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Serosurvey of peste des petits ruminants virus in small ruminants from different agro-ecological zones of Nigeria

Timothy Y. Woma, Pius S. Ekong, Dauda G. Bwala, John O. Ibu, Louisa Ta’ama, Dyek Y. Dyek, Ladi Saleh, David Shamaki, Demo J.U. Kalla, Dalan Bailey, Haruna M. Kazeem, Melvyn Quan
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research | Vol 83, No 1 | a1035 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v83i1.1035 | © 2016 Timothy Y. Woma, Pius S. Ekong, Dauda G. Bwala, John O. Ibu, Louisa Ta’ama, Dyek Y. Dyek, Ladi Saleh, David Shamaki, Demo J.U. Kalla, Dalan Bailey, Haruna M. Kazeem, Melvyn Quan | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 05 August 2015 | Published: 11 March 2016

About the author(s)

Timothy Y. Woma, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Pius S. Ekong, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Dauda G. Bwala, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
John O. Ibu, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Louisa Ta’ama, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Dyek Y. Dyek, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Ladi Saleh, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
David Shamaki, Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, Nigeria
Demo J.U. Kalla, Animal Production Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Nigeria
Dalan Bailey, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Haruna M. Kazeem, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Melvyn Quan, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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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