Le Niger est un pays d'élevage par excellence, cette activités est pratiquée par près de 87% de la population active. Le poulet représente 54,5% des volailles élevés au Niger en 2007 avec une prédominance de races locales qui représente 54,7% du cheptel. L'aviculture intensive concerne 2,8% des effectifs, le poulet de chair représente 1,6% du cheptel avicole et les poules pondeuses 1,2%. Avant le recensement, les services d’élevages considéraient que le poulet constituait 70% des volailles élevées au Niger (RGAC, 2008).
This study was conducted to recognize the physical and chemical properties of baobab seeds crude oil and its use in food frying process. The seeds were milled for proximate analysis: oil content, protein content, moisture content, total ash, crude fiber, and carbohydrate, then the results were recorded 27.5%, 14.0%, 5.7%, 3.4%, 15.0%, 34.4% respectively. The oil was extracted by mechanical pressing, then the physical properties density, viscosity, refractive index, and moisture content were tested, the results were recorded 0.9139, 22.6 cp, 1.4690, 0.1% respectively. Also the chemical properties peroxide value, free fatty acids, saponification value, and iodine value, were determined, the results were recorded 9.0 meqo2/kg, 1.8%, 240.4, 54.0 respectively.