BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the most common genital tract malignancy in the developing countries of the world. Interestingly, it has a pre-invasive stage, which can be detected through screening. The etiological organism of the disease is the human papilloma virus (HPV) that is sexually transmitted and sexually transmitted infections play a major role in the causation of infertility in develo...

We describe a 42 year old man who presented to us with a left lateral chest wall mass of 2 years duration. It has been increasing in size since it was noticed, initially painless but became painful 2 months prior to presentation. No history of trauma to the chest and no cough or haemoptysis. He is a known hypertensive regular on his medications. Examination revealed a left lateral chest wall ma...

The strategy developed for sex determination in skeletal remains is to amplify the highly degraded DNA, by use of primers that span short DNA fragments. To determine sex of unembalmed human cadaveric skeletal fragments from Sokoto, North-western Nigeria, using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). A single blind study of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based sex determination using amelogenin gene a...

Aims: To determine the alterations in some haematological and serum biochemical parameters contagious ecthyma (CE) or Orf-infected Sokoto red goats (SRG).
 Presentation of Case: Following a complaint sore mouth disease SRG, patients were noticed to be docile, pyrexic with congested visible mucus membranes. There crusty skin lesions around oral nasal commissures which firm painful. Blood sa...

The changes in genital tract morphometry, foetal dimensions, the relative volumes of fluids during gestation was evaluated Red Sokoto (Maradi) does using 28 gravid genitalia. Based on ages fetuses, each genitalia classified into one three phases namely: early, mid and late for a comparison all parameters. While both uterus placenta were significantly enlarged, (P<0.05) at gestation, other mo...