Staff Profile

Peace Somdare

Research Interests

  • Aquatic animal nutrition
  • Aquatic toxicology
  • Fish physiology

Peace Onas Somdare

Lecturer 2

Peace Onas Somdare is a lecturer II in the Department of Zoology. She holds a Master of Fisheries Biology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and a Bachelor of Technology (Hons) in Zoology from the Federal University of Technology Yola, Nigeria. She has carried out research in aquatic toxicology, particularly the effects of various agrochemical pollutants on fish health, as well as the study of parasites of fish. 

She is currently carrying out her doctoral research in Aquatic Animal Nutrition at the University of Science Malaysia (USM). Her research is focussed on the development of sustainable aquaculture feed using locally available raw materials. 

She has a strong research focus and experience in the fields of aquatic animal nutrition, artificial breeding in fish using the African catfish, fish farm management, fish physiology, culture of freshwater prawns and lobsters. 



  • Nwani, C. D., Somdare, P. O., Ogueji, E. O., Nwani, J. C., Ukonze, J. A., Nwadinigwe, A. O. . (2017). Genotoxicity assessment and oxidative stress responses in freshwater African catfish Clarias gariepinus exposed to fenthion formulations.. Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 40 : 273-280.

  • Nwani, C.D., Somdare, P. O., Ukonze, J. A., Ejere, V.C., Nwadinigwe, A. O., Nwani, J. C., Odo, G. E. , Ugbor, O. N.. (2016). Subchronic Exposure to Fenthion Induces Haematological Changes in Liver Tissue of African Catfish Clarias gariepinus.. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 28 : 229–234.

  • Somdare, P. O., Nwani, C. D., Nwadinigwe, A. O., Nwani, J. C., Odo, G. E., Ugbor, O. N., Ukonze, J. A. Ezeibe, A. B. C. A. (2015). Fenthion induced toxicity and histopathological changes in gill tissue of freshwater African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822).. African Journal of Biotechnology, 14 (25): 2103-2113.

  • Nwani, C. D., Ekwueme, H. A., Ejere, V. C., Onyeke, C. C., Chukwuka, C. O., Somdare, P. O. , Nwadinigwe, A. O. (2015). Physiological effects of paraquat in juvenile African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchel 1822).. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 3(1) : 35-43

  • Ugbor, O. N., Odo, G. E., Nwani, C. D., Ochang, S. N., Somdare, P.O., Agbakwuo , C. A. (2015). Effect of parasites on the biochemical and haematological indices of some clariid (Siluriformes) catfishes from Anambra River, Nigeria.. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 3 (2) : 331-336.

  • Ugbor, O. N., Odo, G. E., Nwani, C. D., Ochang, S. N., Somdare, P. O., Agbakwuo, C. A. (2014). Parasitic fauna of two dominant clariid (Siluriformes) catfishes in a tropical freshwater ecosystem, Nigeria.. Nigerian Journal of Fisheries, 11 : 745-755.



SN TITLE YEAR TYPE
1 Prevalence of parasites on vegetables commonly eaten raw in Lokoja metropolis, Lokoja, Nigeria 2017 Completed
2 Assessment of the food and feeding habits of Synodontis schall (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) in lower River Niger at Lokoja, Nigeria 2016 Completed


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