Olufunke Oluwakemi Oluwole
Nigeria 2013
Olufunke Oluwakemi Oluwole considered becoming a midwife like her mother, but was introduced to agriculture in high school. “I loved it and decided to concentrate on soil science during my BSc studies in Agriculture at university.” Her second degree is also in Agriculture, this time focusing on animal science. With a growing interest in biotechnology, her research into pig chromosomes began, and she has since authored or co-authored some 10 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and at conference proceedings. She is currently in PhD program in Animal Science at OAU.
The black hairy Nigerian indigenous pig, in particular, is known to have special traits, such as greater resistance to common diseases and heat tolerance of a high parasitic load,” she explains. “But due to extensive breeding with an introduced exotic pig breed, there is a risk of losing the gene pool of these traits.
Field of Research
Molecular investigation of the immune status of Nigerian indigenous pigs for disease resistance to African swine fever using polymerase chain reaction.

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