Participatory Epidemiological Investigation of Newcastle Disease in Local Chickens in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

• DOI: 10.5455/ijlr.20140629095805
• Publication Date: 2014-07-09T23:04:03Z
• Authors: Anzaku A; Umoh U; Abdu A; Kabir A
• Keywords: Newcastle Disease; Federal capital territory; Capital (architecture)

A participatory epidemiological investigation of Newcastle disease in Nigeria local poultry was carried out between the months April and June 2012 four conveniently selected Area Councils Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) Nigeria, Forty informant groups/villages participated tools used include focus group discussions (FGDs), semi-structured interviews (SSIs), proportional piling, simple ranking, pair-wise matrix scoring, seasonal calendar, mapping transect walk. This done order to determine perception livestock owners on clinical manifestation features (Newcastle disease) study area. Some signs mention by farmers includes; high mortality, greenish diarrhoea, bloody incoordination dyspnoea, outbreak occurs area October March, most traditional remedies they for treatment include; red pepper (Capsicum frutenscens), gautakaji (Solanumnodiflorum) oxytetracycline capsules though with limited success, further shows that estimated mean morbidity case fatality rates due ND were 71.38% 74.5% respectively.