Maduike C O Ezeibe
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Biography
Maduike C O Ezeibe is a Professor of Veterinary Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike-Nigeria and a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka from where he obtained Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree (DVM), MSc and PhD. He is also a Fellow of College of Veterinary Surgeons, Nigeria (FCVSN). He has won many academic prizes, including Best Student in Veterinary Microbiology, Pathology, Public Health and Jurisprudence and in Veterinary Clinics. In 2011, he won Nigerian Government’s presidential Standing Committee Award for invention of Medicinal synthetic Aluminum-magnesium silicate (nanoparticles); a broad spectrum antiviral medicine which has proved effective against Avian influenza virus, Measles virus, Newcastle disease virus, Peste des petits ruminants virus, Infectious bursal disease virus, Egg drop syndrome 76 virus, Avipoxvirus and Canine parvovirus.