Introduction

Agriculture is a crucial sector that provides employment opportunities for majority of Nigerian, and is responsible for more than one-third of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP), FAO (2012); Adetunji and Adeyemo, (2012) and Finlutell, 2013). The livestock sector is also crucial to the national economics development as it is the

main supplier of the highly essential animal protein (Timidayo 2017, Ogbu, 2010).

The livestock sector is also crucial to the national economics development as it is the main supplier of the highly essential animal protein (Timidayo 2017, Ogbu, 2010). The livestock sub-sector provides 53% of daily protein intake needed by an individual in Nigeria. Despite that, the country still lacks the provision of animal protein to meet

the recommended intake level (Oyono, 2015, Madzimure et al. 2012)