SURVEY OF SOME VIRAL, PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND HAEMATOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AT THE WILD-DOMESTIC ANIMALS’ INTERFACE IN YANKARI AND SUMU WILDLIFE PARKS IN BAUCHI, NIGERIA
SURVEY OF SOME VIRAL, PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND HAEMATOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AT THE WILD-DOMESTIC ANIMALS’ INTERFACE IN YANKARI AND SUMU WILDLIFE PARKS IN BAUCHI, NIGERIA
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2018-02
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ATUMAN, JOEL YAKUBU
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Wildlife play significant role in the transmission of several livestock diseases and pathogen spill-over may occur in complex socio-ecological systems at the wildlife-domestic animal interface which have been seldom studied. This study was carried out from October 2013 to October, 2016 during which the prevalence of some viral and parasitic infections and haematological and biochemical parameters in wildlife and domestic animals within and around Yankari game reserve (YGR) and Sumu wildlife park (SWP) in Bauchi State, Nigeria was detrmined. Blood, sera, faeces and ticks were collected from wildlife including 4 elephants (Loxodonta Africana), 11 waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymus), 1 hartbeest (Alcelaphus baselaphus caama), 24 elands (Taurotragus oryx), 53 zebras (Equus quagga crawshayi), 1 kudu (Tragelaphus streptsiceros) and 12 wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) and domestic animals including 300 cattle (Bos indicus), 200 donkeys (Equus asinus) and 200 horses (Equus caballus). Wild animals were immobilized using combination of etorphin Hcl (M 99) at 0.5-2 mg/kg and Azaperone at 0.1 mg/kg using a Dan-Inject rifle fitted with 3 ml dart syringe while domestic animals were restrained by their owners for samples collection. Antibodies to rift valley fever virus (RVFV), foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) were determined using Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) whereas Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV) antigens were detected using conventional reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Giemsa stained thin and thick blood smear and haematocrit centrifuge technique were used for haemoparasites identification. Gastrointestinal (GIT) parasites were identified using floatation and sedimentation techniques whereas ticks were identified morphologically using appropriate keys. Mean values for haematological and serum biochemical values for wildlife were determined using automated haematology analyzer (ABX ABC Vet,
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN FOOD ANIMAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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SURVEY,, VIRAL,, PARASITIC INFECTIONS,, HAEMATOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS,, WILD-DOMESTIC ANIMALS’ INTERFACE,, YANKARI,, SUMU WILDLIFE PARKS,, BAUCHI,, NIGERIA