Publications (217)
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PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF FIVE COWPEA [(Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)] LINES AS FEED RESOURCES FOR RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN BURKINA FASO
Barro Antoine 1, Batieno Téyouré Benoit Joseph 2, Neya James Bougouma 2, Palé Korotoumou 1, 2, Jean Baptiste De La Salle Tignégré 3, Kaboré Adama *2, Sawadogo Mahamadou 4
The main food resource for ruminant production in Burkina Faso is natural grazing, which cannot
sustain ruminant production all year round. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate cultivated
forages including crop residues such as fodder whose nutritional values must be verified before
they are used in ruminant feed. To this end, samples(...)
Cowpea Leaves; Nutritional Values; Ruminants; Burkina Faso.
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Population dynamics and age-dependent mortality processes in tropical reptiles
Hugo Cayuela, Godfrey C. Akani, Emmanuel M. Hema, Edem A. Eniang, Nioking Amadi, Stephanie N. Ajong, Daniele Dendi, Fabio Petrozzi, Luca Luiselli
Abstract Understanding age-dependent mortality processes is a critical challenge for population biologists. Actuarial senescence appears to be a common process across the tree of life. Senescence patterns are highly variable in pluricellular organisms: senescence can be gradual or sharp and its onset may be early or delayed. By contrast, studi(...)
Senescence, Biology, Population, Ectotherm, Ecology, Zoology, Limiting, Mortality rate, Demography, Genetics
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Epidemiology and Resistance Phenotypes of Salmonella spp. Strains Responsible for Gastroenteritis in Children less than Five Years of Age in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ali Konaté, Nathalie Guessennd, Fernique Konan Kouadio, Réné Dembelé, Assèta Kagambèga, Innocent Kouamé Kouadio, Haoua Cissé, Mohamed Baguy Ouattara, Wendpoulomdé Ad Kaboré, Tiékoura Konan Bertin, David Coulibaly N’golo, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro
Conventional treatment of children with severe gastroenteritis is based on antibiotic therapy. Due to the emergence of Multi-Drug resistant bacteria and pediatric therapeutic failures, this study was undertaken to determine resistance phenotypes of Salmonella spp. responsible for children, gastroenteritis.
Salmonella, Epidemiology, Open access publishing, Acute gastroenteritis, Phenotype, Biology, Medicine, Virology, Genetics, Bacteria, World Wide Web, Internal medicine, Gene, Computer science
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ANALYSE DE QUELQUES NÉOGRAPHISMES PUBLICITAIRES AU BURKINA FASO
OUEDRAOGO Youssouf et DAÏLA Béli Mathieu
La pratique du français en contexte naturel se particularise du français standard à
l’écrit et à l’oral. Dans cet article, il est question de la formation des mots sur les
affiches et enseignes publicitaires et les infographies télévisuelles. En effet, les
mots sont formés de lettres, de chiffres et ne tiennent compte que de la phonie.
Ce(...)
français standard, phonétique, graphie, néographisme
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Macrohabitat and microhabitat usage by two softshell turtles (Trionyx triunguis and Cyclanorbis senegalensis) in West and Central Africa
AKANI G.C., ENIANG E.A., AMADI N., DENDI D., HEMA M.E., DIAGNE T., SEGNIAGBETO G.H., DI VITTORIO M., GBEWAA S.B., PAUWELS O.S.G., CHIRIO L. & LUISELLI L.
No field studies have been conducted characterizing the habitat characteristics and eventual spatialresource partitioning between softshell turtles (family Trionychidae) in West and Central Africa. Here, we analyzethe macrohabitat, microhabitat (along four variables), and apparent population abundance of Nile Soft-shelledTerrapin (Trionyx triu(...)
conservation; ecology; habitat selection; Trionychidae; West-Central Africa
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Effects of Water Quality and Post-Harvest Handling on Microbiological Contamination of Lettuce at Urban and Peri-Urban Locations of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Juliane Dao, Kathrin Stenchly, Oumar Traoré , Philip Amoah and Andreas Buerkert
Vegetable production in urban gardens of Ouagadougou contributes to food security, but
water for irrigation is often of low quality. This is particularly acute if irrigation water is taken
from wastewater polluted channels. This study aimed at (i) verifying to what degree irrigation
water quality is correlated with contamination of lettuce(...)
urban agriculture; microbiological contamination; lettuce; trade chain
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Bushmeat consumption in large urban centres in West Africa
Luca Luiselli, Emmanuel M. Hema, Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, Valy Ouattara, Edem A. Eniang, Gnoumou Parfait, Godfrey C. Akani, Djidama Sirima, B.B. Fakae, Daniele Dendi, Julia E. Fa
Abstract There is an unprecedented demand for bushmeat in large cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and this is a major threat to many species. We conducted 2,040 interviews in six cities in four West African countries, in forest and savannah settings. We analysed age- and sex-related differences in the frequency of bushmeat consumption. Overall, we(...)
