Prof. Dr. Johnny Onyema Ogunji

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Animal Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Husbandry
Keywords	Heterotis niloticus, Fisheries management, selective breeding, Genome, Aquakultur
Honours and awards	2011: National Award for Research and Development in the area of LOCAL RAW MATERIALS CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Awarded by Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) - Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Nigeria

Current contact address

Country	Nigeria
City	Abakaliki
Institution	Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike
Institute	Department of English/Linguistics/Literary Studies/Visual Art

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Werner Kloas	Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Carsten Schulz	Institut für Tierzucht und Tierhaltung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Start of initial sponsorship	01/05/2005

Programme(s)

2004	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2009	Johnny Onyema Ogunji: Fish Consumption: A Paradox of Good Health . In: George P. Gagne and Richard H. Medrano, Fish Consumption and Health . Nova Science Publisers Inc, 2009. 77-92
2008	Ogunji, J. O., Kloas, W., Wirth, M., Neumann, N. and Pietsch, C. Effect of Housefly Maggot Meal (Magmeal) diets on the Concentration of Plasma Glucose, Cortisol and Blood characteristics of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings. . In: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 2008, 511-518
2008	Ogunji, J. O., Osuigwe, D. I., Okogwu, O. and Uwadiegwu, N. Response of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus; Burchell 1822 to diets of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) Subjected to different processing methods. . In: Journal of World Aquaculture Society (JWAS), 2008, 215-224
2008	Johnny Onyema Ogunji, Rahat-Ul-Ain Summan Toor, Carsten Schulz, Werner Kloas: Growth Performance, Nutrient Utilization of Nile Tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus Fed Housefly Maggot Meal (Magmeal) Diets. In: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2008, 141-147
2008	Ogunji, J.O., Kloas, W., Wirth, M., Schulz, C. and Rennert, B. Housefly maggot meal (magmeal) as a protein source for Oreochromis niloticus (Linn.) . In: Asian Fisheries Science 21:319 331 , 2008, 319-331
2007	Schulz, C., Huberts, M., Ogunji, J. and Rennert, B. Effects of varying dietary protein to lipid ratios on growth performance and body composition of juvenile pike perch (Sander lucioperca) . In: Aquaculture Nutrition, 2007, 1-8
2007	Carsten Schulz, M. Wickert, C. Kijora, Johnny Ogunji, B.Rennert, Evaluation of pea protein isolate as alternative protein source in diets for juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). . In: Aquaculture Research , 2007, 537-545
2007	Johnny Ogunji Jorge Nimptsch, Claudia Wiegand Carsten Schulz Evaluation of the influence of housefly maggot meal (magmeal) diets on catalase, glutathione S-transferase and glycogen concentration in the liver of Oreochromis niloticus fingerling. . In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A , 2007, 942-947
2004	Johnny O. Ogunji, Okechukwu Okogwu and Jude Mgbeafuruike : Environmental Biology and Waste Management Principles. Glen Publisers, 2004