| incidence of rabies virus complement-fixing antibodies in unvaccinated dogs, humans and livestock in anambra state of nigeria. | a total of 376 serum samples from dogs, humans and livestock were examined for complement-fixing (cf) antibodies against rabies virus. high cf antibody titres (up to 1:1024) were detected among unvaccinated dogs aged 3 months and above as in vaccinated ones, thus establishing endemicity of the virus in the area. an antibody titre of 1:128 was detected in the serum of a puppy aged below 3 months and is unlikely to be due to residual maternal antibodies. it rather provides evidence for seroconvers ... | 1992 | 1602992 |
| epidemiology of echinococcosis/hydatidosis in anambra state, nigeria. | the prevalence of hydatidosis in cattle, goats and pigs slaughtered in anambra state, eastern nigeria during 1973 to 1979, as determined from official meat inspection records, was 7/373,242 (0.002%), 249/476,249 (0.05%) and 1/31,005 (0.003%), respectively. special point surveys conducted from september 1979 to february 1980 and from march 1985 to september 1987 in two of the slaughterhouses that officially recorded zero infection rates also found no infection in the 551 cattle, 3830 goats and 21 ... | 1989 | 2604476 |
| vaccine-induced rabies infection in rural dogs in anambra state, nigeria. | six cases of apparent vaccination failures in rural dogs given modified live virus, chicken embryo origin, low egg passage, flury-type vaccine, were investigated. four cases were dumb rabies while two were furious forms of rabies. human exposure (six people) was attributed to the furious form only. four brain smears from dogs which died of dumb rabies were positive for negri bodies while two brain smears obtained from dogs which died of the furious form of rabies were negative. all the brain sam ... | 1989 | 2739582 |
| rabies in anambra state, nigeria. | | 1986 | 3750754 |
| prevalence of fleas on dogs in anambra state of nigeria. | an examination of 338 dogs for fleas in anambra state revealed that 28.7% of the dogs were infested. while 2.1% of the dogs harboured the poultry flea echidnophaga gallinacea, 26.3% harboured the dog flea ctenocephalides canis. it was considered that ctenocephalides canis could be of great public health significance in this area in view of the high population of the flea. elimination of the flea was therefore recommended. the populations of fleas on dogs in other areas and the distribution of ct ... | 1985 | 3833826 |
| preliminary pharmacological study of some nigerian medicinal plants. 1. | herbalists in nigeria use a variety of herbal remedies to treat various types of illness. thirteen commonly used herbal plants in the anambra state of nigeria were identified and collected. extracts were prepared and studied pharmacologically on various isolated and intact preparations. toxicological and phytochemical studies were also conducted on most of these plants. | 1983 | 6632937 |
| epidemiology of intestinal helminth parasites in stray dogs from markets in south-eastern nigeria. | a survey of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of stray dogs (canis familiaris) was conducted at obollo-afor and ekwulobia markets, in enugu and anambra states, south-eastern nigeria, respectively, to determine the patterns of infection among dogs in different parts of south-eastern nigeria. faecal samples collected, using long forceps, from every dog encountered in the markets between june 2007 and december 2008 were analysed by the kato-katz technique. out of 413 dogs examined in both markets ... | 2010 | 21144127 |