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SURVEY FOR WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION IN HORSES AND CULEX MOSQUITOES IN HORSE STABLES IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT West Nile virus (WNV) infection is mosquito-borne zoonoses involving birds, horses, humans and other species of animals. This study was designed to determine the…
STUDIES ON AFLATOXIGENIC ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS AND AFLATOXINS B1 AND M1 AND THEIR OCCURRENCE IN DAIRY CATTLE FEEDS AND MILK PRODUCTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT Nigeria has one of the fastest growing population in Africa. Increasing population and nutritional knowledge may put pressure of demand on the dairy…
PREVALENCE OF BRUCELLA ANTIBODIES IN HORSES AND KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF GROOMERS IN THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT In a study to determine the prevalence of Brucella antibodies in horses and knowledge, attitude and practices of groomers, blood samples for serum were…
PARASITOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR STUDIES ON TICKS AND BABESIASPECIES INFECTION OF DOGS IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The study aimed at determining the prevalence of Babesia species infection in dogs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria andidentification of ticks…
PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISATION OF FASCIOLA SPECIES FROM SNAILS, SLAUGHTERED CATTLE AND SHEEP FROM MAIDUGURI, GOMBE AND JOS ABATTOIRS, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The prevalence, morphometry and molecular characterisation of Fasciola species from slaughtered cattle and sheep, and snails from Maiduguri, Gombe and Jos were investigated. Prevalence…
OCCURRENCE OF SALMONELLAE, ECTO- AND GASTRO-INTESTINAL PARASITES AND ASSESSMENT OF BIOSECURITY IN KANO ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT Infectious and parasitic diseases in zoo animals affect their welfare, reproduction and longevity and pose health threat to researchers, visitors and staff of zoological…
SURVEILLANCE FOR AFRICAN SWINE FEVER AND CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT A serosurveillance study was conducted to detect the presence of antibodies to African swine fever virus (ASFV) and classical swine fever virus (CSFV)…
IN-VITRO ACARICIDAL EFFECTS OF JATROPHA CURCASMETHANOL SEED OIL EXTRACT ON RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) DECOLORATUSLARVAE AND ITS TOXICITY ON RABBITS
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 General Background to the Study Ticks are obligatory blood-sucking arachnid arthropods infesting a wide variety of animals including mammals, birds, reptiles and…
OCCURRENCE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS IN CATFISH (CLARIASGARIEPINUS) AND ITS HABITATS IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT Cryptosporidium is an apicomplexan parasite known to cause gastrointestinal disease in humans and several animal hosts including piscines. To determine the occurrence of Cryptosporidium…
LIVEWEIGHT CHANGES, SPERMIOGRAM AND GONADAL SPERM RESERVES OF YANKASA RAMS FED GRADED LEVELS OF DIETARY PROTEIN USING COTTON SEED AND PALM KERNEL CAKES
ABSTRACT Aim of this study was to assess the effects of graded levels of dietary protein on scrotal circumference,liveweight changes, semen characteristics, gonadal and extragonadal…
