Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2015
This study was designed to investigate the bacteria found in association with respiratory tract i... more This study was designed to investigate the bacteria found in association with respiratory tract infections (RTI) and the susceptibility of such bacteria to aqueous and methanolic extracts of Zingiber officinale (ginger). Bacteriological studies were carried out on sputum from 110 patients, made up of 57 males and 53 females, aged 24-80 years, attending Chest Clinic at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital Ado-Ekiti in the year 2013. Seventeen bacteria species namely Luteococcus sanguinuis, Corynebacterium accolens, Vibrio fluvialis, Serratia ficaria, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococus aureus, Pasteurella pneumotropica, Aeromonas caviae, Vibrio mimicus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Pleisomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Citrobacter youngae, Chromobacterium violaceum, Luteococcus pertonei, Actinomyces radicidentis and Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated from the sputum specimens. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium accolens, Aeromonas caviae and Luteococcus sanguini...
Infections bursal disease (IBD) outbreak in 3 commercial poultry farms were reported. The diagnos... more Infections bursal disease (IBD) outbreak in 3 commercial poultry farms were reported. The diagnosis of the disease was based on clinical signs and pathological lesions, following by laboratory confirmation by the Ouchterlony agar precipitation test. All the affected chickens were from vaccinated flocks. Very high mortality and morbidity were recorded: 61% mortality form flocks where coccidiosis were used compared with 31% and 32% mortalities from flocks where coccidiosis vaccines were used. A retrospective and prospective investigation of mortality patterns in the rearing flocks of these three farms, without IBD outbreak between 1999 and 2002 indicated 8.3% average mortality when sulphonamide coccidiostats were used as against 4.3% average mortality when coccidiosis vaccines were used. It is suggested that sulponamide coccidiostats administration might be a precipitating factor of the heavy losses recorded during IBD outbreak.
ABUAD International Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schist... more Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. The most impacted countries are those in Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for nearly 90% of the world’s estimated 236.6 million cases. The study was aimed at investigating the occurrence of significant bacteriuria among schistosomiasis positive individuals in Ekiti State, Nigeria.Two hundred and forty-fourindividuals living in riparian areas of Ekiti statewere enlisted for the study. Urine samples were collected from the participants and examined microscopically for presence of Schistosoma eggs, followed by urinalysis and bacteriological investigations. Schistosoma eggs were detected in 35 (14.34%) of the 244 urine samples, while significant bacteriuria was recorded in 16 (6.56%) of the samples. Out of the 16 significant-bacteriuria positive samples only 3 (18.75%) were observed to have Schistosoma eggs; while significant-bacteriuria was recorded in 3 (8.57%) of the 35 schistoso...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2017
The study reports bacteriological investigations carried out on a case of high mortality (10%) re... more The study reports bacteriological investigations carried out on a case of high mortality (10%) reported over a period of one week in a flock of turkey, 450 in number, aged 16 weeks old, in a poultry farm in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Clinical signs were those of weakness, recumbence, diarrhoea (yellowish to greenish in colour) and weight loss. Post morterm examination was that of enteritis and mild liver enlargement, with no major pathognomonic lesions. Bacteriological investigations were carried out on clinical (Blood, Liver, Heart Muscles and Bile) and environmental (feed, drinking water and litter) samples. Bacteriological studies of the clinical samples obtained from dead birds revealed a co-infection of Vibrio vulnificus and Proteus vulgaris . The clinical bacterial isolates showed highest susceptibility to Ofloxacin (75%), with varied levels of susceptibility to other antibiotics tested. Mortality on the farm was curtailed following an oral medication with norfloxacin. A variety of b...
Bacteriological investigations were carried out on faecal samples of 76 patients, less than one y... more Bacteriological investigations were carried out on faecal samples of 76 patients, less than one year of age, attending paediatric clinic of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital Ado Ekiti and two Primary Health Centres in Ado Ekiti, on diarrhoea related illnesses; in the year 2013. The bacteria isolated were Proteus vulgaris , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Escherichia coli , Corynebacterium accolens , Morganella morgani , Aeromonas popoffii , Citrobacter freundii , Leteococcus sanguinis , Branchiibius cervicis , Aeromonas bestiarum , Vibrio minicus , Aeromonas caviae , Proteus mirabilis , Serratia marcescens , Enterobacter aerogenes , Leminorella grimontii , Citrobacter youngae , Bacillus cereus , Citrobacter koseri , Enterobacter intermedius , Yersinia enterocolitica , Providencia stuartii , Pantoea agglomerans , Vibrio fluvalis , Vibrio natiensis , Salmonella enterica , Citrobacter sedlakii , Klebsiella variicola . The bacterial isolates showed high resistance to many of the antibio...
Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents.... more Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents. Concentrations of microfungiin the air of poultry confinement facilities were determined using air samplers, and fungal isolation from airby plate exposure. Settled dusts were investigated for their fungal load, types of fungi present and mycotoxins present.Microfungal load in settled dust and air of poultry confinements were found to be 3.5-42 x 106 cfu/g and 5-119 x105 cfu/m3 respectively. Fungi isolated from poultry confinements were: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus,Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus ochraceus Penicillium notatum, Mucor racemosus, Penicillium oxalicum, Trichodermaviride, Stachybotrys atra, Fusarium oxysporum, Candida albicans, Cryptococus neoformans and Saccharomyces cerevisae.Mycotoxins concentrations obtained from the analyses of sieved poultry dust were 21.32 + 2.35 ppb of aflatoxins,11.26 + 1.78 ppb of ochratoxins and 4.10 + 0.13 pp...
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) outbreak was reported in a flock of 11-week-old hyaline pullets o... more Infectious bursal disease (IBD) outbreak was reported in a flock of 11-week-old hyaline pullets on a commercial poultry farm located in Agbado town of Ogun State, Nigeria. The diagnosis of the disease was based on clinical signs and pathological lesions followed by assessment of IBD antibody sero-profile status by the Idexx ELISA technique. Mortality and morbidity were 45.6 and 93.7% respectively. Mortality pattern was a-typical of common IBD cases. There was secondary infection of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli. Re-brooding and timely administration of appropriate antibiotic to control the secondary bacterial infection were important in reducing case fatality during the outbreak.
Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents.... more Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents. Concentrations of microfungi in the air of poultry confinement facilities were determined using air samplers, and fungal isolation from air by plate exposure. Settled dusts were investigated for their fungal load, types of fungi present and mycotoxins present. Microfungal load in settled dust and air of poultry confinements were found to be 3.5-42 x 106 cfu/g and 5-119 x105 cfu/ m3 respectively. Fungi isolated from poultry confinements were: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus ochraceus Penicillium notatum, Mucor racemosus, Penicillium oxalicum, Trichoderma viride, Stachybotrys atra, Fusarium oxysporum, Candida albicans, Cryptococus neoformans and Saccharomyces cerevisae. Mycotoxins concentrations obtained from the analyses of sieved poultry dust were 21.32 + 2.35 ppb of aflatoxins, 11.26 + 1.78 ppb of ochratoxins and 4.10 +...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2015
This study was designed to investigate the bacteria found in association with respiratory tract i... more This study was designed to investigate the bacteria found in association with respiratory tract infections (RTI) and the susceptibility of such bacteria to aqueous and methanolic extracts of Zingiber officinale (ginger). Bacteriological studies were carried out on sputum from 110 patients, made up of 57 males and 53 females, aged 24-80 years, attending Chest Clinic at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital Ado-Ekiti in the year 2013. Seventeen bacteria species namely Luteococcus sanguinuis, Corynebacterium accolens, Vibrio fluvialis, Serratia ficaria, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococus aureus, Pasteurella pneumotropica, Aeromonas caviae, Vibrio mimicus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Pleisomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Citrobacter youngae, Chromobacterium violaceum, Luteococcus pertonei, Actinomyces radicidentis and Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated from the sputum specimens. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium accolens, Aeromonas caviae and Luteococcus sanguini...
Infections bursal disease (IBD) outbreak in 3 commercial poultry farms were reported. The diagnos... more Infections bursal disease (IBD) outbreak in 3 commercial poultry farms were reported. The diagnosis of the disease was based on clinical signs and pathological lesions, following by laboratory confirmation by the Ouchterlony agar precipitation test. All the affected chickens were from vaccinated flocks. Very high mortality and morbidity were recorded: 61% mortality form flocks where coccidiosis were used compared with 31% and 32% mortalities from flocks where coccidiosis vaccines were used. A retrospective and prospective investigation of mortality patterns in the rearing flocks of these three farms, without IBD outbreak between 1999 and 2002 indicated 8.3% average mortality when sulphonamide coccidiostats were used as against 4.3% average mortality when coccidiosis vaccines were used. It is suggested that sulponamide coccidiostats administration might be a precipitating factor of the heavy losses recorded during IBD outbreak.
ABUAD International Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schist... more Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. The most impacted countries are those in Sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for nearly 90% of the world’s estimated 236.6 million cases. The study was aimed at investigating the occurrence of significant bacteriuria among schistosomiasis positive individuals in Ekiti State, Nigeria.Two hundred and forty-fourindividuals living in riparian areas of Ekiti statewere enlisted for the study. Urine samples were collected from the participants and examined microscopically for presence of Schistosoma eggs, followed by urinalysis and bacteriological investigations. Schistosoma eggs were detected in 35 (14.34%) of the 244 urine samples, while significant bacteriuria was recorded in 16 (6.56%) of the samples. Out of the 16 significant-bacteriuria positive samples only 3 (18.75%) were observed to have Schistosoma eggs; while significant-bacteriuria was recorded in 3 (8.57%) of the 35 schistoso...
Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2017
The study reports bacteriological investigations carried out on a case of high mortality (10%) re... more The study reports bacteriological investigations carried out on a case of high mortality (10%) reported over a period of one week in a flock of turkey, 450 in number, aged 16 weeks old, in a poultry farm in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Clinical signs were those of weakness, recumbence, diarrhoea (yellowish to greenish in colour) and weight loss. Post morterm examination was that of enteritis and mild liver enlargement, with no major pathognomonic lesions. Bacteriological investigations were carried out on clinical (Blood, Liver, Heart Muscles and Bile) and environmental (feed, drinking water and litter) samples. Bacteriological studies of the clinical samples obtained from dead birds revealed a co-infection of Vibrio vulnificus and Proteus vulgaris . The clinical bacterial isolates showed highest susceptibility to Ofloxacin (75%), with varied levels of susceptibility to other antibiotics tested. Mortality on the farm was curtailed following an oral medication with norfloxacin. A variety of b...
Bacteriological investigations were carried out on faecal samples of 76 patients, less than one y... more Bacteriological investigations were carried out on faecal samples of 76 patients, less than one year of age, attending paediatric clinic of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital Ado Ekiti and two Primary Health Centres in Ado Ekiti, on diarrhoea related illnesses; in the year 2013. The bacteria isolated were Proteus vulgaris , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Escherichia coli , Corynebacterium accolens , Morganella morgani , Aeromonas popoffii , Citrobacter freundii , Leteococcus sanguinis , Branchiibius cervicis , Aeromonas bestiarum , Vibrio minicus , Aeromonas caviae , Proteus mirabilis , Serratia marcescens , Enterobacter aerogenes , Leminorella grimontii , Citrobacter youngae , Bacillus cereus , Citrobacter koseri , Enterobacter intermedius , Yersinia enterocolitica , Providencia stuartii , Pantoea agglomerans , Vibrio fluvalis , Vibrio natiensis , Salmonella enterica , Citrobacter sedlakii , Klebsiella variicola . The bacterial isolates showed high resistance to many of the antibio...
Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents.... more Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents. Concentrations of microfungiin the air of poultry confinement facilities were determined using air samplers, and fungal isolation from airby plate exposure. Settled dusts were investigated for their fungal load, types of fungi present and mycotoxins present.Microfungal load in settled dust and air of poultry confinements were found to be 3.5-42 x 106 cfu/g and 5-119 x105 cfu/m3 respectively. Fungi isolated from poultry confinements were: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus,Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus ochraceus Penicillium notatum, Mucor racemosus, Penicillium oxalicum, Trichodermaviride, Stachybotrys atra, Fusarium oxysporum, Candida albicans, Cryptococus neoformans and Saccharomyces cerevisae.Mycotoxins concentrations obtained from the analyses of sieved poultry dust were 21.32 + 2.35 ppb of aflatoxins,11.26 + 1.78 ppb of ochratoxins and 4.10 + 0.13 pp...
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) outbreak was reported in a flock of 11-week-old hyaline pullets o... more Infectious bursal disease (IBD) outbreak was reported in a flock of 11-week-old hyaline pullets on a commercial poultry farm located in Agbado town of Ogun State, Nigeria. The diagnosis of the disease was based on clinical signs and pathological lesions followed by assessment of IBD antibody sero-profile status by the Idexx ELISA technique. Mortality and morbidity were 45.6 and 93.7% respectively. Mortality pattern was a-typical of common IBD cases. There was secondary infection of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli. Re-brooding and timely administration of appropriate antibiotic to control the secondary bacterial infection were important in reducing case fatality during the outbreak.
Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents.... more Dust in poultry confinement facilities were investigated for their fungi and mycotoxins contents. Concentrations of microfungi in the air of poultry confinement facilities were determined using air samplers, and fungal isolation from air by plate exposure. Settled dusts were investigated for their fungal load, types of fungi present and mycotoxins present. Microfungal load in settled dust and air of poultry confinements were found to be 3.5-42 x 106 cfu/g and 5-119 x105 cfu/ m3 respectively. Fungi isolated from poultry confinements were: Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus ochraceus Penicillium notatum, Mucor racemosus, Penicillium oxalicum, Trichoderma viride, Stachybotrys atra, Fusarium oxysporum, Candida albicans, Cryptococus neoformans and Saccharomyces cerevisae. Mycotoxins concentrations obtained from the analyses of sieved poultry dust were 21.32 + 2.35 ppb of aflatoxins, 11.26 + 1.78 ppb of ochratoxins and 4.10 +...
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