| outbreaks of rinderpest in wild and domestic animals in nigeria. | rinderpest, although eradicated from nigeria in 1974 after the jp15 campaign, was reintroduced into sokoto state in 1980 and again into borno state in 1983. the latter outbreak spread rapidly throughout nigeria and severely reduced the cattle population. an estimated one million cattle were lost. an outbreak occurred at the maiduguri zoo, in borno state, in january 1983 and killed 15 elands and six sitatungas. in march 1983, rinderpest appeared in yankari game reserve in adjoining bauchi state a ... | 1990 | 2343518 |
| west nile complement fixing antibodies in nigerian domestic animals and humans. | a survey for west nile complement fixing (cf) antibody was carried out in humans and domestic animals in nigeria. human sera were obtained from two communities namely ibadan and ogbomoso but animal sera were collected from ibadan and maiduguri. the overall cf antibody to west nile virus in the two localities surveyed was 65%. of 170 persons tested, 53% and 75% were positive in ibadan and ogbomoso respectively. antibody prevalence increased with age in both communities. tests for antibody against ... | 1990 | 2100749 |
| prevalence of bovine campylobacteriosis in indigenous cattle of three states in nigeria. | a survey of bovine campylobacteriosis in breeding bulls and cows was carried out in the states of kaduna, kano and borno. six hundred and eighty nine cattle composed of 585 and 104 breeding bulls and cows respectively were sampled. campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis was isolated from 12 bulls while campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from three of them. campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from four cows while campylobacter fetus subsp. veneralis was isolated from one cow. ... | 1991 | 1763437 |
| resurgence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in nigeria. | epidemiological reports and post-mortem examination of slaughtered cattle indicate that prevalence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp) in nigeria is on the increase, despite annual mass vaccinations and other protection measures. the number of reported outbreaks increased from 20 in 1981 to 64 in 1988, 114 in 1989, 82 in 1990 and 52 in 1991 (january to june). post-mortem examinations conducted between january 1988 and june 1991 at the abattoir in maiduguri, capital of borno state (nigeri ... | 1992 | 1472726 |
| arrow injuries in north east nigeria. | arrow injuries are an extinct form of injury in most parts of the developed world but constitute 0.1% of emergency admissions in the university of maiduguri teaching hospital annually. this is a retrospective study of arrow injuries carried out over a ten-year period (1989-1999) in order to study the reasons for its continued incidence the presentation and the experiences in the management of these injuries. there were 73 cases of arrow injuries and were all males with a peak age incidence of 31 ... | 2003 | 14529215 |
| study on the susceptibility of sahel goats to experimental trypanosoma vivax infection. | sahel goats, also known as borno whites are found in the northern semi-arid, tsetse free sahel region of nigeria. they are transported alongside cattle from this zone to all other zones in the country, including the tsetse-infested zones, for commercial purposes and are kept for some time in these tsetse-infested zones until they are sold. this study therefore assessed the susceptibility of this breed of goats to trypanosome infection and its response to treatment with berenil. six bucks were in ... | 2006 | 16497441 |
| a survey for haemagglutination-inhibiting antibody to west nile virus in human and animal sera in nigeria. | a survey for west nile virus (wnv) haemagglutination-inhibition (hi) antibody was carried out in humans and domestic animals. human sera were collected from ibadan, while the animal sera were collected from both ibadan and maiduguri. out of 304 human sera tested, 123 were positive (40%). there was a higher prevalence of hi antibody in adults than children. sex distribution of positive sera showed that 37% of males and 43% of females had wnv hi antibody. there was no significant difference in the ... | 1990 | 2323182 |
| survival of infants and children born to women who died from pregnancy and labour related complications. | in response to concern raised on the high rate of maternal mortality in developing countries, this cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the survival of infants born to mothers who died during the process of child birth. | 2007 | 17668713 |
| liver fluke infections in livestock in borno state, nigeria. | a survey was conducted on the prevalence of fasciola gigantica and dicrocoelium hospes eggs in gall bladders of cattle and small ruminants (sheep and goats) slaughtered between november 1987 and december 1988 in maiduguri, borno state, nigeria. prevalence rates of 42.7% and 5.7% were recorded for f. gigantica and d. hospes eggs, respectively, in 246 cattle and 718 sheep and goats examined. out of the 246 cattle examined, 52 (21.1%), 45 (18.3%) and 8 (3.3%) excreted eggs of f. gigantica, d. hospe ... | 1993 | 8122358 |
| contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in northern nigeria, 1924-64. i. the incidence with particular reference to bornu province. | | 1966 | 6009232 |