Dr. Lawrence Tokunbo Egbeyale was born on January 23, 1975 at Itire, Lagos State to Chief Emmanuel Adeola and Mrs Rachael Omolere Egbeyale who hailed from Ilua, Kajola Local Government, Oyo State.
Educational Background
He attended Baptist Primary School, Ilua (1982 – 1987), Okeho-Iganna Grammar School and Ansar-Ud-Deen High School (1988 – 1994) both in Okeho, Oyo State. He later proceeded to the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (now Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta) where he obtained Bachelor Degree in Animal Science (First Class Division, 2004), Master of Agriculture and Doctor of Philosophy in Non-ruminant Production and Hatchery Technology in the year 2007 and 2010, respectively.
Work Experience
He served his father’s land as a member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at Teachers’ Training College, Gwio-Kura, Yobe State (2004-2005). After his service year, he joined the service of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 2005 in the Department of Animal Production and Health as a Graduate Fellow which later converted to Graduate Assistant in 2007. He rose through the ranks to Senior Lecturer in 2016.
His service within the University are;
Scholarship, Academic Honours and Membership of Learned Societies
He has numbers of distinctions, honours and awards. Such achievements are,
Service to Community
His research areas focus on management of hatchery operation and the use of medicinal plants as a replacement for the use of antibiotics in field of poultry and rabbit production since there is prohibition on the use of antibiotics due to their residual adverse effect. He had supervised 64 undergraduates, 3 Postgraduate diploma, 26 Master and 5 PhD students. He has forty-seven articles in learned Journals and thirty-five papers in referred conferences proceedings.
Egbeyale L.T. is happily married to Mrs. Grace Oluwatoyin Egbeyale and God has blessed the union with children.
1. Baptist Primary School, Ilua, Okeho Oyo State: 1981-1987
2. Okeho-Iganna Grammar School, Okeho, Oyo State: 1988-1993
3. Ansar-Ud-Deen High School, Okeho, Oyo State: 1993-1994
4. B. Agric. (Hons, First Class), University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State: 1999-2004
5. M. Agric., University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State: 2005-2007
6. Ph.D. (Non-Ruminant Production), University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State: 2008-2010
Registered Animal Scientist (NIAS/RAS/00398): 2010
Research completed but not yet published:
(b) Research in Progress:
Paper presented: Growth performance and economic benefits of weaner rabbits fed diets containing low levels of cassava root sievate
Paper presented: Effect of egg sanitizers on hatchability and post-hatching growth performance of broiler chickens
Paper presented: Evaluation of carcass and nutrient composition of meat sample from local and exotic breed cockerel.
Paper presented: Effect of egg size and strain on growth performance of cockerel at chick phase.
Paper presented: Effect of pre-incubation storage periods on post hatching growth performance of broiler chickens.
Paper presented: Replacement of soybean meal with Nannochloropsis spp: Effect on growth performance of weaner rabbits
Project, Dissertation and Thesis
(B) Journal Articles in Print
(iii) Edited Conference Proceeding:
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