Contact

• workRoom B31 School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• OLAOLU.OLUFEMI@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Olaolu Tosin Olufemi is a veterinarian with experience in mixed practice. He started his career as a private and resident zoo veterinarian in northern Nigeria before moving into academics. He started his academic career as a pioneer staff at the Department of Animal production and health, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, before joining the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Jos, Nigeria.

His research interests are emerging and re-emerging viruses, zoonoses, public health and preventive medicine.

Expertise Summary

He holds a masters degree in veterinary public health and preventive medicine from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. His previous studies focused on the seroprevalence of Henipaviruses among horses, pigs and bats. He also investigated viran proteins to some emerging viruses in African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum). He is a fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria (Public Health).

Olaolu is currently a PhD Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholar (International) at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Teaching Summary

Biostatistics

Zoonotic diseases of animals

Animal handling

Animal production

Research Summary

Equine emerging and re-emerging viruses Equine Influenza, West Nile virus...

Recent Publications

• SHAIBU, AROME OHIEMI, OKOLOCHA, EMMANUEL CHUKWUDI, MAIKAI, BEATTY VIV and OLUFEMI, OLAOLU TOSIN, 2021. Isolation and antibiogram of Salmonella species from slaughtered cattle and the processing environment in Abuja abattoirs, Nigeria FOOD CONTROL. 125,
• METZ, MARINE B. C., OLUFEMI, OLAOLU T., DALY, JANET M. and BARBA, MARTA, 2021. Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence studies of West Nile virus in equids in Europe between 2001 and 2018 TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. 68(4), 1814-1823
• OLAOLU T. OLUFEMI, MARTA BARBA and JANET M. DALY, 2021. A Scoping Review of West Nile Virus Seroprevalence Studies among African Equids Pathogens. 10, 7
• ABDULAZIZ, J. M., KWAGA, P. J. K. P., OKOLOCHA, E., ABDULLAHI, S. M., IBRAHIM, K. and OLUFEMI, O. T., 2020. Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus on automated teller machines in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 68-68

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Past Research

Serological screening of Bats, Horses and Pig for Henipaviruses in Nigeria

Emerging viruses of Bats.

Sanitary conditions of food contact surfaces in a Slaughterhouse.

Cryptosporidiosis in pigs.

African Swine fever Resist Nigeria.

Caprine Brucellosis

Foot and mouth disease.

Future Research

Viruses as they emerge and re-emerge

Disease control strategies targeted at the animal-human interface

• SHAIBU, AROME OHIEMI, OKOLOCHA, EMMANUEL CHUKWUDI, MAIKAI, BEATTY VIV and OLUFEMI, OLAOLU TOSIN, 2021. Isolation and antibiogram of Salmonella species from slaughtered cattle and the processing environment in Abuja abattoirs, Nigeria FOOD CONTROL. 125,
• METZ, MARINE B. C., OLUFEMI, OLAOLU T., DALY, JANET M. and BARBA, MARTA, 2021. Systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence studies of West Nile virus in equids in Europe between 2001 and 2018 TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES. 68(4), 1814-1823
• OLAOLU T. OLUFEMI, MARTA BARBA and JANET M. DALY, 2021. A Scoping Review of West Nile Virus Seroprevalence Studies among African Equids Pathogens. 10, 7
• ABDULAZIZ, J. M., KWAGA, P. J. K. P., OKOLOCHA, E., ABDULLAHI, S. M., IBRAHIM, K. and OLUFEMI, O. T., 2020. Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus on automated teller machines in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 68-68
• ADANU, A. W., UMOH, J. U., KABIR, J., OTOLORIN, G. R. and OLUFEMI, O. T., 2020. Spatial distribution and seroprevalence of Newcastle disease (ND) in Kaduna State, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 366-366
• OLUFEMI, O. T., ADANU, A. W., WUNGAK, Y. S., NWUKU, J. A., EMMANUEL, H., SHINGGU, P. A., DZIKWI-EMENNAA, A. A., OTOLORIN, G. R., ADEDEJI, Y. O., AMEH, V. O., JATAU, T. D., BABA-ONOJA, E. B. T., ESONU, D. and ALFORD, D. G., 2020. Serological evidence of foot-and-mouth disease virus among apparently healthy Pigs in Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 542-542
• OLADAPO, B. S., PUKUMA, M. S. and OLUFEMI, O. T., 2020. Preventive measures employed against mosquito bites and associated risk factors in Sabon Gari, Girei, Adamawa State, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 101, 488-488
• SHINGGU, P A, OLUFEMI, O T, NWUKU, J A, BABA-ONOJA, E B T and IYAWA, P D, 2019. Liver Flukes Egg Infection and Associated Risk Factors in White Fulani Cattle Slaughtered in Wukari, Southern Taraba State, Nigeria. Advances in preventive medicine. 2019, 2671620
• OLUFEMI, OLAOLU T., DANTALA, DANJUMA B., SHINGGU, PAUL A., DIKE, UMESI A., OTOLORIN, GBEMINIYI R., NWUKU, JIVINI A., BABA-ONOJA, EYIOJO B. T., JATAU, TENMUSO D. and AMAMA, FRANCIS, I, 2018. Seroprevalence of Brucellosis and Associated Risk Factors among Indigenous Breeds of Goats in Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria JOURNAL OF PATHOGENS. 2018,
• OLUFEMI, O. T., DANJUMA, D. B., SHINGGU, P., NWUKU, J. A., BABA-ONOJA, E. B. T., DIKE, U. A. and AMAMA, U. F., 2018. Prevalence of Brucella Antibodies in goats and the practices of farmers regarding Brucellosis in Wukari, Taraba State Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 73, 68-68
• OLUFEMI, O. T., UMOH, J. U., DZIKWI, A., OLUFEMI, Y. O., HAMISU, T. M., DELIA, T. A. and SHAIBU, A. O., 2018. Screening for viral proteins to some emerging viruses in African straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon Helvum) captured in Zaria, Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 73, 192-192
• OLUFEMI, O. T., UMOH, J. U., DZIKWI, A. A., WANG, L., CRAMERI, G., MORRISSY, C., BARR, J. and OLUFEMI, Y. O., 2016. Serological evidence of henipavirus among horses and pigs in Zaria and environs, Kaduna State Nigeria INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 45, 189-189