A total of twelve pregnant Wistar rats were used, and randomly divided into three groups (n=4). Group A (negative control), not exposed to noise stress), group B (1mL/kg of distilled water + 4h /15 days noise stress), group C (0.04 mg/kg) of selenium-yeast + 4 h/15 days noise str...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130479
O. A. Okeke, N. N. Udemba, N. P. Udeh, C. A. Imakwu, C. C. Nwadike, I. O. Nnatuanya, N. V. Elosiuba, C. C. Egwuagu, P. I. Afoemezie & C. Obudulu·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2022
Aim: Vegetables form a major component of the human diet; however, some agricultural practices may put consumers at risk of parasitic infections. There is high consumption of bitter leaf (Onugbu) in the rural part of Nigeria. They are eaten raw as medicinal herbs by some people...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130476
Aims: The objectives of the research work were to evaluate the effects of mulching on soil water content, maize performance and weed growth in dry land area of Bangladesh Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replication...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130477
Aims: To evaluate the antioxidant activities of vitamin C and bicarbonate buffers on hormones secretion and serum metabolites of heat-stressed rabbit buck. Methodology: A total of twenty-five (25) Adult rabbit bucks (New Zealand White crosses) of 12 months old were used in this s...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130478
Aims: Present study aims to highlight an accidental death of a male Dwarf Sperm Whale scientifically known as Kogia sima which found to be as Least Concern (LC) as per IUCN Red List data. Kogia sima represents important higher trophics of marine ecosystem which faced the several...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130475
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the levels of efficacy of anthelmintics that were most commonly used in sheep farms in Nziih locality. Study Design: Longitudinal prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Nziih locality in August 2019 and S...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130473
Background: Healthcare environments are considered as potential reservoirs for pathogenic microorganisms especially those responsible for nosocomial infections. Such microorganisms often present with varying degrees of drugs resistance. This study was aimed at evaluating the Cros...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130474
Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Everaldina Cordeiro dos Santos, Yan Corrêa Rodrigues, Karla Valéria Batista Lima & Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2022
Polymorphisms in genes that are responsible for encoding cytokines and receptors involved in the immune response, such as Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 2 in leprosy, are of great interest for immunogenetic studies. This work aimed to analyze the possible association of single nucleoti...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i130472
Aim: This study sought to investigate its effect on hepatic and renal biomarkers of female pregnant rats. Place and Duration: This work was carried out in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti bet...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230471
George Mafany, Edith Brunelle Mouafo Tamnou, Armel Zacharie Ekoa Bessa, Joséphine Ndjama, Gisèle Liliane Machuetum, Frank Aristide Tchouape Noubouossie & Moïse Nola·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
Groundwater samples were collected during April and August 2016 from five hand-dug wells in Soa subdivision, Cameroon, Africa, with the aim to assess the microbiological quality of them and the health risk they (it) posed to the population in the study area. The low piezometric l...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230470
Aim: Many food animal production facilities are sited close to human residence. This research work seeks to establish the occupational and environmental burdens of unsafe acts and conditions in backyard poultry production sites in the area of study in order to validate the compli...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230468
The garden snail, Limicolaria flammea is a seasonal pest of several horticultural crops in most of the agroecological areas in Nigeria. The level of damage to crops is especially enormous in the South because of its ability to feed on different crops and the timing of abundance,...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230469
Sunset Yellow (SY) is an organic azo dye that is used extensively as a coloring agent in many industries, such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals ,and foodstuffs. Many studies have conflicting results about the genotoxicity effect of SY. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230466
Aim: Fruits and common vegetables are now becoming too expensive for the poor consumers in Nigeria. The search for cheap, readily available and (locally sourced for the people in need of) nutritious food prompted this research work. Study Design: Six underutilized wild vegetables...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230467
Aims: The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of Prosopis seed coat fermented with rumen content at different levels as energy source on the serum biochemical composition and heamatological indices of broiler chickens. Study Design:Data collected were subject...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230464