Bushmeat, Geography, Socioeconomics, Consumption (sociology), Population, Demography, Environmental protection, Ecology, Sociology, Biology, Wildlife, Social science
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Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Lactococcus lactis Isolated from Endodontic Infections in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Wendpoulomdé A. D. Kaboré, Réné Dembelé, Touwendsida Serge Bagré, Ali Konaté, Sylvie Boisramé, Valérie Chevalier, Tarcissus Konsem, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro
Background: This study aimed to characterize and test the antimicrobial susceptibility of Lactococcus lactis isolated in endodontic infections in Burkina Faso. Material and methods: This was a prospective study conducted at the Municipal Oral Health Center of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from June to October 2014. Clinical data were collected us(...)
Amoxicillin, Microbiology, Medicine, Cefotaxime, Penicillin, Antibiotics, Clavulanic acid, Antibiotic resistance, Biology
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Environmental geochemistry and ecological risk assessment of potentially harmful elements in tropical semi-arid soils around the Bagassi South artisanal gold mining site, Burkina Faso
Aboubakar Sako and Mamadou Nimi
This study investigates geochemistry and ecological risk of artisanal gold mining-derived potentially harmful elements in semi-arid soils in Burkina Faso. R-mode factor analysis, which reduces the variables (elements) to few factors, was applied to explain the dominant variance in the data. Three factors, which account 80% of the total varianc(...)
potentially harmful elements; artisanal gold mining; geochemistry; ecological risk; pedogeochemical processes
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Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Soil Organic Matter Fractions in Thickets and Intergrowth Areas of Sudanian Savannah Grasslands, Bondoukuy, Western Burkina Faso
Moïse YONI, Aboubakar SAKO, Luc ABBADIE & Georges SERPANTIE
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) play a central role in physico-chemical fertility of a soil, and thus promoting agricultural productivity. Yet little is known about SOC and TN dynamics in tropical ferruginous soils of Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, thicket and intergrowth soil samples, under both cultivation and perennial(...)
Andropogon gayanus, fallow lands, particulate organic matter fractions, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen
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Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Dug Well Water and Its Suitability for Domestic Water Supply in the Village of Passakongo, Dédougou municipality, Burkina Faso
Aboubakar Sako, Sâga Sawadogo, Moïse Yoni, Mamadou Nimi, Ousseni Zongo & Ousmane Bamba
Hydrogeochemical characterization and suitability study of dug well water for domestic purpose were carried out in a semi-arid rural village in Burkina Faso. Thirty water samples were collected from 15 wells in dry and wet seasons, 2017. Electrical conductivity (EC) and total dissolved solids as well as major ions of all samples were within th(...)
dug well; hydrochemistry; domestic water supply; semi-arid; rural Burkina Faso
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Evaluation of the hygienic and sanitary quality of attiéké produced by hand in Burkina Faso: case of "Burkina journalier", a local processing unit in Dedougou.
Réné Dembelé, Ali Konaté, Oumar Traoré, Kaboré W. A. Désiré, Luc Sarambé, Charles Edouard T. Kaboré, Harouna Bidiga, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro
In Burkina Faso, the lack of good hygienic practices (GHP) by producers and the uncontrolled sale of attiéké expose consumers to health risks like the Toxi-Infections Food (TIF). Our study aims to establish the hygienic quality of attiéké produced at Dédougou (Boucle du Mouhoun) and how to apply good manufacturing practices (GMP) and good hygi(...)
Hygiene, Food science, Fecal coliform, Toxicology, Environmental science, Mathematics, Geography, Biology, Medicine, Water quality, Ecology
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Distribution of resistance genes encoding ESBLs in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from biological samples in health centers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dissinviel S Kpoda, Abraham Ajayi, Marius Somda, Oumar Traore, Nathalie Guessennd, Aboubakar S. Ouattara, Lassana Sangare, Alfred S. Traore and Mireille Dosso
Objective: Resistance to antibiotics most especially third generation cephalosporins has assumed a worrisome
dimension globally. Genes conferring these resistance which are mediated by enzymes known as extended spectrum
beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are now wide spread among several Enterobacteriaceae species. However there is paucity of
data reg(...)
Extended spectrum beta-lactamase, bla-TEM, bla-SHV, bla-CTX-M, Burkina Faso
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The conservation status of west african vultures: an updated review and a strategy for conservation
DI VITTORIO M., HEMA M. E., DENDI D., AKANI G.C., CORTONE G., LOPEZ-LOPEZ P., AMADI N., SEGNIAGBETO G.H., BATTISTI C. & LUISELLI L.
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West african vultures, threatened species, conservation strategy
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Geochemical evaluation of soil, surface water and groundwater around the Tongon gold mining area, northern Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
Aboubakar Sako, Sanata Semdé and Urbain Wenmenga
A comprehensive geochemical evaluation of soils and water resources around the largest gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire was conducted. The enrichment factors and statistical analysis of heavy metals revealed that the mining had greatly contributed to As, W, Hg, Sr and, to a lesser degree, Co, Ni and Zn loadings into the soils. In contrast, V, Zr, Hf(...)
Gold mining, Heavy metals, Soil geochemistry, Water pollution, Northern Côte d’Ivoire