Comprehensive investigation of carcinogenic radon levels in water within the Ikorodu axis of Lagos State, Nigeria.

This study investigates radon concentration in drinking water from twenty samples collected at two tertiary Institutions in Ikorodu, Lagos State, using the RAD-7 detector. The objective is to evaluate the health risks associated with radon exposure, a known carcinogen linked to lung and stomach cancer. Radon in drinking water contributes to approximately 168 cancer deaths annually, predominantly from lung cancer due to inhalation of radon released indoors and stomach cancer from ingesting contaminated water.

Responses in weanling pigs fed low protein diets supplemented with dietary nucleotides.

Evidence suggests that nucleotide supplementation in diets improves intestinal development, immune function, and cell growth. Stressful events such as weaning in pigs may increase nucleotide demand, making exogenous supplementation potentially beneficial. This study evaluated the effects of low-protein () diets supplemented with dietary nucleotides on growth performance, postweaning diarrhea (), nutrient digestibility, and blood metabolites.

Increasing digesta viscosity altered nutrient transporter gene expression and decreased nutrient utilisation in -challenged birds.

1. Two experiments were conducted, the first was to investigate the effect of increasing digesta viscosity by dietary carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) on the growth performance and intestinal morphology and characteristics of healthy birds. The second experiment evaluated the impact of increased digesta viscosity in birds during an spp.

Dietary Spirulina effects in Eimeria-challenged broiler chickens: growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, serum biomarkers, and gene expression.

This study investigated the growth performance, nutrient utilization, and intestinal health responses of Eimeria-challenged broiler chickens to dietary Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis). On day 1, birds were assigned to 2 diets supplemented with Spirulina (0 or 5 g/kg) in a randomized complete block design. The birds within each diet were divided into 2 Eimeria-challenge groups (challenge or no-challenge) and that resulted in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement with 2 levels each of Spirulina and challenge on day 14.

Feasibility and acceptability of integrating a multicomponent breastfeeding promotion intervention into routine health services in private health facilities in Lagos State, Nigeria: A mixed methods process evaluation.

Most health care providers in Lagos State, Nigeria are private and are not required to offer breastfeeding counseling to women. From May 2019-April 2020, Alive & Thrive implemented a multicomponent breastfeeding promotion intervention in private health facilities in Lagos that included training and support to implement the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and provide breastfeeding counseling and support to pregnant women and lactating mothers in person and on WhatsApp. We conducted a mixed methods process evaluation in 10 intervention and 10 comparison private health facilities to examine the feasibility and acceptability of integrating the intervention into routine health services.