F. Olayemi, A. A. Sanni, M. Awonuga, O. Oke, O. Ogunsanmi
{"title":"Diurnal Variation In The Haematological Values Of The African Giant Rat (Cricetomys Gambianus, Waterhouse)","authors":"F. Olayemi, A. A. Sanni, M. Awonuga, O. Oke, O. Ogunsanmi","doi":"10.4314/TV.V24I1-2.4581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V24I1-2.4581","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of diurnal variation on the haematological values of the African giant rat was studied by collecting blood samples at 4hrs interval (from 9.30hr to 5.30hr the next day) from 24 healthy adult African giant rats (Cricetomys gambianus, Waterhouse). The rats were divided into 6 groups of 4 per group. There was no diurnal variation in the values of RBC, Hb, MCH, MCHC and MCV. However, the PCV value at 5.30hr was significantly lower than the PCV value at 9.30hr (P Keywords : African giant rat, diurnal variation, haematology Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 24 (1 & 2) 2006: pp. 11-15","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"115 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129000294","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}
{"title":"Residues of tetracycline in imported frozen chickens in South West Nigeria","authors":"M. Dipeolu, K. Dada","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I1.4564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I1.4564","url":null,"abstract":"Imported old layer birds (100) sold for human consumption in open markets in Ogun, Lagos and Oyo States of Nigeria were analyzed for the presence of tetracycline using microbiological assay technique. The assay was done on antibiotic medium 2 agar seeded with Bacillus subtilis (NRRL-B-354). Results showed that 14% of the birds were positive for tetracycline residues deposition. The mean concentration of the residues was between 0.0316µg and 0.0513µg for thigh muscle samples while the concentration of the residues recorded from breast samples were between 0.0383µg and 0.0727µg. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) in the concentrations of tetracycline residues recorded in both muscle types. Location of purchase of the chickens also had no significant effect on residue deposition in the tissues. Keywords : residues, tetracycline, imported layers Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(1) 2005: 1-4","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129082724","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}
{"title":"Peripheral plasma protein and progesterone profile in brown savannah goat","authors":"A. Adenkola, L. Durotoye","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I1.4566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I1.4566","url":null,"abstract":"Experiment was done to determine total protein (TP) in eight multiparous Brown Savannah goats between two weeks preparturm and seven weeks post-partum. The mean value of plasma total protein, 8.17 ± 0.62 gm% obtained two weeks before parturition was higher than normal range of 6.0-7.5 gm% for caprine species. However, at 5 th week postpartum, the plasma protein value rose to 8.25 ± 0.79 gm% (P nd week postpartum. The value rose to 0.1 ±0.02 ng/ml in the 3 rd week and dropped to 0.03 ±0.7ng/ml in the 4 th week, but later increased to 0.16 ±0.23 ng/ml by the beginning of the 6 th week. After the 6 th week, the value dropped to 0.06 ±0.06 ng/ml and was maintained at this level till about eight weeks when it further dropped to a very low level of 0.01 ±0.01 ng/ml, this variation is statistically significant (P Keywords : progesterone, prepartum, postpartum, plasma protein, goats Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(1) 2005: 14-17","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116335574","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}
{"title":"An outbreak of infectious bursal disease in eight weeks old IBD vaccinated commercial poultry flock in Maiduguri, Nigeria","authors":"A. El-Yuguda, S. Baba","doi":"10.4314/TV.V22I3.4558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V22I3.4558","url":null,"abstract":"An outbreak of infectious bursal disease (IBD) on an IBD vaccinated commercial poultry farm was investigated using clinical and pathological findings as well as antigen and antibody detection by agar gel immunodiffusion test (AGDT). Mortality was observed 3 days after the onset of clinical signs and peaked on day 5 but declined significantly on day 6 after the onset of the clinical signs. The clinical and pathological lesions observed were those of hurdling anorexia, diarrhoea, hemorrhages on the thigh and breast muscles and on the gizzard-proventriculus junction as well as inflamed bursa. A morbidity rate of 90%, mortality rate of 53.3% and a case fatality rate of 59.3% were recorded. The sera collected on day 3 post infection were negative for IBD virus precipitin antibodies, while the sera obtained 15 days post-infection had IBD virus precipitin antibodies with titres ranging from 1:16 to 1:128. In addition, the tissue from infected bursae were all positive for IBD virus precipitin antigens with titres ranging from 1:2 to 1:32. The outbreak could have arisen from IBD vaccination failure. Keywords : infectious bursal disease outbreak, vaccination failure, agar gel immuno-diffusion test, Nigeria Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 22(3&4) 2004: 93-98","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122774484","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}
