Benjamin Emikpe

Benjamin
Emikpe

University of Ibadan Ibadan Nigeria
Biography

Emikpe benjamin is a professor of diagnostic pathology and chair department of veterinary pathology of university of Ibadan, Nigeria.  My research interest had been pulmonology with intranasal vaccination approach to control of major pneumonia in domestic animal and viral diseases of poultry. I have also applied the use of phytogenic delivery system in the delivery of poultry vaccines especially that of Newcastle disease and infectious bursal disease of poultry. I have graduated 12 doctoral students in the area of vaccine delivery, use of probiotics and phytobiotics in chicken, goats and fish. Presently I'm supervisig doctoral students in area of intranasal vaccine delivery for PPR, a pneumonic disease of goats in the tropics. I'm also working in the introduction of probiotics in the control of repiratory diseases in goats and major diseases of fish. I'm a visiting professor to universities in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra leone.  I'm also external examiner to University of Ghana,  University of Nigeria,  Nsukka and Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. Presently, a member of multidisciplinary  central laboratory  university of ibadan and a member of the governing board of precious cornerstone university based in ibadan, Nigeria. 

Research interests
Vaccinology, Diagnostic pathology, immunohistochemistry