Survey on Prevalence of Newcastle Disease Antibodies in Village Poultry at Live Birds Markets in Gombe, Nigeria
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ibrahim Ui; Lawal; El-Yuguda Ad
- Source
- Journal of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production.
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Veterinary medicine
biology
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Biosecurity
Poultry farming
biology.organism_classification
Newcastle disease
Vaccination
Epidemiology
biology.protein
medicine
Seroprevalence
Antibody
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2577-0594
The study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of Newcastle disease (ND) amongst some village poultry species at poultry markets in Gombe, Nigeria. A total of 1200 (841 Village chickens, 320 Guinea Fowls and 39 Pigeons) sera samples were tested. Haemagglutination inhibition test revealed an overall ND virus (NDV) antibodies prevalent rate of 53.7% (644/1200). The seroprevalence of antibodies to ND was found to be higher in Village chickens 527/841 (62.7%) followed by Pigeons 19/39 (48.7%) and Guinea Fowls 98/320 (30.6%) respectively and were found to be seropositive with Geometric Mean Titres (GMT) of 1.9 to 5.9. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in antibodies to ND seroprevalence rates among the different sampling locations. Species of poultry was found to be associated with ND seroprevalence (P ≤ 0.05) in this study. Newcastle disease antibodies was statistically significantly (P