A 3-week study was carried out to determine the prevalence of gastro-intestinal helminths in slaughtered pigs at Bodija Abattoir, Ibadan. Five faecal samples per day were collected for 21 days (105 samples) from rectum pigs, stored sterile container, labeled appropriately and then transported a flask with ice pack parasitology laboratory department veterinary microbiology, University Ibadan, wh...

Background: The humerus is one of the long bones upper limb. It may be fractured following traumatic or non-traumatic injury. Humeral shaft fractures account for 1-3% all fractures. However supracondylar fracture more common amongst children accounting about 16% pediatric Trauma especially from falls in both and geriatric populations has been known to cause humeral Other causes had documented a...

INTRODUCTION Neonatal transport involves moving sick neonates in optimal conditions to ensure good outcomes. It is well organized in most developed countries but receives little attention in developing countries where the highest burden of neonatal mortality exists and a large number of newborns require referrals daily for better medical care. This study sought to evaluate the modes of transpor...

One hundred and thirty-five adult patients admitted into the medical wards with the nephrotic syndrome have been studied over a period of 3 years. The histopathology in eighty-one renal biopsies showed predominantly proliferative glomerulonephritis. Nine patients had filariasis and in six of these the microfilaria isolated was Loa loa. Six patients had malarial parasitaemia; of these, three had...