K. Joshua, A. Turaki, G. Egwu, A. Mani, M. Saidu, J. Abdullahi, H. Hussaini
Astudy was conducted to determine the prevalence and significance of haemoparasite of camels slaughtered in Maiduguri abattoir. Blood samples were colleced aseptcally from camels before slaughter noting age and sex of animals. The samples were processed for packed cell volume (PCV) and thin smear stained with Geimsa stain according to standard procedure. An overall prevalence of 14.2 % (n = 16) of the 113 animals examined was recorded in ths study Theileria camelensiswas mostprevalent (n = 9 or 8.0 %) folowed by Trypanosoma evansi (n = 4 or 3.5 %) and mix infection with both T. evansi and T. camellensis (n = 3 or 2.7 %). There was no significan difference (P>0.05) between male and female camels, however, there was signiicant difference between young and adult camels (P Keywords: Prevalence, Haemoparasite, Theileria camellensis , Trypanosoma evansi , Camel, Abattoir, Tropics
{"title":"Haemoparasites of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Maiduguri, Nigeria","authors":"K. Joshua, A. Turaki, G. Egwu, A. Mani, M. Saidu, J. Abdullahi, H. Hussaini","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48726","url":null,"abstract":"Astudy was conducted to determine the prevalence and significance of haemoparasite of camels slaughtered in Maiduguri abattoir. Blood samples were colleced aseptcally from camels before slaughter noting age and sex of animals. The samples were processed for packed cell volume (PCV) and thin smear stained with Geimsa stain according to standard procedure. An overall prevalence of 14.2 % (n = 16) of the 113 animals examined was recorded in ths study Theileria camelensiswas mostprevalent (n = 9 or 8.0 %) folowed by Trypanosoma evansi (n = 4 or 3.5 %) and mix infection with both T. evansi and T. camellensis (n = 3 or 2.7 %). There was no significan difference (P>0.05) between male and female camels, however, there was signiicant difference between young and adult camels (P Keywords: Prevalence, Haemoparasite, Theileria camellensis , Trypanosoma evansi , Camel, Abattoir, Tropics","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85447523","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}
Exophagic-anthropophilic mosquitoes were collected during the April 2007-January 2008 planting season in four designated milet and guinea-corn irrigaton fields sampled in Gezawa Agro-ecological Zone of North-central Nigeria. Gezawa-1, Gezawa-2, Ketawa and Jogana irrigaton fieldscontributed about 31.2 %, 24.8 %, 22.8 % and 21.2% respectvely, to the number of mosquito species collected in the zone. There was preponderance of Anopheles gambiae complex (20.7 %) over Culex quinquefasciatus (11.8 %), C. pipiens fatigans (9.0%), A. funestus complex (7.0 %), Aedes aegypti (6.9%), A. albopictus (6.6 %), C. ppiens pipiens (5.7 %). C tigripes (5.0%), A. pharoensis (3.7 %), A africanus (3.6%), A. taylori (3.4%), A. coustani (3.3 %), A. luteocephalus (2.9 %), A. vittatus (2.8 %), A. rhodesiensis (2.1 %) Mansona (2.0 %) A. simpsoni (1.9 %) and Psorophora species (1.6 %). A Shannon-Wiener and Simpson’s diversity values of 1.1431 and 0.0925 were recorded for the mosquito species in Gezawa Agricultural Zone. A. gambiae had the highest Shannon-wiener diversity and Simpson’s dominance indces of 0.1415 and 0.0427 respectively. There was no significant difference between species diversity for the four irrigation fields (P>0.001). Vector control mustbe carried out in the irrigation fields to reduce the number ofthese out-door biting mosquitoes, since total reliance on ACTs and ITNs could not offer full protection against malaria to farmers in Gezawa irrigation fields. Keywords: Mosquitoes, Composition, Diversity, Dominance, Tropical ecosystem, Irrigation
{"title":"Species composition and abundance of mosquitoes of a tropical irrigation ecosystem","authors":"V. Oguoma, O. O. Ikpeze","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48748","url":null,"abstract":"Exophagic-anthropophilic mosquitoes were collected during the April 2007-January 2008 planting season in four designated milet and guinea-corn irrigaton fields sampled in Gezawa Agro-ecological Zone of North-central Nigeria. Gezawa-1, Gezawa-2, Ketawa and Jogana irrigaton fieldscontributed about 31.2 %, 24.8 %, 22.8 % and 21.2% respectvely, to the number of mosquito species collected in the zone. There was preponderance of Anopheles gambiae complex (20.7 %) over Culex quinquefasciatus (11.8 %), C. pipiens fatigans (9.0%), A. funestus