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    A rare case of left additional renal artery in a Nigerian goat
    (Firenze University Press, 2010) Olopade, J. O.; Ozegbe, P. C.; Nssien, M. A. S.; Igado, O. O.; Akpan, M. O.; Olukole, S. G.; Aina, O. O.; Onwuka, S. K.; Oke, B. O.
    The report of the occurrence of additional renal arteries in domestic animals is rare in the lit erature. We report a case of an additional renal artery in the left kidney found in a Red Sokoto goat cadaver. The additional renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta 3.80 cm cranial to the origin of the main renal artery. The additional renal artery was relatively long, being 6.30 cm from its origin to the cranial pole region of the kidney where it supplied the kidney. This to the best of our knowledge is the first report in the literature indexed in the Medline of an additional renal artery in a goat.
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    Bilateral orchidectomy in west african dwarf (WAD) goats: effect on blood electrolyte levels
    (2000) Olaifa, A. K.; Onwuka, S. K.; Oyeyemi, M. O.; Olaifa, F. E.; Utio, O. A.|; Adewoye, E. O.
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    Some aspects of the craniofacial indices and macro neurometrics of the Nigerian local pig (Sus Scrofa)
    (Firenze University Press, 2011) Olopade, J. O.; Igado, O. O.; Nwafor, C. I.; Alamu, A. O.; Onwuka, S. K.
    This study is about the craniofacial indices and neuromorphometrics of the Nigerian local pig and has been performed on twelve males and fourteen females of ages one and a half to two years. The average values obtained for the tongue length, tongue weight, rasp length, left pinna length, right pinna length, left pinna width, right pinna width, height of left external nares, height of right external nares and the rima oris length were 17±1.3 cm, 90±16 g, 4.6±0.58 cm, 13±1.3 cm, 13±1.3 cm, 8.7±1.5 cm, 8.7±1.4 cm, 0.98±0.12 cm, 0.96±0.13 cm and 19.51±2.89 cm respectively, while the mean brain weight, mean brain length, cerebrum and cerebellum lengths, brain and cerebellar heights were 84±12 g, 6.9±1.5 cm, 4.9±1.7 cm, 2.2±1.0 cm, 5.2±0.88 cm and 3.0±1.1 cm respectively. There was a negative correlation between the weight of the ani mal and the height of the cerebellum, the length of cerebrum and length of the cerebellum and between the weight of the head and height of the cerebellum. A positive correlation was however observed between the length of brain and the weight of brain, and between the length of the cerebrum and weight of brain. The cerebral length was statistically longer (P < 0.01) in the males than the females. The data obtained from this study will provide added information in the field of comparative anatomy and porcine neuroanatomy research