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  A Review on Distribution, Behavior, Population Status, And Conservation Issues of Menelik’s Bush Buck (Tragelaphus Scriptus Menelk)

  Rabira Gonfa

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  Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.131-136, Feb-2020

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  Menelk bush buck (Tragelaphus scriptus Menelk) is medium-sized herbivores. Their population number is confined to a few groups into sub-areas with criteria such as their good relationships and isolation. Anthropogenic disturbance and its impacts on biodiversity pose urgent challenges to biologists as we emphasized throughout this review. The main objective of this work is to review the distribution, behavior, Population status, and conservation issues of Menelk’s bush buck ( Tragelaphus scriptus Menelk). Causes of decrease in numbers seem to be related to the restricted habitat availability due to changes in human agro-pastoral activities, which resulted mainly in reduced day-cover availability and possibly reduced food base. This review concludes the basic aspects of Menelk bush buck distribution, ecology, nutritional habits and evaluates the main threats and destruction of Menelk bush buck management. Menelk bush buck seem to do well in moderately modified agro-systems with non- invasive human activities.

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  Conservation Distribution, Behavior, Minilik bush buck, Population

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  Rabira Gonfa, "A Review on Distribution, Behavior, Population Status, And Conservation Issues of Menelik’s Bush Buck (Tragelaphus Scriptus Menelk)," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.7, Issue.1, pp.131-136, 2020

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  Microbiological Qualities of Some Borehole and Well Water in Industrial and Sewage Disposal Sites of Kano Metropolis

  Sabo A.A., Obiekezie S.O., Makut M.D., Mudasir N.

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  Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.137-141, Feb-2020

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  The paper investigated some borehole and Well waters located within industrial and sewage disposal sites of Bompai, Sharada (Sabuwar gandu), Challawa (Tsamawa) and Gyadigyadi, (court road), Wailari, with a view to determine their microbiological qualities. A total of fifty (50) samples. Ten (10) wells and Ten (10) boreholes (two from each location) were sampled and analyzed for their bacterial counts, coli form, faecal coliform counts, staphylococcal count and salmonella-shigella count using standard microbiological techniques. Cultural, morphological characharistics of the isolates revealed the presence of the following bacteria; Escherichia coli, proteus spp. Pseudomonas spp. Klebsella spp. Enteobacter sp., Staphylococcus spp. Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. The mean bacterial load of boreholes (x104cfu/ml) were 1.83, 1.85, 0.17, and 0.13 for total viable count while in well water samples (x104cfu/ml) was 1.254, 0.437, 0.823, 1.234, and 1.982, In-vitro sensitivity test against 16 common antibacterial agents demonstrated high multiple-resistance incidence to, Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Cabenicillin, Chloramphenicol, Cotrimoxazol, Cephalexin, Cefotaxime and Cloxacin, and lower resistance frequencies (0-33%) to Erythromycin, Floxacin, Nitrofuranton, Gentamicin, Metronidazole, Penicillin, Streptomycin, and Tetracyclin were however observed. Results also indicated the presence of potentially drug-resistant strains of some bacteria in all the sources except some borehole water samples. The result shows that some of the borehole and well samples are not within the recommended limit of WHO (2006) and NSDWQ (2007) standard for drinking water. The borehole and well water should therefore be protected and treated before consumption.

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  Microbiological, Qualities, Industrial, Sewage, Disposing

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  Sabo A.A., Obiekezie S.O., Makut M.D., Mudasir N., "Microbiological Qualities of Some Borehole and Well Water in Industrial and Sewage Disposal Sites of Kano Metropolis," International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences, Vol.7, Issue.1, pp.137-141, 2020