complex (7.0 %), Aedes aegypti (6.9%), A. albopictus (6.6 %), C. ppiens pipiens (5.7 %). C tigripes (5.0%), A. pharoensis (3.7 %), A africanus (3.6%), A. taylori (3.4%), A. coustani (3.3 %), A. luteocephalus (2.9 %), A. vittatus (2.8 %), A. rhodesiensis (2.1 %) Mansona (2.0 %) A. simpsoni (1.9 %) and Psorophora species (1.6 %). A Shannon-Wiener and Simpson’s diversity values of 1.1431 and 0.0925 were recorded for the mosquito species in Gezawa Agricultural Zone. A. gambiae had the highest Shannon-wiener diversity and Simpson’s dominance indces of 0.1415 and 0.0427 respectively. There was no significant difference between species diversity for the four irrigation fields (P>0.001). Vector control mustbe carried out in the irrigation fields to reduce the number ofthese out-door biting mosquitoes, since total reliance on ACTs and ITNs could not offer full protection against malaria to farmers in Gezawa irrigation fields. Keywords: Mosquitoes, Composition, Diversity, Dominance, Tropical ecosystem, Irrigation","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83960558","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 four months research survey of arthropod pests infesting dried fish sold in a tropical urban community market (Ogige), Nsukka, Nigeria showed that 10 genera of dried freshwater fish (Synodontis, Hemisynodontis, Oreochromis, Hepsetus, Gymnarchus, Labeo, Protopterus, Heterobranchus, Alestes, Heterotis) and two species of cod fishes sold in the market were arthropod infested. The pests were extracted by illumination and cracking methods and identified using relevant taxonomic keys. Voucher specimens were kept in the Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, University of Nigeria. Each of the fish genera harboured at least one of the following arthropods: Dermestes maculatus, Necrobia rufipes, Lardoglyphus konoi, Theridion saxatile and Tribolium castaneum. T. castaneum was found only in fish bones in the stall. Besides the resident pests, Periplaneta americana, Lucilia spp, Calliphora spp and Musca domestica were visiting pests of the dried fish sampled. D. maculatus was the dominant resident pest accounting for 57.07 % of the collected arthropods while Necrobia rufipe was next in importance, accounting for 21.54 %. The pests were identified using keys and voucher methods.
{"title":"Arthropod pests of dried fish and fish by product in a tropical urban community market","authors":"F. Ekeh, N. Ekechukwu, I. Onah","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48758","url":null,"abstract":"A four months research survey of arthropod pests infesting dried fish sold in a tropical urban community market (Ogige), Nsukka, Nigeria showed that 10 genera of dried freshwater fish (Synodontis, Hemisynodontis, Oreochromis, Hepsetus, Gymnarchus, Labeo, Protopterus, Heterobranchus, Alestes, Heterotis) and two species of cod fishes sold in the market were arthropod infested. The pests were extracted by illumination and cracking methods and identified using relevant taxonomic keys. Voucher specimens were kept in the Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, University of Nigeria. Each of the fish genera harboured at least one of the following arthropods: Dermestes maculatus, Necrobia rufipes, Lardoglyphus konoi, Theridion saxatile and Tribolium castaneum. T. castaneum was found only in fish bones in the stall. Besides the resident pests, Periplaneta americana, Lucilia spp, Calliphora spp and Musca domestica were visiting pests of the dried fish sampled. D. maculatus was the dominant resident pest accounting for 57.07 % of the collected arthropods while Necrobia rufipe was next in importance, accounting for 21.54 %. The pests were identified using keys and voucher methods.","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84639266","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}
The prevalence of Cysticercus bovis at Jos abattoir during post mortem examination conducted on Fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy two (14,372) slaughtered cattle over a period of two years (January 1997 – Dec. 1999), using evagination method. Out of 14,372 carcasses examined 1924 (13.4 %) tested positive for C. bovis. The sites of the location of the larvae varied from one organ to another with the heart having the highest 48 (30.0 %) and the least affected were the visceral organs livers, lungs and esophagi. There is a positive correlation between the number of C. bovis cyst and the percentage frequency of the organ affected (P<0.05) .
