Efficacy of Feed Coated Newcastle Disease I2 Vaccine in Village Chickens in Gombe State, Nigeria
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lawal; El-Yuguda Ad; Ibrahim Ui
- Source
- Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology. 7
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
animal structures
General Veterinary
biology
040301 veterinary sciences
business.industry
Significant difference
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
biology.organism_classification
040201 dairy & animal science
Newcastle disease
Haemagglutination inhibition
0403 veterinary science
Vaccination
embryonic structures
biology.protein
Medicine
Antibody
Seroconversion
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2157-7579
A study of response of village chickens to vaccination with ND I2 vaccine coated on maize grit as vaccine carrier was carried out in some selected LGAs of Gombe State, using haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. Vaccination efficacy of maize grit coated with Newcastles Disease I2 vaccine has been compared between adult and young, village chickens. The study showed that 94.3% of the vaccinated village chickens (adults and chicks) seroconverted with protective levels of antibodies against ND virus. Those vaccinated with the maize grit coated vaccine exhibited antibody titres of between 1:16 to 1:8192 with GMT values of 109 to 245. There was a significant difference (P