Mohammed Aliyu-Paiko

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Is the focus of this project related to fish nutrition and immune stimulants in feeds?

My area of interest is centered around additives in fish feed (probiotics, prebiotics and phytobiotics) and the influence on improving immune status, as a substitute to the use of antibiotics. If...

23 November 2018 3,842 2 View

What fermented African foods are the best repositories of Probiotic candidates, especially LAB?

Many fermented foods are consumed worldwide, and many could be found in Asia and Africa. Different microorganisms are responsible for the fermentation processes. However, reports in the literature...

08 April 2016 1,684 2 View

When testing a potential prebiotic polysaccharide added in a diet for freshwater fish, what measurable indices suggest improved immune response?

We are testing d potentials of certain marine seaweed as prebiotic candidate in diets for freshwater fish. Feeding trial was conducted to evaluate optimal inclusion levels and effects on...

19 July 2015 8,520 13 View

Prebiotics, probiotics or symbiotics? Which should one seek to evaluate in a new species?

Application of probiotic organisms to improve health of farmed animals has gained significant interest among researchers, including aquaculture. Increasingly, new species are being investigated...

26 May 2014 9,268 3 View

Does increased production of antibody titers alone during re-challenge with pathogens constitute a good measure of vaccine efficiency?

We recently developed a vaccine (a bio-engineered probiotic strain, L. lactis, as a vector for surface protein display) against common vibrios in fish. Upon challenge, antibody titers in the...

09 April 2013 5,072 23 View

Is it posible to determine (quantitatively) the differences in certain protein concentration in particular tissues (liver or intestine) of different treatments using SDS-PAGE only?

I used Biorad's RNA/Protein extraction kit and obtained both the RNA and the Protein isolates, simultaneously. However, it looks like the integrity of the RNA is is not intact, so I cannot use it....

05 January 2013 2,577 12 View

Any ideas on the best approach to challenge a Marine fish species with a vibrio at minimal handling stress? Dipping or IP injection?

I am trying to challenge Asian sea bass with Vibrio alginolyticus and would be measuring the release of cytokines over a time course within 48 hour period. I am trying to reduce other stressors to...

19 December 2012 532 10 View

extract always show only 1 band on a 1% Agarose gel?

always seems to appear as attached. I am told running a denaturing gel electrophoresis may not change my

19 December 2012 3,152 11 View