{"title":"Pevalence of bovine cysticercosis in Jos Abattoir, Nigeria","authors":"M. Qadeer","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I1.48705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I1.48705","url":null,"abstract":"The prevalence of Cysticercus bovis at Jos abattoir during post mortem examination conducted on Fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy two (14,372) slaughtered cattle over a period of two years (January 1997 – Dec. 1999), using evagination method. Out of 14,372 carcasses examined 1924 (13.4 %) tested positive for C. bovis. The sites of the location of the larvae varied from one organ to another with the heart having the highest 48 (30.0 %) and the least affected were the visceral organs livers, lungs and esophagi. There is a positive correlation between the number of C. bovis cyst and the percentage frequency of the organ affected (P<0.05) .","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83695654","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 study of the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate students was conducted at University of Nigeria Nsukka campus, Enugu, State, in the South Eastern partof Nigeria. A tota of 620 male andfemale students were randomly selected for the study. A structured and validated questionnaire and anthropometry were used for data collection. The study elicited information on the sex distribution of the subjects who were obese, their marital status, dietary pattern, activity pattern and their health status. Information obtained was analyzed using frequency distribution, percentages, means and cross tabulation. The result revealed that 21% of the participants were obese, (8.1% are males and 13.1% are females). Most of the participants who were obese were unmarried, a total of 934% of the of the study population. The result of the eating pattern showedthat 406% of the subjects purchased their foods from eating houses within the campus, 466% cooked their meals with foods brought fom their homes; 28.2% and 26.7% consumed fruits and vegetables daily respectively. Food choice was based on taste of the food, cultural demands and easy to prepare foods. Information on the activity level showed that 85.5% of the obese subjects occasionally engaged in physical activity. Assessment of the heath status indicate that 61% had cardiovascular disease; 23% were diabetics, 3.8% had gall bladder disease and 51% had other illness like ulcer, irregular menstruation, fever and stomach ach. Keywords: Obesity, Prevalence, University undergraduate students
{"title":"Prevalence of obesity among undergraduate students, living in halls of residence, University of Nigeria, Nsukka campus, Enugu state","authors":"U. Onyechi, A. C. Okolo","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48764","url":null,"abstract":"A study of the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate students was conducted at University of Nigeria Nsukka campus, Enugu, State, in the South Eastern partof Nigeria. A tota of 620 male andfemale students were randomly selected for the study. A structured and validated questionnaire and anthropometry were used for data collection. The study elicited information on the sex distribution of the subjects who were obese, their marital status, dietary pattern, activity pattern and their health status. Information obtained was analyzed using frequency distribution, percentages, means and cross tabulation. The result revealed that 21% of the participants were obese, (8.1% are males and 13.1% are females). Most of the participants who were obese were unmarried, a total of 934% of the of the study population. The result of the eating pattern showedthat 406% of the subjects purchased their foods from eating houses within the campus, 466% cooked their meals with foods brought fom their homes; 28.2% and 26.7% consumed fruits and vegetables daily respectively. Food choice was based on taste of the food, cultural demands and easy to prepare foods. Information on the activity level showed that 85.5% of the obese subjects occasionally engaged in physical activity. Assessment of the heath status indicate that 61% had cardiovascular disease; 23% were diabetics, 3.8% had gall bladder disease and 51% had other illness like ulcer, irregular menstruation, fever and stomach ach. Keywords: Obesity, Prevalence, University undergraduate students","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78111958","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}
The leaf extracts of Draceana aborea and Vitex doniana of Agavaceae and Verbenaceae families respectively, were tested on the larvae of anopheles mosquito for their botanical insecticidal effects. The results of the investigation showed that the minimum percentage mortality concentration (MPMC) of these leaf extracts on the test organisms were at 75ml/20ml and 10ml/20ml as the startng ponts for D. aborea and V. doniana, respectively. Findings equally revealed that the combination of D. aborea and V. doniana leaf extracts exerted synergistic effects on these organisms at 5.0ml/20ml, whereas the use of the D. aborea and V. doniana extracts separately resulted in reduced efficacy. Analysis of variance showed that, there was no significandifference (P = 0.01) between the synergy and the individual treatments of the leaf extracts on these organisms. Preliminary phytochemical screening showed the presence of flavonoids, free phenolics, condensed tannins, pseudoanins, triterpenes, glycosides and saponins which have someinsecticidal effects on their targeted organisms. These findings represent one of the steps in identifying plants, with insecticidal properties from the rich Bioresources in the Mosaic of the Low-Land Rainforest vegetation zone of Southeastern Nigeria. Keywords: Draceana aborea, Vitex doniana, Leaf extract, Botanical insecticide, Phytochemical, Anopheles mosquito
