Evaluation of Proximate and Phytochemical Constituents of Two Garden Egg Varieties Grown in Zaria Metropolis: Potential Applications in Livestock Health, Skin Quality and Leather Manufacturing

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Ambugus Peter, Aliyu Abdulwali, Aishat Abuh, Afuwai Winnifred Godiya, Queendaline Okeh Obasi, Arinze Okeh, Musa Halilu Muhammed, Uwaiya Emmanuel, Samuel I. Blessing.

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Solanum spp, Proximate, Phytochemicals, Nutrients, Medicinals, Hide and skin, Leather.

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