{"title":"Glycaemic indices of unripe plantain (Musa paradisiaca) and unripe red banana (Musa sp. AAA) flour meals","authors":"N. O. Onuoha, A. Okafor, L. Okeke","doi":"10.4314/BR.V15I1.188318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/BR.V15I1.188318","url":null,"abstract":"This study determined the glyceamic indices of unripe red banana and unripe plantain flour meals. Unripe plantain and red banana were processed into flour and were subjected to proximate analysis using standard procedures. Twelve apparently healthy normo-glycaemic adults of normal body weight consumed 50 g digestible carbohydrate from glucose drink and test diets. Blood glucose concentration was measured prior to the consumption of the control and test diets and at 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after consumption of the standard and test diets. Glycaemic indices of the test diets were calculated. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics of SPSS version 16 and were presented as means and standard deviations. Unripe plantain and unripe red banana flours contained crude fiber (0.82% and 1.11%) and carbohydrate (85.85% and 86.77%), respectively. Glycaemic indices of unripe plantain and unripe red banana flour meals were 52.80 and 54.96, respectively. Keywords: Unripe plantain flour, unripe red banana flour, glycaemic indices","PeriodicalId":39601,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Agri Bio Research","volume":"101 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73535353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Ugochukwu, C. O. Anyaoha, C. Aneke, S. Idoko, J. U. Ugwu, K. T. Ughamba, E. Edeh, E. Ugochukwu
{"title":"Aerobic bacteria pathogens associated with caprine mastitis in Nsukka Area of Enugu State","authors":"I. Ugochukwu, C. O. Anyaoha, C. Aneke, S. Idoko, J. U. Ugwu, K. T. Ughamba, E. Edeh, E. Ugochukwu","doi":"10.4314/BR.V15I1.188321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/BR.V15I1.188321","url":null,"abstract":"This study ascertained the aerobic bacteria associated with cases of clinical and subclinical caprine mastitis. A total of 58 lactating West African dwarf does were used for this investigation. These lactating does had signs of clinical and sub-clinical mastitis. These samples were collected from Nsukka town, Nsukka abattoir, Orba Market, Obukpa Market and Obolllo - Afor market, all in Enugu State, Nigeria. Clinical mastitis was detected by gross signs of udder infection by physical examination of abnormal milk, whereas subclinical mastitis was recognized using California Mastitis test. This study showed that 39 (67.24%) of 58 goats were positive for mastitis on California Mastitis Test. Clinical and subclinical cases of caprine mastitis, Staphylococcus aureus was the predominant pathogen 32 (55.17%). 14 (24.13%) of the isolates were positive for Staphylococcus epidermidis , 6 (10.34%) for Streptoococcus agalactiae , 4 (6.89%) E.coli and 2 (3.44%) for Klebsiella pneumoniae . This work identified the bacterial species linked with caprine mastitis in Nsukka area of Enugu State. Keywords: Clinical mastitis, suclinical mastitis, aerobic bacteria, lactating, caprine","PeriodicalId":39601,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Agri Bio Research","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77159147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}