{"title":"Effect of leaf extracts of Draceana aborea l. and Vitex doniana sweet on the larvae of Anopheles mosquito","authors":"C. Nnamani, H. Oselebe, A. Ogbonna","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48725","url":null,"abstract":"The leaf extracts of Draceana aborea and Vitex doniana of Agavaceae and Verbenaceae families respectively, were tested on the larvae of anopheles mosquito for their botanical insecticidal effects. The results of the investigation showed that the minimum percentage mortality concentration (MPMC) of these leaf extracts on the test organisms were at 75ml/20ml and 10ml/20ml as the startng ponts for D. aborea and V. doniana, respectively. Findings equally revealed that the combination of D. aborea and V. doniana leaf extracts exerted synergistic effects on these organisms at 5.0ml/20ml, whereas the use of the D. aborea and V. doniana extracts separately resulted in reduced efficacy. Analysis of variance showed that, there was no significandifference (P = 0.01) between the synergy and the individual treatments of the leaf extracts on these organisms. Preliminary phytochemical screening showed the presence of flavonoids, free phenolics, condensed tannins, pseudoanins, triterpenes, glycosides and saponins which have someinsecticidal effects on their targeted organisms. These findings represent one of the steps in identifying plants, with insecticidal properties from the rich Bioresources in the Mosaic of the Low-Land Rainforest vegetation zone of Southeastern Nigeria. Keywords: Draceana aborea, Vitex doniana, Leaf extract, Botanical insecticide, Phytochemical, Anopheles mosquito","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79250167","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 study was carried out on patients clinically diagnosed of malaria or typhoid or both, at Nnewi Anambra State, Nigeria, to investigate the level of association between malaria and typhoid fever infections. The stool culture was used as an additional diagnostic test for typhod fever. The study indicated that out of 256 patients, 29(14.36 %) were diagnosed with concurrent malaria and typhoid fever based on bacterioogcal method as compared to147 (57.42 %) base on serological method. Plasmodum falciparum was the only Plasmodium species isolated. Furthermore, 42.59 % were lkely to have been falsely diagnosed of having concurrent malaria and typhoid fever using serology. Our study indicated that out of 202 (78.90 %) maaria positive patients, 13(6.44 %); 12(594 %) and 3(1.49 %) had concurrent malaria co-existing with Salmonella typhi, S. paratyhpi and S. typhimurium respectively. Malaria was positively associated with typhoid fever (P Keywords: Co-infection, Plasmodium, Salmonella, Malaria, Typhoid fever
{"title":"CO-INFECTION OF MALARIA AND TYPHOID FEVER IN A TROPICAL COMMUNITY","authors":"A. Ekesiobi, M. C. Igbodika, O. Njoku","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I3.48754","url":null,"abstract":"A study was carried out on patients clinically diagnosed of malaria or typhoid or both, at Nnewi Anambra State, Nigeria, to investigate the level of association between malaria and typhoid fever infections. The stool culture was used as an additional diagnostic test for typhod fever. The study indicated that out of 256 patients, 29(14.36 %) were diagnosed with concurrent malaria and typhoid fever based on bacterioogcal method as compared to147 (57.42 %) base on serological method. Plasmodum falciparum was the only Plasmodium species isolated. Furthermore, 42.59 % were lkely to have been falsely diagnosed of having concurrent malaria and typhoid fever using serology. Our study indicated that out of 202 (78.90 %) maaria positive patients, 13(6.44 %); 12(594 %) and 3(1.49 %) had concurrent malaria co-existing with Salmonella typhi, S. paratyhpi and S. typhimurium respectively. Malaria was positively associated with typhoid fever (P Keywords: Co-infection, Plasmodium, Salmonella, Malaria, Typhoid fever","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90521339","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}
O. O. Ikpeze, Immaculata Chioma Amagba, C. Eneanya
