Incubation experiment was conducted on four soil types in Nigeria using cattle dung (CD) at the rate of 2.5g/kg soil ( 5 t ha), Urea fertilizer at the rate of 0.1g/kg soil ( 200 kg ha ) and cattle dung (2.5g/kg soil) combined with Urea 0.05g/kg soil (100 kg ha) as treatments. The objective of the experiment was to compare the rate of OC, NH4 – N, NO3 – N and available P release on soils selecte...

The present study includes the collection, isolation and characterization of microorganisms from the cow dung of local varieties from different places of Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India. Four different strains of bacteria B1, B3, B4, B5 were isolated in which three are gram positive (cocci form) and one is gram-negative (bacillus form). Only one strain shows (B4) the formation of endospore. The enz...

BACKGROUND Previous studies in Pakistan have shown that ghee (clarified butter) is commonly applied to umbilical wounds of neonates, and have documented that such applications are a risk factor for neonatal tetanus (NNT). In-use contamination of ghee with Clostridium tetani has been demonstrated, but mechanisms underlying the risk of ghee have been incompletely evaluated epidemiologically. ME...