{"title":"Public health implications of post-harvest fish handling practices in Nigeria","authors":"P. Bolorunduro, O. Jegede","doi":"10.4314/TV.V22I3.4557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V22I3.4557","url":null,"abstract":"In developing countries the issue of thorough handling of harvested fish is still problematic especially in respect of the level of post-harvest technology. In Nigeria, the fisheries sub-sector of the agricultural economy is a significant employer of labour, especially in the aspects of fish capture and post-harvest handling. A wide range of handling practices for harvested fish exists and they have economic as well as public health implications. This paper is a review of the existing problems in fish handling technologies at post-harvest in Nigeria. The public health aspects with the associated implications are highlighted. Status of policy on fish hygiene in the country, as well as guides to quality assessment are also discussed. It is the authors' hope that developing countries will lay emphasis on the public health aspects of fish at post-harvest, so that fish products will continue to play their roles as good sources of first class protein. Keywords : fish, post-harvest spoilage, public health Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 22(3&4) 2004: 85-92","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125507263","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}
{"title":"Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Oyo State, Nigeria","authors":"O. Faleke, G. Ogundipe","doi":"10.4314/TV.V22I3.4562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V22I3.4562","url":null,"abstract":"A retrospective analysis of abattoir records in Oyo State of Nigeria showed that 0.45% the total 661,048 cattle carcasses inspected between 1989 and 1998 had Cysticercus bovis . Participatory meat inspection at Moniya slaughter slab in Ibadan between August and October, 2000 showed that 1.76% of the 1,413 carcasses examined were infected. The predilection sites were tongue, heart, masseter muscle, liver and lung in that order with multiple organs affected in 28% of the carcasses. Seventy-two percent of the infected carcasses had a total of 160 viable cysts. A serological survey was conducted to detect circulating parasite antigens in serum samples of trade cattle using a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA). Thirty-four (12.8%) of the 265 serum samples screened were positive while cysticerci cysts were detected in only 9 (3.4%) of the corresponding carcasses during routine meat inspection. Sero-prevalence was positively correlated with ages of the animals while sex and breed had no significant effect, respectively. Improved meat inspections at abattoirs and with the adoption of the highly sensitive ante-mortem serological diagnosis technique will obviously result in the establishment of the true prevalent status of the infection in Nigeria and also facilitate effective control and eradication of the disease in man and animals. Keywords : Taenia saginata , cattle, Ag-ELISA Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 22(3&4) 2004: 113-117","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125218271","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}
J. Antiabong, E. Haruna, J. Owolodun, B. Yakubu, M. Odugbo, I. Suleiman, S. Ekundayo, P. Dalyop
{"title":"Isolation of Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica serotypes A2 and A12 from clinically ill and dead chickens: a case report","authors":"J. Antiabong, E. Haruna, J. Owolodun, B. Yakubu, M. Odugbo, I. Suleiman, S. Ekundayo, P. Dalyop","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I2.4572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I2.4572","url":null,"abstract":"Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica serotypes A2 and A12 were isolated in a poultry flock of laying birds in Vom, plateau State,Nigeria. The gross pathology at postmortem was similar to those of fowl cholera. This is the first reported case of these serotypes in Nigeria. Keywords : Mannheimia haemolytica , isolation, chicken Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(2) 2005: 61-64","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125600929","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}
