EVALUATION OF RINDERPEST VACCINATION PROGRAMME IN NORTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA
EVALUATION OF RINDERPEST VACCINATION PROGRAMME IN NORTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | NWANTA, Jhon Anaelom | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-27T10:23:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-27T10:23:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-11 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SURGERY AND MEDICINE FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | An investigation was undertaken with data collection on Rinderpest Vaccination returns and outbreaks from 1980 1989, field veterinary staff strength, qualifications and experience from the Federal Department of Livestock and Pest Control services, Kaduna and various Northern state veterinary headquarters respectively. Also 1000 copies of questionnaires desinged in relation to the various problems militating against rinderpest vaccination programme in eight Northern States of Nigeria were distributed to field veterinary staff and 807 completed copies returned. The results of vaccination and outbreak figures showed that vaccination figures increased to about 11.4 million at the peak of outbreak (1983) and declined to about 2.3 million by 1988 when no outbreaks were reported. The available records on the immune status of our national herds showed that a lot of cattle were not protected. On the various problems associated with rinderpest vaccination programme, the percentages of the respondents and the problems included:- inadequate means of transportation (20.7%), inadequate vaccination Inputs (14.8%), inadequate funding of the campaign (13.7%), lack of cooperation among cattle owners for fear of taxation or post vaccinal tissue reactions following simultaneous vaccination of cattle with tissue rinderpest, and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccines (11.6%), improper restraining due to unavailability vi of restraining materials (8.0%) and break in cold-chain due to limited storage facilities (7.8%). Investigation into the various sources of vaccines and diluents showed about 19% of respondents said they procured both National Veterinary Reseach Institute (Vom) TCRV and foreign TCRV from our local markets. While all the repondents from Plateau State who commented on the availability of vaccines and diluents at the time of vaccination indicated that they were not usually available at the time of vaccination campaign, therefore this may have affected the antibody Level to rinderpest recorded in this State. More than 90% , of the respondents indicated that vaccines were transported from their source(s) to the State veterinary headquarters within 2 hours in Plateau State. Yet only 34 . 2% of their cattle had antibody to rinderpest. Also the percentage of cattle with antibody to rinderpest was low in Katsina and Plateau States where more than 15% of the respondents indicated that vaccines were carried in any available container without ice packs. The proportion of seropositive animals in each State did not seem to depend on the involvement of veterinarians in the vaccination campaigns. Also there was no dear association between years of experience of the staff involved in the vaccination and the percentage of animals with antibodies to rinderpest. The composition of vaccination team differed significantly from State to State ( P < 0 . 0 5 ). vii Recommendations on the ways of improving the campaign as responded included provision of adequate means of transportation (17.2%), adequate supply of vaccination inputs (15.2%), adequate publicity and enlightment campaign (11.9%) provision of incentives to field workers (10.7%) and also training of field staff (6.3%). | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5682 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | EVALUATION, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RINDERPEST, | en_US |
| dc.subject | VACCINATION, | en_US |
| dc.subject | PROGRAMME, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NORTHERN STATES, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.title | EVALUATION OF RINDERPEST VACCINATION PROGRAMME IN NORTHERN STATES OF NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |