Calabash chalk is a naturally geophagic mineral composed mainly of fossilized seashells or an artificial preparation combination clay, mud, and sand. It one the widely consumed earth materials in practice geophagia. The present study aimed at evaluating effects oral administration calabash on haematological parameters body weight using Wistar rat models. Ten (10) healthy female mice twenty (20)...

BACKGROUND Current malaria treatment is either "anti-parasitic", "anti-infectivity" or both without addressing the pathophysiological derangement (anti-disease aspect) associated with the disease. Asiatic acid is a natural phytochemical with oxidant, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties whose effect on malarial and accompanying pathophysiology are yet to be investigated. Asiatic acid in...

Pesticides have been used to treat agricultural lands since ancient times. The effects of an organophosphate (OP) and pyrethroid combination on the haemato-biochemical histological functions male albino rats were investigated. Male (total 18 rats, 12 are treated 6 control) dermally with two combinations for 8 weeks (chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, lambda-cyhalothrin). We also looked at organ...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of Ziziphus mucronata and Parkia biglobosa on haematological and biochemical indices of sheep. The experiment was carried out in a complete randomized block design. A total of 32 animals were used for the study with 16 animals per experiment. The animals were allotted to four dietary treatments with four animals per treatment. The results of th...

Since haematological variables can be used to assess the health state in cultured fish, a haematological characterization of clinically healthy Oreochromis aureus was done to establish the reference indices of this species. Fish were subjected to different stressed conditions (bacterial infection, nitrite intoxication, malachite green overdose) to study the changes in the haematological indices...