Aim: To determine the larvicidal activities of Hyptis suaveolens and Ocimum sanctum against Anopheles gambiae. Study Design: A 24 h LC50 concentration-mortality static non-renewal bioassay was carried out. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Rohi Biotechnolo...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/18274
Due to the combined effect of urbanization and changes in lifestyle, consumption of bread in Nigeria has increased significantly over the years. On 15 July 2012, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) announced the cassava bread policy mandating flour mills and bakeries to inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/16706
Agriculture used to be the mainstay of Nigeria before crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in 1956. However, Nigeria neglected agriculture in preference to oil due to the oil boom in the early 1970s, resulting in the country to become a major importer of food, partic...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/16979
Aim: To determine the acaricidal activities of some solvent extracts (chloroform, methanol and n-hexane) and crude extracts of Hyptis suaveolens and Ocimum sanctum against African dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguinneus). Study Design: The study design involves a 24 h LC50 dose-morta...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16553
Aims: The rate of unemployment in Nigeria was 23.9% in 2012. Unemployment is linked to youth restiveness and crime all over the world. In Nigeria, ethnic militias who are mostly youths are threatening the oil and gas industry in the Niger Delta (southern Nigeria), while Islamic m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/16670
Ebola virus, the causative agent of Ebola virus disease (EVD) formerly called Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is one of the most dangerous microorganisms in the world. The virus ravaged West Africa countries particularly, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia infecting over 22,000 peopl...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/16632
Aims: Environmental degradation associated with greenhouse gases (GHG) including methane and carbon dioxide which causes global warming is one the challenges facing global environmental sustainability. This study was designed to assess the possible contribution of palm oil mill e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10698
Aim: Wild strains of elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum, occur as invasive weed especially in disturbed freshwater swamps of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. A study was undertaken to assess the productivity and bioenergy potentials of the grass. Study Design: A completely randomized ex...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8722
Aims: Due to the combined effect of urbanization, increased population and changes in lifestyle, bread consumption in Nigeria has increased considerably. Nigeria has over the years been dependent on foreign nations, particularly the US for the importation of wheat, which has been...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/8825
Aims: The unemployment rate in Nigeria has risen in recent years. Activities related to the oil palm industry could employ millions of people. This study evaluated the employment and socioeconomic influence of semi-mechanized oil palm processing in Elebele, Bayelsa State, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9197
Gastrointestinal health challenges without in-feed antibiotics are a crucial concern to poultry farmers. Although, quite a few substitutes for antibiotics have emerged, phytogenics and antibiotic properties of medicinal plants cannot be overlooked with regard to control, good hea...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2021/v32i430383
Qualitative assessment of bacterial activities within shipwrecks along Iwafe estuary of New Calabar River was studied. The study was aimed at identifying the various bacterial communities present in a shipwreck ecosystem in an estuary located in the Niger Delta. Water, sediment...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i530245
Poultry is challenged by microbial infection owing to the restrictions in the use of synthetic antibiotic growth promoters. This study investigated the use of ginger, Zingiber officinale Roscoe (family Zingiberaceae) for the control of infections in poultry. Aqueous extracts of f...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18600
The biocidal efficacy of Chloroform (CEX), n-Hexane (HEX), Acetone (AEX) and Ethanol (EEX) extracts, of the bark and root of Azadirachta indica (Neem), were investigated against Anopheles gambiae and Bulinus globosus in a two-phased rapid and final screening test. Results of the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11746
The toxicity of domestic effluent discharge from Niger Delta University (NDU) female hostel on Clarias gariepinus fingerlings was studied using static bioassay method. The exposure period lasted for 96 hours. The fish specimens were acclimatized for one week after which they were...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/18397
A 42 day feeding trial of graded administration of aqueous extract of Alchornea cordifolia leaf meal (ACLM) infusion on the body weights and internal organs of forty eight male albino rats (Wistar strain) weighing 131.60±6.79-139.20±6.03g, divided into 4 groups and three replicat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/8855
An 8-week experiment was conducted to assess the weight gain and the economic importance of broiler chickens fed with Water Leaf Meal Supplements (WLM). One hundred and fifty day-old Anak 2000 broiler chicks were randomly distributed to 5 treatments which contained 0, 3, 6, 9 and...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/12542
A 56-day experiment involving 150 day-old Anak 2000 broiler chicks was carried out in a completely randomized design to evaluate the performance, haematological parameters and serum metabolites of the broilers fed Water leaf Meal (WLM) supplement for 8 weeks at Ibadan in Oyo stat...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/11754