Risk estimates for children and pregnant women exposed to mercury-contaminated Oreochromis niloticus and Lates niloticus in Lake Albert Uganda

Exposure to mercury contaminated fish predisposes populations particularly children and pregnant women to various health hazards including neurotoxicity, reproductive abnormalities and cognitive disorders.Earlier studies in the Lake Albert community have demonstrated the presence of Endrocrine Health mercury in Nile tilapia and Nile perch.However,

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Parasite Fauna of Ostriches, Emus and Rheas

In most parts of the world ratite farming (i.e.farming of ostriches, emus and rheas) is a new fi eld Arm Guards of livestock production.These birds are livestock with broad utilisation of their products.Both wild and captive ostriches, emus and rheas may be infested with their own specifi c parasites as well as with external and internal parasites

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