Publications by authors named "Mufutau A Oyekunle"
Wildlife play significant roles in the dissemination and zoonotic transmission of pathogens. The enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are associated with complicated cases of food-borne illnesses. This study investigated the presence of EHEC serogroups (O26, O45, O103, O145, O91, O111, O128, O121 and O157) in wildlife species: cane rats (Thryonomys swinderianus), royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus), African giant rats (Cricetomys gambianus) and waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study examined socioeconomic and cultural factors relating to animal husbandry, antimicrobial usage and household hygiene in 320 animal-keeping households of 16 rural and peri-urban communities of Ogun State, Nigeria. The occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in 457 samples from animal and environmental sources within the households was investigated. Chickens (41.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCanine ehrlichiosis is an important tick-borne rickettsial disease mainly caused by Ehrlichia canis. This study aimed to detect and characterise E. canis in dogs in Abeokuta, Nigeria by microscopy and nested PCR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of supplementation of threshed sorghum top with selected browse plant foliage on haematology and serum biochemical parameters of Red Sokoto goats.
Trop Anim Health Prod
June 2016
The haematological and biochemical parameters of 24 growing Red Sokoto bucks (9.00 ± 0.25 kg body weight) fed threshed sorghum top (TST) with or without five different browse plant foliage Afzelia africana (AA), Daniellia oliveri (DO), Piliostigma thonningii (PT), Pterocarpus erinaceus (PE) and Annona senegalensis (AS) supplements were studied using a completely randomized design.
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- The study focuses on dermatophilosis, caused by a Gram-positive actinomycete that infects both animals and humans, highlighting the challenge of misdiagnosis due to similar organisms.
- Molecular techniques, including DNA extraction and PCR targeting the 16S rRNA gene, were utilized to confirm the presence of the dermatophyte in cattle from Nigeria.
- Analysis showed that the positive isolates exhibited high genetic similarity to existing strains in GenBank, but also revealed several unique strains not previously catalogued.