NDLI: A Questionnaire Survey Of Reports Of Livestock Disease Outbreaks In Enugu North, South East Nigeria

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Author	C U Paul-Abiade J I Onunkwo L O Aka
Abstract	A survey of some infectious diseases of livestock was carried out in four out of six Local Government Areas (L.G.A) of Enugu North, South East Nigeria. The local government areas were: Nsukka, Igboeze North, Uzo-uwani, and Udenu. The questionnaire-based survey also included oral interviews and repeated personal visits. The study was carried out over a period of one year from September, 2002 to August, 2003. Following a pre-survey census of one hundred and thirty two (132) practicing veterinarians and animal health superintendents in the study area, one hundred and twenty (120) in the area were interviewed. A total number of forty-four (44) outbreaks of different diseases were reported in the study area for the period under study. Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) recorded the highest number of reports (19.33%) followed by Trypanosomosis (17.10%) and Newcastle Disease (ND) (13.01%). The highest number of outbreaks was observed within the second and third quarters of year (rainy season) and the locations where they were mostly reported were from Udenu L.G.A. (34.1%) and Nsukka L.G.A. (31.8%). The result of this epidemiological study showed that the diseases investigated were not significantly endemic, (p>0.05) however, based on the frequency of reports, it was evident that PPR, Trypanosomosis, ND, Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD), African Swine Fever (ASF) and Rabies were endemic in the study area. The result of this study provides background information on the diseases that limit livestock production in Enugu North Zone of Southeast Nigeria. Therefore, efforts towards curbing of livestock diseases in the study area should be targeted on PPR, Trypanosomosis, ND, IBD, ASF and Rabies.
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e-ISSN	03313026
DOI	10.4314/nvj.v27i3.3521
Journal	Nigerian Veterinary Journal
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	27
Language	English
Publisher Date	2008-05-09
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Agriculture Food Sciences Veterinary Science Questionnaires Diseases Livestock Epidemiology Enugu North
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Agricultural and Biological Sciences Veterinary

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