| gastro-intestinal helminths of dogs on the jos plateau, nigeria. | | 1983 | 6623643 |
| taeniasis, cysticercosis and echinococcosis/hydatidosis in nigeria: iv--prevalence of echinococcus granulosus infection in stray dogs. | echinococcus granulosus (batsch, 1786; rudolphi, 1801) infections in stray dogs were recorded in the sudan and northern guinea zones at a prevalence rate of 6.2% and 1.2% respectively. the parasite was not recorded in any stray dog obtained from the bauchi plateau zone, although fewer dogs were examined from this zone. the high prevalence of echinococcosis in dogs reported in the sudan zone bears a true epidemiological relationship with the high prevalence of cystic hydatidosis recorded for slau ... | 1980 | 7229324 |
| first detection and molecular characterization of ehrlichia canis from dogs in nigeria. | the present study aimed to detect the presence of ehrlichia canis in naturally infected dogs in nigeria, using a combination of pcr and sequence analysis of the 16s rrna gene and two genes encoding the tandem repeat-containing proteins (trps), trp19 and trp36. out of a total of 100 blood samples collected from domestic dogs presented to veterinary hospitals in jos, the capital city of plateau state of nigeria, 11 were positive in nested pcr for e. canis. sequencing results for these amplicons sh ... | 2013 | 22925936 |
| occurrence of tick-transmitted pathogens in dogs in jos, plateau state, nigeria. | canine babesiosis caused by babesia rossi, transmitted by haemaphysalis elliptica in south africa, has also been reported from nigeria. although h. leachi (sensu lato) is widespread in sub-saharan africa, published literature on the occurrence of canine babesiosis is meagre. it has been postulated that the genotype of babesia rossi erythrocyte membrane antigen 1 (brema1) may be linked to virulence of the specific isolate. the primary objective of this study was to detect and characterise tick-bo ... | 2014 | 24661795 |
| babesia canis and babesia rossi co-infection in an untraveled nigerian dog. | a sexually intact 6-month-old female alsatian dog was presented to the veterinary clinic of the national veterinary research institute, vom, plateau state, nigeria, for the following complaints: anorexia, hemoglobinuria, fever, tick infestation and general malaise. microscopy revealed piroplasms with a wide range of sizes (1-5 μm in length) in red blood cells, raising a suspicion of a co-infection with two or more babesia species. specific pcr assays for canine babesia spp. and dna sequencing re ... | 2010 | 20705395 |
| antigenic characterization of rabies virus isolates from vaccinated dogs in plateau state, nigeria. | rabies isolates (genotype 1 lyssaviruses) from vaccinated dogs that died of rabies infection in the plateau area of nigeria were characterized using monoclonal antibodies (mabs). the isolates were examined for rabies (genotype 1) and rabies-related (genotypes 2, 3 and 4) viruses by the indirect fluorescent antibody test carried out with mab 502-2, which recognizes the nucleocapsid protein of all known lyssaviruses, and with mab 422-5, which identifies only rabies-related viruses. all three isola ... | 2000 | 10836279 |
| frequency of human toxocariasis in jos, plateau state, nigeria. | the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in jos, plateau state, nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. the seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. however, the differences were not significant by age and sex. a highly significant association (p < 0.001) was observed between seropositivity and geography but none between seropositivity and dog o ... | 2000 | 10733730 |
| molecular identification of cordylobia anthropophaga blanchard (diptera: calliphoridae) larvae collected from dogs (canis familiaris) in jos south, plateau state, nigeria. | myiasis-causing larvae were extracted from dogs attending veterinary clinics in plateau state, nigeria and subjected to molecular analysis involving polymerase chain reaction amplification of the 28s rrna gene of blowflies, cloning and sequencing techniques. all larvae were confirmed as cordylobia anthropophaga blanchard (diptera: calliphoridae) after the initial morphological identification. this is the first molecular identification of any myiasis-causing fly species in nigeria and may serve a ... | 2012 | 23327303 |