Physiology remains one of the core disciplines on which all biological and medical sciences were founded. In Nigeria, it is known that most students study at undergraduate level by chance not choice end up performing poorly, could be mainly due to low awareness knowledge discipline, its opportunities, prospects. Therefore, this investigated awareness, attitude, about physiology among senior sec...

BACKGROUND Flock surveillance systems for avian influenza (AI) virus play a critical role in countries where vaccination is not practiced so as to establish the epidemiological characteristics of AI needed for the development of prevention and control strategies in such countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS As part of routine AI monitoring in southwest Nigeria, a competitive ELISA was used for det...

Few reports from Africa suggest that resistance pattern, virulence factors and genotypes differ between Staphylococcus aureus from nasal carriage and clinical infection. We therefore compared antimicrobial resistance, selected virulence factors and genotypes of S. aureus from nasal carriage and clinical infection in Southwest Nigeria. Non-duplicate S. aureus isolates were obtained from infectio...

Forestry-related technologies (FRTs) are practices to mitigate and ameliorate effects of environmental degradation resulting from agricultural production practices. However, inadequate sources of information on FRTs among farmers limit and hinder farmers’ awareness of such technologies. This study investigated the interrelatedness of information sources and awareness of FRTs in Southwest Nigeri...

Serum samples from 237 randomized rabbits from the five ecological zones of Nigeria, i.e. Northwest (NW), Northeast (NE), Southeast (SE), Southwest (SW) and Northcentral (NC), were evaluated for the presence of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi by the indirect immunofluorescent antibodies test. A titre of 10 or more was taken as positive. Thirty-nine (16.5%) of the 237 samples were positiv...

Malarial parasites are expected to induce haematological alterations but reports on changes in haematological parameters during malaria among adults in Southwest Nigeria are not well documented. To investigate the effect of acute malaria on some haematological indices, a sample of 5 ml of venous blood was drawn from each of 671 adults with acute malarial infection and 523 apparently healthy sub...

A study on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in gastro-intestinal surgery by veterinary practices in southwest Nigeria was conducted to evaluate current practices using structured questionnaire and a retrospective study of hospital care records. The results indicated that the use of prophylactic antibiotics in surgery was embraced by all practices with Amoxicillin>Oxytetracycline>Ciprofloxaci...

This study was carried out to assess the potential non-carcinogenic health risk of the exposure of children and adults population of Sagamu, southwest Nigeria to heavy metal contamination through soil ingestion pathway. Twenty (20) soil samples were collected randomly between August and October, 2011; wet-digested and analyzed for Pb, Cu, Cr, Cd and Zn by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Do...

Social phobia is a debilitating psychiatric condition that is treatable but often remains undetected and untreated and without treatment, clients are at risk for complications, such as reduced quality of life, social interactions, daily functioning, and treatment adherence. Not very much is known about social phobia in Africa and in Nigeria specifically. This study seeks to fill the gap by inve...

Though economic growth has improved in recent years in Nigeria, there has been no evidence of significant manufacturing exports. A critical input that enables capacity for export is investment in technology especially at the firm-level. This study investigates investment in technology by firms in Southwest Nigeria and how technology investment related factors affect the export potential of firm...