive potentials of four conventional forages fed to growing grass-cutters. A total of thirty-six growing grass-cutters were randomly allotted to 4 dietary treatments in a completely randomized design. Animals in treatment 1 were fed elephant grass stem (EG) while in treatment 2, 3 and 4, they were fed guinea grass (GG), pineapple top (PT) and sugarcane growing point (ST) respectively. Feed intake, weight gains were measured while feed conversion ratio and nutrients’ digestibilities were calculated.
The results revealed that the weight gains were better in grass-cutter fed with elephant grass stem and ST (P<0.05) but the feed intakes were relatively the same for all the treatments (P>0.05). Feed conversion ratios, crude protein, fibre and ether extract digestibilities were not significantly different from one another (P>0.05).
Farmers would be encouraged to feed grass-cutters with any of the aforementioned conventional feeds.
Introduction In Ghana, it has been reported that grass-cutter contributes to both local and export earnings and dominates the bush meat trade (GEPC 1995). Grass-cutter farming in Nigeria has been gaining a lot of popularity because of its low capital input. The meat is a delicacy and there is no taboo against the rearing and consumption of grass-cutter meat. The meat qualities of the grass-cutter compared favourably with those of domesticated livestock species. The mature live-weight is 5 – 8kg with an average dressing percentage of 65% (Baptist and Mensah1986; Adeola 1992). The meat has a low cholesterol and a low fat contents (Fayenuwo et al 2003).One of the major factors that affect livestock production is the cost of feeding which constitutes about 70 – 80% cost of production (Omole et al 2007). Grass-cutters can utilize high fibrous feeds like the rabbit. Both can utilize cellulose or fibre fraction of the feed more than poultry (NRC 1991; Adeola 1992; Asibey and Addo 2000). The caecum, a specialized organ located at the of the junction of small and large intestine contains a lot of bacteria that enable the grass-cutter to survive on low calorie and high fibre diet (Fayenuwo et al 2003). The conventional feeds fed to grass-cutter include cassava tuber, guinea grass, elephant grass and sugar-cane stems, pineapple top, sweet potato, etc. (Ayodele 1988) Documentation of the performance of grass-cutter fed these aforementioned will serve as reference point for further research work in nutrition. This study was therefore designed to determine the growth performance and nutrients’ digestibilities of growing grass-cutters fed elephant grass, guinea grass, sugar-cane growing point and pineapple top.
Materials and methods Experimental site
The experiment was conducted at the grass-cutter unit of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, moor plantation, Ibadan, which is located on Longitude 03°51E, Latitude 07°23N and Altitude 650”.It lies in the humid zone of the rainforest belt 0703.25 of Southwestern Nigeria with mean annual rainfall of 1220 mm and mean temperature of 26°C. The study lasted for 12 weeks with an initial 2 weeks for acclimatization.
Housing
The grass-cutters were reared in a wooden cage of 12 compartments. Each compartment had a dimension of 0.35 x 0.35m. The legs of the cage were put inside a container containing used engine oil in order to prevent invasion of soldier ants.
Experimental procedures
Before the commencement of the experiment the cage was thoroughly disinfected with morigard (Lysol) disinfectant and also washed severally with diazintol (Lysol) following the dilution rates specified by the manufacturers and allowed to dry. The growing grass-cutters were treated on prophylactic dose before the experiment for the control against bacterial and coccidial infections.
Experimental animals
Thirty six growing grass-cutter of both sexes of mean weight 653.89±2.5g were used for the experiment.
Experimental design
A completely randomized design was used for the trial. The trial consisted of 4 treatments (T1 – T4) with each treatment being replicated 3 times with 3 growing grass-cutters per replicate. Grass-cutters in treatment 1 (T1) were fed elephant grass stem (EG) while grass-cutters in treatment 2, treatment 3 and treatment 4 were fed guinea grass GG, pineapple top (PT), and sugarcane growing point (ST) respectively. Both ST and elephant grass stem were cut into smaller pieces of about 7cm length. The feeds and water were served inside feeding and water trough made of clay. The quantity of each feedstuff supplied every morning and the left-over from the previous day were weighed and recorded. The feedstuffs given were rinsed thoroughly with water to remove dirt before feeding it to the grass-cutter.
Parameters measured
The initial weights of the growing grass-cutters were taken at the beginning of the feeding trial and subsequently at an interval of one week with a top loading weighing balance. Measurements of apparent feed intake were taken on a daily basis by deducting the left-over feed from feed offered with the use of top loading weighing balance. Feed conversion ratio was also calculated as the ratio of feed intake to weight gain
Digestibility trial
The digestibility trial was carried out at the end of 12 weeks. Four animals per treatment and housed individually. Faeces and urine were collected daily, in foil trays placed under the cage of each animal. The daily collection for each grass-cutter was weighed and stored inside a refrigerator. This was done for seven days at the end of which, the faecal collections were bulked and a sample was taken per grass-cutter for proximate analysis. The urine was also bulked and a sample taken for nitrogen analysis
Chemical analysis of the feeds and faeces
Proximate analyses of the feeds and faeces were carried out according to the method outlined by AOA C (1990).
