Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa: Vol 63-1

This bulletin covers the following articles: Effect of dietary organic and inorganic copper supplement on apparent nutrient digestibility, trace mineral retention, ileal morphology and blood parameters of cockerels. Gastrointestinal parasites and management of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in North-eastern Nigeria. Changes in blood glucose and plasma lipids during gestation in chinchilla rabbits synchronized with pregnant mare serum gonadotropins. Controle de la trypanosomose bovine et de ses vecteurs par l’utilisation de la cypermethrine 3% en pour-on dans la zone infestee de l’adamaoua, Cameroun. Effects of age and sex on haematological and serum biochemistry in japanese quails. The evaluation of intranasal lactobacillus fermentum and mannheimia haemolytica bacterine in the control of mannheimia haemolytica infection in grasscutter (thryonomys swinderianus temminck, 1827). Response of broiler chickens to feed supplemented with clay-based nano growth promoter. Impact of emmerging zoonosis and public health significance in Nigeria. Sustaining n’dama cattle for the resource-poor farmers in the Gambia. Descriptive survey of personal hygiene and knowledge of exposure factors of zoonotic diseases among poultry workers in Ogun state, Nigeria. The incidence and pattern of pneumonia in pigs slaughtered at the kumasi abattoir, Ghana. Performance and bone morphometry of two breeds of finishing broiler chickens reared on different housing systems. Records of caesarean sections in bitches presented to the veterinary teaching hospital, federal university of agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. Some observations on the comparative performance of two 3-ABC ELISAs in an area of endemicity. Use of data of an international bovine serum evaluation panel to define some performance characteristics of current 3-ABC ELISAs.