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صفحه اصلی / سومین همایش بین المللی و چهارمین همایش ملی کشاورزی، محیط زیست و امنیت غذایی

Prevalence of Peste des Petits ruminants Virus in West African Dwarf Goats from Osun State Nigeria.

نویسندگان :

Olayiwola Danso¹ Ismaila Muritala²

1- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P. M. B. 2240, Nigeria 2- Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

کلمات کلیدی :

PPR،WAD goats،Haemagglutination assay،Virus،Prevalence

چکیده :

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious viral disease regarded as one of the most important militating diseases against small ruminant production. Effective reporting of the prevalence of the disease would lead to its effective control. This study investigated the current prevalence of the disease in WAD goats from Osun state. Faecal samples were collected from 87 WAD goats aged 1 to 3 years with no history of vaccination against PPRV and subjected to hemagglutination assay (HA). Effect of ages, sexes and coat colour on prevalence, hemagglutination titre, and rectal temperature were determined using 3 x 2 x 5 factorial design, in SAS version 9.1.3. Results showed a general prevalence (90.80%) of PPRV in WAD goat in the study area. Female had a higher (91.55%) infection rate than the male (87.50%). Also, goats aged 1 year and below had the highest PPRV prevalence (93.75%) followed by those aged between 1-2 years and goats aged 2 years and above (88.24%). White goats had the highest PPRV prevalence (100%) followed by complete brown (96.55%), complete black (87.80%), white patch with black (66.67%), and goats with white patch with brown (66.67%). The study further revealed that the disease is more prevalent in the rainforest region (94.12%) than in the derived savanna (86.11%). Sex, age, coat colour and agroecological zone had no significant effect (P>0.05) on the HA titre and rectal temperature. The correlation results revealed a positive and nonsignificant association (r = 0.024) between the rectal temperature (o c) and HA titre. Our findings suggest that PPRV control efforts be intensified to improve small ruminant productivity and strengthen food security in Osun State and beyond.