Aliyu Usman Mani

Aliyu Usman Mani (born 11 April 1957) was a Professor of Veterinary medicine at the University of Maiduguri. He was commonwealth Scholarship Doctoral Scholar at the University of Edinburgh from 1989. He was the Director of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) Veterinary Teaching Hospital between 1997 and 2000, and again the current Director of the same Veterinary Teaching Hospital before his death at the age of 60 years on 16th January 2017. He died to suicide bomb attack while observing the dawn (fajr) prayer in the Mosque inside University of Maiduguri .
Early life
Aliyu was born on April 11, 1957 in Katsina town in Katsina State, Nigeria.
Education
He attended Kayalwa Primary School, Katsina between 1964 and 1970 before proceeding to Government College, Kaduna in 1971. He completed his secondary education in 1975 and did his basic studies at the School of Basic Studies (SBS), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria (1975-1976). Aliyu enrolled at the prestigious ABU to read Veterinary Medicine, where he graduated with the award of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1981. He later attended the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1985, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Veterinary Medicine and later bagged his PhD at the same school.
Career
He did his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at the School of Agriculture, Asaba, Delta State, after which he had a stint with Niger Basin Development Authority, Ilorin, Kwara State. Prof. Mani left Asaba in October 1982 to join the services of the University of Maiduguri as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Veterinary Medicine. He returned to UNIMAID in 1994 and became a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2010. He served as the Director of UNIMAID Veterinary Teaching Hospital between 1997 and 2000. He was also Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine (2005-2010), Acting Dean, Faculty of Vet. Medicine (2008-2010). Mani held several other positions in committees, both within and outside the university, including the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA).
Personal life
He was survived by his wife and two children.
Publications
Aliyu published several papers in local and international Journals, he collaborated with researchers and organisations on key impact research, and gave talks at many professional and multinational conferences.
His published articles includes:
* Reliability of FAMACHA© chart for the evaluation of anaemia in goats in and around Maiduguri, in february 2015, DOI: 10.4314/sokjvs.v12i3.2.
* Indigenous Foot and Mouth Disease Control Methods among Nomadic Cattle Fulanis in Adamawa State, Nigeria, in january 2015, DOI: 10.5455/ajvs.177966.
* Relationship of faecal egg count with packed cell volume and anaemia in Sahel sheep and goats in semi-arid northeastern Nigeria, in september 2013, in Comparative Clinical Pathology.
* A Survey of Early Chick Mortality on Small-Scale Poultry Farms in Jos, Central Nigeria.
* Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in cats in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria.
* Serosurvey for Toxoplasma gondii in dogs in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
* Survey of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in aborted Ovine and Caprine fetuses by nested PCR in Borno state, Nigeria.
* Haemoparasites of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
* Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic sheep and goats in Borno state, Nigeria.
* Prevalence of Salmonella associated with chick mortality at hatching and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents.
* A Survey of Chick Mortality at Hatching in three Selected Hatcheries in Jos, Central Nigeria.
* Seroprevalence of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii and the associated risk factors, in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria.
* Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in Camels (camelus dromedarius) slaughtered in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
* Effect of Dietary Treatments of Ascorbic Acid on the Blood Parameters, Egg Production and Quality in Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonicaM ) Subjected to Heat Stress.
* Effects of Pre-Incubation Storage on the Hatchability of Quail ( Coturnix coturnix japonica ) Eggs in the Sahel Region of Nigeria.
* The Effect of Suplemental Ascorbic Acid on the Development of Newcastle Disease in Japanese Quail ( Coturnix coturnix Japonica ) Exposed to High Ambient Temperature.
* HAEMOPARASITES OF CAMELS (Camelus dromedarius) IN MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA.
* Concept and prospects of computer aided diagnosis (CADx) for Nigerian veterinarians.
* Detection of Human Rotavirus in Faeces from Diarrhoeic Calves in North-east Nigeria, published in March 2002, in Tropical Animal Health and Production.
* Prevalence of Tuberculin Reactor Cattle in the University of Maiduguri Livestock Farm, published in Jan 1990, in Zaria Veterinarian.

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