Mrs ZB is a 37-year-old woman who was admitted to the gynecologic ward of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, with excessive vomiting and irregular bleeding per vaginum following amenorrhea of 13 weeks. There was no passage of vesicles, no cough. She was a fifth gravida with history of two previous molar pregnancies. There was a family history of molar gestation in two of her sibling...

A study on human ascariasis amongst patients attending University of Maiduguri, Teaching Hospital between January 2000 and September, 2004 was conducted using the formal –ether concentration method. Of the 6868 patients stool examined 108 (1.6%) were infected with (58.3%) as male and (41.7%) as female (p>0.05). Ages between 515 and 16-25 years were most infected represented as (33.3%) and (55.6...

Soil contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons is a major problem resulting from activities related to industry, automobile service stations and accidental release of oil in the soil. Bioremediation/biodegradation can be considered as an effective aid clean up spills, aside conventional methods that are uneconomical produce residues harm surrounding biota. There estimated over 250 mechanic shops ...

One hundred and five (105) Camels were investigated at the Maiduguri abattoir, Nigeria using floatation and sedimentation techniques for helminth parasites and haematological indices with the microhaematocrit reader. Overall, prevalence of infection was 92.4% [(Coccidia (8.5%), Strongyloides (8.5%), Trichuris (11.4%), Ciliates (6.7%), Ascaris sp. (3.8%), Moniezia sp. (1.9%), Amphistome sp. (0.9...

An examination of 200 serum samples from unvaccinated indigenous (local) chickens in Maiduguri, Borno State (Nigeria) using the haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test showed 73 sera to be positive and 127 to be negative for antibodies against Newcastle disease virus. The highest antibody titre observed was 1:128. The prevalence rate was higher (46.9%) in adult chickens than in young chickens of...

one hundred and five (105) camels were investigated at the maiduguri abattoir, nigeria using floatation and sedimentation techniques for helminth parasites and haematological indices with the microhaematocrit reader. overall, prevalence of infection was 92.4% [(coccidia (8.5%), strongyloides (8.5%), trichuris (11.4%), ciliates (6.7%), ascaris sp. (3.8%), moniezia sp. (1.9%), amphistome sp. (0.9...