Curriculum Vitae

I. (a) Name: Veronica Eyihuri ADETUNJI NEE JAMES

(b) Date of Birth: 19th April 1973
(c) Department: Veterinary Public Health & Preventive Medicine
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
(d) Faculty: Veterinary Medicine

II. (a) First Academic Appointment (with dates): Lecturer II 30 Sept. 2010
(b) Present Appointment: Lecturer I

III. University Education (with dates)

(a) University of Ibadan 2010 till date.
(b) University of Ibadan 2008-2010
(c) University of Ibadan 2003-2008

IV. Academic Qualification (with dates and granting bodies)

(a) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD in View University of Ibadan)
(b) Master of Veterinary Public Health (MVPH) (2010, University of Ibadan).
(c) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) (2008, University of Ibadan).

V. Professional Qualification (with dates)

(a) Registered with the Veterinary Council of Nigeria VCN No.5069, (2008).

VI. Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes (with Dates)

(a) LekanAyanwale Award for the best Masters student in the Department of
Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine (2010)
(b) A distinction in Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine in DVM
examinations (2008).
(c) Dean’s Award to the Third Best Student at the 400 level, UI (2006).
(d) Provost Award as the Second Best Student at OND Examinations (1996).

VII. Membership of Learned Societies

(a) Member, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA)
(b) Member, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV)
(c) Member, Wildlife Disease Association (WDA).
(d) Member Wildlife Disease Association Africa and the Middle East (WDA-
AME)
(e) Member Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV)

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VIII Details of Teaching Experience at University Level 2009/2010 till date
Course Units
(a) AVM 619 Wildlife/Fish Ecology and Diseases 3
(b) VPH 531 Veterinary Public Health Clinics I 3
(c) VPM 632 Preventive Veterinary Medicine Clinics II 6
(d) VPH 639 Projects in Aquatic and Wildlife Medicine 6
(a) VPH 422 Field Practice III 3

IX. Administrative Experience

(a) Departmental Representative, Career Board Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 2013 till date
(b) DVM Students Registration 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015,
2016/2017, 2017/2018
(c) Member Departmental Finance Committee
(d) Chairperson Departmental Ceremonial Committee 2012 till date
(e) External Examiner, Federal College of Animal Health and Production
Technology Moor Plantation Ibadan, Nigeria, for OND Animal Health
Examinations, (2013).
(f) Member Organising Committee Women Research Documentation
(WORDOC), University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

X. Research
(a) Completed
(i) Effect of the concurrent intramuscular administration of furosemide on
Acepromazine-Ketamine anaesthesia in the rabbit.
(ii) Helminthes infestation of Primates in two Zoological Gardens in Ibadan
(iii) Causes of mortality in wild animals.
(iv) Causes of morbidity in wild animals.
(v) Demography of zoo animals in zoological gardens in South-Western,
Nigeria.
(vi) Evaluation of Acaricide properties of the neem Azaradica indicus
(vii) Dipstick urinalysis in African land tortoise Geochelone species

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 (b) In Progress
(i) Epidemiology and molecular characterization of haemogregarines in African giant
tortoise geochelone species in Ibadan, Nigeria

(ii) Identification and characterization of helminths in tortoise: Implication for

Veterinary Practice and Public Health.

(iii) Wildlife, domestic animals and human being interface: The public health
Implications.

(iv) Prevalence of haemoparasites in cattle egret caught at Bodija Municipal Abbatoir

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

( c) Dissertation and Thesis None

XI. Publications
(a) Books already Published: Nil

(b) Chapters in Books already Published:

(c) Articles that have already appeared in Refereed Conference Proceedings:

1. Ogunro B.N, Adetunji V.E, Ogunsola J.O and Antia R.E (2015)
Haematology and clinical chemistry of two honey badgers Mellivora
capensis Proceedings of 52nd Annual Congress of the Nigerian Veterinary
Medical Association held at Port Harcourt, 16-20 November 2015.

2. Tijani G.F. Ajani E.K., Agbede S.A. and Adetunji, V.E (2015) Effects of
Fish Oil Replacement with vegetable on the performance of Clarias
gariepinus (Burchell, 1821) Post-juveniles. Proceedings of 30thFison Annual
Conference, November 22-27, 2015.

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(d) Patents: None

(e) Articles that have already appeared in Learned Journals:

3. Adeyemi, I.G; Adetunji, V.O.; James, V.E. and Alonge, D.O. (2005) Ten-
year retrospective evaluation of vaccination of dogs against rabies at the
University of Ibadan. African Journal of Biomedical Research, 8: 71-77.

4. Adetunji V.E and Ogunlami D (2012) Demography of zoo animals in four

zoological gardens in South-western Nigeria.Tropical Veterinarian 30 (3)
114-124.

5. Adetunji, V.E (2014) Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in primates

and their keepers from two zoological gardens in Ibadan, Nigeria.Sokoto
Journal of Veterinary Sciences 12(2): 25- 30
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sokjvs.v12i2.5

6. Adetunji, V.E.and Adesope, A. (2014) Some causes of mortalities in captive

wild animals in Ibadan. Nigerian Veterinary Journal 35(2)

7. Alarape, S.A., Hussein T.O., Adetunji, V.E. and Adeyemo, O.K. (2015).
Skeletal and Other Morphological Abnormalities in Cultured Nigerian
African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus, Burchell 1822). International Journal
of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 2(5): 20-25.
http://www.fisheriesjournal.com/vol2issue5/Pdf/2-5-21.1.pdf

8. Adetunji, V.E., Ogunsola J.O and Adeyemo, O.K. (2017). Evaluation of

ketamine-diazepam for immobilization of African land tortoise (Testudo
graeca). Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences 17(1):78-81
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sokjvs.v17i1.10

9. Ogunsola J.O and Adetunji, V.E. (2018) Use of diazepam-ketamine in the

prevention of capture myopathy in the ostrich (Struthio camelus): Short
Communication. (short communication) Sokoto Journal of Veterinary
Sciences 16(1):86-89 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sokjvs.v16i1.12

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 (f) Technical Reports and Monographs: Nil
XII Major Conferences /Workshop/Training attended
(i) Workshop on manuscript writing fundamentals organized by Medical
Education Partnership in Nigeria (MEPIN), held between 1st and 3rd August
2011, at Supreme Training Management Centre, Bodija, Ibadan.

(ii) Workshop on Wildlife Chemical Immobilization in organized by Wildlife

Veterinary Consult Nigeria and South Africa held at Yankari Game Reserve
Bauchi State. Nigeria. 22nd – 28th Nov. 2012.

(iii) 49th Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association NVMA Annual Congress held
between 5th and 9th of November 2012 at Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

(iv) 45th Annual Conference of American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

AAZV held in Salt Lake City Utah, USA September 28-October 4, 2013.

(v) 50thNigerian Veterinary Medical Association NVMA Annual Congress

(vi) held between 11thand 15th of November 2013 in ECOWAS Centre Abuja
FCT.
(vii) International training on diagnosis of parasitic diseases, molecular
characterization, haematology and biochemistry at the Department of Veterinary
Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Tamilnadu State, India
(February 1st – May 15th 2015).
(viii) 49th Annual Conference of American Association of Zoo Veterinarians AAZV
held in Frisco, Dallas Texas, USA September 23-October 2, 2017.
(ix) 67Th Annual International Conference Wildlife Disease Association WDA held
at St. Augustine Florida, USA August 5th-10th, 2018.

Signed

Dr. Veronica Eyihuri Adetunji

+234(0)8025918866, onize5@yahoo.com