Atotal of 4650 domesticchickens, comprising 1410 cocks (30.3 %), 2550 hens (54.8 %) and 690 chicks (14.8 %), dspayed for sales between February and May 2008 at Eke-Awka market in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria were systematically examined for ectoparasites. Most of thecocks originated from the North while the hens and chicks were raised on nearby farms in Anambra and Enugu States. Overall, ectoparasites infested about 40.5 % of the chickens examined. The wing louse, Lipeurus caponis moderately infested 1935 chickens (41.61 %). The shaft louse, Menopon gallinae, extensively infested 2205 (3190 %), while the fluff louse Gonoicotes gallinae ghtly infested 471 (7.07 %) chickens. The stcktght fea, Echidnophaga gainacea, atacked the head regon of 3087 (69.37 %) whe the symptoms of scaly leg mite, Knemidocoptes mutans, was observed on 1679 (27.70 %) of the birds, respectvely. Market survey revealed a depreciation of about 10 to 20 % in the selling prizes of the affected chickens, a positive indication that ectoparasites on chickens are associated with financial losses incurred by operatives of the poultryindustry in Nigeria. Keywords: Ectoparasites, Chickens, Lipeuus caponis, Menopon gallinae, Gonoicoes gallinae, Echidnophaga gallinacea
{"title":"Preliminary survey of ectoparasites of chicken in Awka, south-eastern Nigeria","authors":"O. O. Ikpeze, Immaculata Chioma Amagba, C. Eneanya","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I2.48745","url":null,"abstract":"Atotal of 4650 domesticchickens, comprising 1410 cocks (30.3 %), 2550 hens (54.8 %) and 690 chicks (14.8 %), dspayed for sales between February and May 2008 at Eke-Awka market in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria were systematically examined for ectoparasites. Most of thecocks originated from the North while the hens and chicks were raised on nearby farms in Anambra and Enugu States. Overall, ectoparasites infested about 40.5 % of the chickens examined. The wing louse, Lipeurus caponis moderately infested 1935 chickens (41.61 %). The shaft louse, Menopon gallinae, extensively infested 2205 (3190 %), while the fluff louse Gonoicotes gallinae ghtly infested 471 (7.07 %) chickens. The stcktght fea, Echidnophaga gainacea, atacked the head regon of 3087 (69.37 %) whe the symptoms of scaly leg mite, Knemidocoptes mutans, was observed on 1679 (27.70 %) of the birds, respectvely. Market survey revealed a depreciation of about 10 to 20 % in the selling prizes of the affected chickens, a positive indication that ectoparasites on chickens are associated with financial losses incurred by operatives of the poultryindustry in Nigeria. Keywords: Ectoparasites, Chickens, Lipeuus caponis, Menopon gallinae, Gonoicoes gallinae, Echidnophaga gallinacea","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83579115","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}
The aetiology and epidemiology of African trypanosomiasis in bovine species are comprehensively presented. In addition, a critical review of the history and transmission of the disease is exhaustively discussed. The mystery of other epizootiological factors associated with bovine trypanosomiasis is highlighted. Four major elements were identified as important in the epizootiology of African animal trypanosomiasis namely the trypanosome, the tsetse fly, the mammalian host and the environmental factors. It was concluded that the phenomenon of high rate of resistance referred to as trypanosotolerance has genetic correspondence.
{"title":"Animal trypanosomiasis in Africa: Aetiology and Epidemiology","authors":"E. Ugochukwu","doi":"10.4314/ARI.V5I1.48718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ARI.V5I1.48718","url":null,"abstract":"The aetiology and epidemiology of African trypanosomiasis in bovine species are comprehensively presented. In addition, a critical review of the history and transmission of the disease is exhaustively discussed. The mystery of other epizootiological factors associated with bovine trypanosomiasis is highlighted. Four major elements were identified as important in the epizootiology of African animal trypanosomiasis namely the trypanosome, the tsetse fly, the mammalian host and the environmental factors. It was concluded that the phenomenon of high rate of resistance referred to as trypanosotolerance has genetic correspondence.","PeriodicalId":7872,"journal":{"name":"Animal Research International","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88397075","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. Onyido, N. Ozumba, V. I. Ezike, O. Chukwuekezie, E. Nwosu, O. Nwaorgu, O. O. Ikpeze
The mosquito fauna of Museum and Zoological Garden Complex (JZC), a major tourist attraction inJos Metropolis of Nigeria, was studied The choice of the complex was out of public health curiosity. A total of 627 mosquitoes comprising 4 genera, Aedes, Culex, Coquilletidia and Eretmapodites, and9 species were caught n two dfferent study trips. Five species, namely, Aedes aegypti, A. africanus, A. vittatus, Culex quinquefasciatus and Eretmapodites chrysogaster, caught by human bait method are known variously to be involved in the transmission of yellow fever and other viral diseases. Culex quinquefasciatus had the highest frequency followed by Aedes aegypti. Simpson’s dominance and Shannon-Wiener diversity indices of 0.4942 and 0.4550 were respectvely recorded for the whole mosquitoes sampled by the human bait method. C. quinqefasciatus was the most frequent species with diversity values of 0.4444 (Simpson’s) and 0.1174 (Shannon-Wiener), followed by A. aegypti with 00455 (Simpson’s) and 0.1431 (Shannon-Wiener). Ecological statistics demonstrated a highly significant diference in diversity between samples in March, during the dryseason, and June in the rainy season (P Keywords: Mosquitoes, Zoo Complex, Public Health, Aedes, Culex, Eretmapodites, Coquilletidia
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