Serosurvey of peste des petits ruminants virus in small ruminants from different agro-ecological zones of Nigeria
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Woma, Timothy Yusufu
Ekong, Pius S.
Bwala, Dauda G.
Ibu, John O.
Ta’ama, Louisa
Dyek, Dyek Y.
Saleh, Ladi
Shamaki, David
Kalla, Demo J.U.
Bailey, Dalan
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Abstract
Peste des petits ruminants, caused by the peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), is a highly
contagious and economically important transboundary viral disease of domestic and wild
small ruminants and a major hindrance to small-ruminant production in Nigeria. The
seroprevalence and distribution of PPRV antibodies in small ruminants in rural households,
farms, live animal markets and slaughter slabs across the six different agro-ecological zones of
Nigeria were determined. A total of 4548 serum samples from 3489 goats and 1059 sheep were
collected in 12 states. A PPRV competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to
test the samples and the data analysed with R statistical software version 3.0.1. The study
animals included all ages and both sexes. The overall prevalence estimate of sera positive for
PPRV antibodies was 23.16% (n = 1018 positive samples per 4548 total samples, 95% confidence
interval: 21.79% – 24.57%). There were significant differences in the seroprevalence between
the states ( p = 0.001). Taraba State had the highest seroprevalence of 29.51%, whilst the lowest
seroprevalence of 14.52% was observed in Cross River State. There were no significant
differences in the PPRV seroprevalence between male and female animals ( p = 0.571), age
( p = 0.323) and between species ( p = 0.639). These data indicate the current seroprevalence to
PPRV in the small-ruminant population in Nigeria.
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Nigeria, Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), Cross River State, Small-ruminant population
Sustainable Development Goals
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Woma, T.Y., Ekong, P.S., Bwala, D.G., Ibu, J.O., Ta’ama, L., Dyek, D.Y. et al., 2016, ‘Serosurvey of peste des petits
ruminants virus in small ruminants from different agro-ecological zones of Nigeria’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 83(1),
Art. #1035, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ojvr.v83i1.1035.