Between the months of May and August, 2014, a disease outbreak in two small poultry farms consisting of 600 and 550 Isa Brown layers both located in Umuahia, Abia state was reported to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. The two flocks, ages 31 and 41 weeks respectively, were vaccinated with MD vaccine mixed with gentamicine at day old. The clin...

The LlaI restriction and modification (R/M) system is encoded on pTR2030, a 46.2-kb conjugative plasmid from Lactococcus lactis. The llaI methylase gene, sequenced previously, encodes a functional type IIS methylase and is located approximately 5 kb upstream from the abiA gene, encoding abortive phage resistance. In this study, the sequence of the region between llaIM and abiA was determined an...

Background: A thorough nutritional assessment is necessary for successful diagnosis and development of appropriate/comprehensive treatment plans malnutrition among older adults.
 Objective: This study assessed the anthropometric status risks persons in Umuahia Metropolis, Abia state.
 Methods: The was descriptive cross-sectional design. two-stage sampling technique used to select 305 ...

This study was aimed at investigating the family background factors that can influence students’ academic achievement in Senior Secondary School in Umuahia Education Zone in Abia State. Four research purpose and four research questions were formulated. The design adopted for this study was Ex-post Facto design. The population of the study consists of all senior Secondary students in the three l...