SEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS INFECTION IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN GULANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, YOBE STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorBULAMA, Umaru
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-08T09:39:43Z
dc.date.available2021-06-08T09:39:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractPeste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a severe, fast spreading disease of mainly domestic small ruminants (sheep and goats). It is characterized by sudden onset of depression, fever, discharges from the eyes and nose, sores in the mouth, disturbed breathing, coughing, foul smelling diarrhoea and death. This study was carried out between January and June 2018, to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors (age, sex, breeds and husbandry practices) of PPR in sheep and goats in Gulani Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe State, Nigeria. A cross sectional study was conducted and a total of 331 sheep and goat sera were sampled and screened using Competitive Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (c-ELISA). An overall prevalence of 51.1% was obtained. There was higher seroprevalence of PPR in goats (53.9%) compared to sheep (47.7%), however, this was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). This work has also shown a higher seroprevalence of PPR in female (58.6%) than male (36.8%) goats and in female (50.5%) than male (41.7%) sheep. Only 18.4% of animals sampled were vaccinated against PPR, exposing a larger population of livestock to natural infections and possible PPR disease outbreaks. The seroprevalence of PPR antibody increases with age in both sheep (young 23.8%, adult 51.5%) and goats (young 42.5%, adult 57.2%). Location-based seroprevalence of PPR revealed the highest prevalence of 59.7% in Dutchi ward, while Kukuwa ward had the lowest prevalence rate of 34.5%. Breed-based seroprevalence revealed that the Sahelian goat had the highest prevalence of PPR (57.1%) while Udda breed of sheep had the lowest prevalence of 43.5%. Sokoto red goat, Yankasa and Balami sheep had 52.9%, 48.2%, and 50% PPR prevalence rates respectively. In conclusion, there was high seroprevalence of PPR in the study area in sheep and goats which shows possible exposure to PPR in the study area. Therefore, further studies to isolate the virus and determine its strain and pathogenicity to livestock is recommended. Control measures should be instituted to monitor transboundary migration of animals for proper management of the disease and to minimize the loss associated with the disease.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12420
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS,en_US
dc.subjectPESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS,en_US
dc.subjectVIRUS INFECTION IN SHEEP AND GOATS,en_US
dc.subjectGULANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,,en_US
dc.subjectYOBE STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.titleSEROPREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS INFECTION IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN GULANI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, YOBE STATE, NIGERIAen_US
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