Ikpeze, O.O., Eneanya, C. I. and Ikerionwu, P. N.Due to reports emanating from Veterinary Clinic Awka to the Department of Parasitology andEntomology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University concerning the emergence and re-emergence of coccidiosisin small ruminants at Mgbakwu, this study was initiated and ca...
Jayeola, O.A., 2 Onadeko, S.A., 1 Ademolu, K.O. and 1 Awofeso, O.M.Study on prediction of body weight from linear measurements of other body parts of feralCanerats killed in Abeokuta, Ogun State was conducted. Seventy eight (78) canerats fromhunters return were collected and weighed. Other body parts of the anim...
BAKARE, A. A., ELEGBEDE, E.O. and OSOWOLE, O.I.The human sex ratio at birth (SRB) and frequency of twinning are demographic parameters that vary among populations. Aretrospective study was carried out to investigate the trend of SRB, as well as twinning rate in Ibadan, Nigeria. Data on sexeso...
AMODU, O.K., OLANIYAN, S.A. and OMOTADE, O.O.Parasite drug resistance remains a great hindrance to effective control of malaria. Despite the widespread resistance, Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) is still used as one of the Artemisin-based combination therapies (ACTs). SP resistancehas been...
Yashim, E. Y., Aken'Ova, T. O. L. and Auta, J.Genetic studies on wild and cultured species of Clarias and Heterobranchus were conducted from August 2012 to January 2013. A total of forty (40) specimens comprising Clarias gariepinus (10), C. anguillaris...
Histopathological alterations in gills, kidney and liver of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings exposed to aqueous leaf extract of Desert Date (Balanites aegyptiaca)
Wakawa, A. I. and Audu, S. B.One of the many biomarkers for determining the effects of pollutants on fish is changes in organ histopathology. Leaves of Balanites aegyptiaca have been reported to have phytochemicals with fish anaesthetic property. This study sought to...
Effects of collection zones and storage on hatchability and survival of feral helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris galleata pallas) eggs
Yusuf, A. A.,3 Jayeola, O. A.,1 Osunsina, I. O. O.,1 and Dedeke, G. A.The desire to shore up the shortfall in protein supply, the increased awareness of the importance of cholesterol free
animal protein, like guineafowl, and the need to conserve their wild genes, have necessitated studies on improved
capti...
Comparative study of fasting blood glucose and haematological parameters of Wistar rat, Rattus norvegicus and the common African toad, Bufo regulars
Isehunwa, G. O.*, Adenuga, A. M. and Alada, A. R. A.Haematological parameters are good indicators of the physiological status of animals and useful in understanding the
relationship of blood to the environment. This study was carried out to compare the fasting levels of blood glucose and
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Acute toxicity of Primextra Gold on freshwater fish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822)
Elebe, F. A *The need to boost food productivity to meet the demands of the ever-increasing human population necessitates the frequent use of agrochemicals. Primextra Gold containing atrazine (329g/l) and S-metolachlor (400g/l) is commonly used in agriculture...
Biochemical effects of lambdacyhalothrin on activities of some detoxifying
enzymes of Anopheles gambiae life cycle stages
Okoh, F. N. *Recent decrease in global malaria burden was achieved through vector control interventions with pyrethroid insecticides. This study was carried out to determine the influence of lambdacyhalothrin on the physiology and activities of some detoxifyin...
Sub-acute toxicity of hand sanitizer dermal exposure on albino rat (Rattus
norvegicus)
Inno-Anaemeje, P. N. *, Dike, C. S. , and Babatunde, B. B. *The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented awareness and use of hand sanitizer among the populace than seen before. This study used dermal sub-acute toxicity to assess the effect of triclosan-containing hand sanitizer on Rattus norvegicus...