A. Ogunleye, A. Ajuwape, A. Adetosoye, O. O. Alaka, B. Emikpe
{"title":"Outbreaks of Salmonella paratyphi A in a commercial poultry farm in Ibadan, Nigeria","authors":"A. Ogunleye, A. Ajuwape, A. Adetosoye, O. O. Alaka, B. Emikpe","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I2.4573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I2.4573","url":null,"abstract":"An outbreak of Salmonella paratyphi A in a commercial poultry farm in Ibadan is hereby reported. The clinical findings manifested by the birds were reduced appetite, increased water consumption and passed yellowish green stool. There was decreased egg production, prostration and death. Morbidity was 50% while mortality was 20% over a period of 3 weeks. Post mortem examination was conducted on dead birds. Liver was consistently congested and friable with whitish deposits and tiny necrotic foci, while the gall bladder was engorged consistently with bile. There was inflamed intestine mainly duodenal region. The isolate obtained from the liver was highly sensitive to gentamycin (10μg) and moderately sensitive to nitrofurantoin (300 µg), ofloxacin (30 µg), augumentin (30 µg), tetracyline (30 µg), ampicilin (25μg) and cotrimoxazole (25 µg) but was resistant to nalidixic acid (30 µg). Keywords : poultry, Salmonella paratyphi A, antibiotic sensitivity Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(2) 2005: 65-68","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116403363","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}
{"title":"Government interest can facilitate food irradiation practice","authors":"Nwanele S Aso","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I2.4569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I2.4569","url":null,"abstract":"The value of food irradiation relies on its capability to effect technical desires: modify cellular activities such as sprouting and senescence that degrade food utility; retard moulds, pests and other organisms that both contaminate and cause food to spoil; and kill bacteria, fungi and viruses that cause food borne diseases and toxicoses. Despite these benefits, Nigerian governments have not taken a firm stand on this promethean technology. Why is this so? This paper highlights governmental constraints to food irradiation and demonstrates how these constraints impose barriers on engineering practice. The paper then contributes compelling reasons on why the government should change its attitude and adopt the process. Improvements in food security, public health security, national economy, and environmental protection; as well as reductions in unemployment, crime and other civil perturbations were some of the reasons adduced. Furthermore, recommendations were proffered for a roadmap to the enthronement of food irradiation for the country. It is concluded that the implementation of the roadmap will ensure the derivation of food irradiation benefits, and by implication, unleash engineering practice and progress in Nigeria. Keywords : food, ionizing radiation, constraints, public health safety, environmental protection, engineering practice, public health Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(2) 2005: 32-46","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129664522","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}
{"title":"Diseases of goats in Zaria, Nigeria","authors":"N. Useh","doi":"10.4314/TV.V23I2.4570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/TV.V23I2.4570","url":null,"abstract":"A study was conducted at the Ahmadu Bello University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (ABUVTH), Zaria to document the diseases of goats that occurred in Zaria between January, 1986 and December, 2002. A total of 1247 goats aged between day old to 4 years and reared on free range were treated during the period. The breeds of goats presented include: Kano brown (48%), Sokoto red (30%), West African dwarf (WAD) (11%), mixed breeds or crosses (3%) and unidentified (8%), respectively. The diseases diagnosed were salmonellosis, piroplasmosis, contagious ecthyma, cowdriosis, brucellosis, lameness, tick infestation, colibacillosis, helminthosis, pregnancy toxemia, tetanus, piroplasmosis, retained placenta, paraphimosis, Oestus ovis infection, mange, verminous pneumonia, coccidiosis, goiter, neonatal hypoglycemia, goat pox and mastitis. Most (54.51%) of the diseases encountered were parasitic and farmers intending to establish goat farms in Zaria should be advised to plan for their control. The public health significance of those diseases that are zoonotic is discussed. The need to encourage traditional remedies in the treatment of these diseases was recognised. Keywords : diseases, goats, Zaria Tropical Veterinarian Vol. 23(2) 2005: 47-55","PeriodicalId":428776,"journal":{"name":"Tropical veterinarian","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124881484","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}