January 2012

Studies of wine produced from pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is the common name for a tropical plant with edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit, consisting of coalesced berries. The ratio of 1: 4 (pineapple must: sugar) was used to produce wine using recipes A to D. A contained only natural yeast; B contained natural yeast augmented with granulated sugar; C contained natural yeast augmented with baker’s yeast and granulated sugar...

Author(s): Idise, Okiemute Emmanuel

January 2012

A survey of avian malaria parasite in Kano State, Northern Nigeria

As an attempt to keep abreast of the variety of avian Plasmodium parasite in Kano State, a total of 218 blood films were made from wild (116) and domesticated (102) bird species collected between January and July, 2009 period. The slides were examined for the presence of Plasmodium parasite (parasitaemia value). Birds examined were six Columbidae livia (pigeons), two Cisticola...

Author(s): Karamba K. I, Kawo A. H., Dabo N. T and Mukhtar M. D