Statistical analysis
The data were subjected to statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significant differences between the means were separated by using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (SAS 1999).
Results and discussion The results of the chemical composition the feeds showed that the moisture content of elephant grass stem and ST was higher than that GG and PT. The percent crude protein also followed this same trend. The crude fibre was low in elephant grass stem and ST compared to GG and PT (Table 1).
Table 1. Chemical composition of the conventional forages on % dry matter basis
Parameters, % Elephant grass stem guinea grass stem Pineapple top Sugarcane growing point
Dry matter 25.4 22.7 19.8 24.9
Crude protein 6.78 5.13 4.89 5.92
Crude fibre 17.4 14.1 15.6 15.3
Ash 11.7 12.4 8.73 11.5
Ether Extract 1.93 1.90 1.86 1.09
Nitrogen free extract 36.7 43.7 49.07 41.2
Feed consumption is always affected by level of crude fibre of the diet. The higher the crude fibre of the feed, the lower the feed consumed (Arthur 1975). The initial weight of the grass-cutters was relatively the same so as to reduce error in the feeding trial and to obtain unbiased results. Significant differences (P<0.05) were observed in the mean total weight gain of the grass-cutters. The highest weight gain was recorded for grass-cutters fed ST though this was not significantly different from that of elephant grass stem (Table 2). The mean total feed intake was significantly (P<0.05) influenced by the feed given as observed in Table 2. It was observed that the feed intake recorded in growing grass-cutter fed ST was relatively higher than others.
The lowest feed intake was recorded in grass-cutter fed GG. The high feed intake recorded in ST could be due to sweet and succulent nature of sugar-cane stem. It has been reported that grass-cutters preferred succulent and sweet feed (Fayenuwo et al 2003). The low percent crude fibre of ST compared to GG and PT also influenced its high
Table 2. Summary of performance of growing grass-cutter fed four different conventional forages
Parameters, mean values Elephant grass stem Guinea grass stem Pineapple top Sugarcane growing point ± SEM
Initial weight, kg 0.654 0.649 0.652 0.645 0.0102
Final weight, kg 1.78 a 1.67 b 1.70 b 1.77 a 0.0694
Total weight gain, kg 1.12 a 1.024 b 1.049 b 1.121 a 0.023
Weekly weight gain, kg 0.0927 a 0.0853 b 0.0875 b 0.0935 a 0.0026
Total feed intake, kg 5.44 5.16 5.18 5.47 0.14
Weekly feed intake, kg 0.453 a 0.429 b 0.431 b 0. 456 a 0.0153
Feed conversion ratio 4.86 5.04 4.94 4.89 0.84
Means with different superscripts along the same row are significantly different (P<0.05)
The better weight gains recorded in ST and elephant grass stem over GG and PT could have been due to increased feed intake as a result of low fibre content, sweet and succulent nature of ST and elephant grass stem as mentioned above. The efficiency of feed utilization which is the ratio of feed intake to weight gain as shown in Table 2 was relatively the same. The values range between 4.88 and 5.03, numerically, the order of preference is ST > EG > PT > GG. The results of nutrients’ digestibilities as shown in Table 3 indicates that no significant differences was observed in the dry matter digestibility across the treatments and the values ranged between 65.5 and 68.4% (P>0.05). The crude protein, crude fibre, ether extract and ash digestibility followed the same trend with that of dry matter digestibility.
Table 3. Nutrients Digestibility of growing grass-cutter fed four different forages
Parameters, mean values Elephant grass stem Guinea grass stem Pineapple top Sugarcane growing point ± SEM
Means with different superscripts along the same row are significantly different (P<0.05)
Numerically, the order was ST > EG > PT > GG. The better the nutrients digestibility, the better is the feed utilization (MacDonald et al 1987). The better performance reported in grass-cutter fed ST and elephant grass stem could be as a result of improved nutrients digestibility (Tables 2 and 3) compared to PT and GG.
Conclusions It could be concluded that sugarcane growing point and elephant grass stem would support better growth of grass-cutters than pineapple top and guinea grass, however, the efficiency of feed utilization and nutrients digestibility were relatively the same.
Based on these results, any of the aforementioned feeds could be given to grass-cutters but there is need for determination of nutrients requirements for different stages of production of grass-cutter in the tropics.
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Received 16 June 2008; Accepted 15 July 2008; Published 6 November 2008
Re: 1 Week to 2 weeks Grasscutter Farming Training « Result #10 on Nov 15, 2009, 12:53pm »
Good day,
We train people on snail and grasscutter farming on daily basis.The training fee for both is N25,000 covering manuals,vcds and practical on the farm training.Time is 10.00am prompt.It is usually taken place @
THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARMS 4, Ismail AbdulAzeez Street, Singer Bus Stop, Ewupe-Ijaliye, Ado Odo Ota Local Govt, Area, Sango Ota, Ogun State. Tel: 08023050835 or 07033632285 ask of Ismail AbdulAzeez or Kabirat AbdulAzeez.
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