April 2012

Pathological conditions and lesions observed in slaughtered cattle in Zaria abattoir

Disease prevalence in ruminants constitutes a serious impediment to livestock production in Nigeria. Records of common cattle diseases prevalent in Zaria are pertinent for effective control programmes. Knowledge of the extent to which the public is exposed to zoonotic diseases through meat consumption is useful in preventive medicine. The slaughter house in Zango-Zaria was visited between January and September, 2008 to...

Author(s): M. A.  Raji, S. O. Salami and J. A. Ameh

April 2010

Assault on doctors

Patient's attender assaulting the treating doctor is the commonest scenario. Nowadays this has been very much highlighted in the media. But still this problem is being continued in hospital. When patients consult a doctor for his problems, there is a healthy doctor patient relationship with mutual trust that is essential for successful management. Seldom senior doctors are also attacked even in their own private...

Author(s): V. Vijayanath, M. R. Anitha and G. M. Raju