| effect of nine years of animal waste deposition on profile distribution of heavy metals in abeokuta, south-western nigeria and its implication for environmental quality. | uncontrolled deposition of waste from animal farms is a common practice in south-western nigeria, and the presence of heavy metals in soil constitutes environmental and health hazards by polluting the soil, ground water, adjoining streams and rivers. the study investigated the profile distribution of mn, pb, cd, zn, fe, cu, ni and cr in some tropical alfisols in south-western nigeria after nine years disposal of animal wastes. the amount of these metals in the soil horizons was high enough to ca ... | 2009 | 19525105 |
| changing lifestyle and prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral fulani children in southwest nigeria. | this paper reports the results of a cross-sectional study on the growth of fulani children, aged 6 months-15 years, living in kwara, ogun and oyo states, south western nigeria. this population of fulani are fully settled pastoralists whose economy and culture are now centred on cattle and farming. there is a dearth of information on the prevalence of malnutrition in this group. we measured the heights and weights of 164 girls and 167 boys and determined their anthropometric indices, height-for-a ... | 2008 | 19061253 |
| aflatoxin m1 contamination of milk and ice cream in abeokuta and odeda local governments of ogun state, nigeria. | a survey was undertaken to determine the aflatoxin m(1) contamination of milk and some locally produced dairy products in abeokuta and odeda local governments of ogun state, nigeria. samples of human and cow milk, yoghurt, "wara", ice cream and "nono" were collected randomly within the local governments and analysed for aflatoxin m(1) using the two-dimensional tlc. aflatoxin m(1) contamination in the range of 2.04-4.00 microg l(-1) was noticed only in milk and ice cream. in particular, samples o ... | 2007 | 17490709 |