Serosurvey Of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus In Small Ruminants From Different Agro-Ecological Zones Of Nigeria
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and economically important transboundary viral disease of domestic and wild small ruminants (Balamurugan et al. 2010). Outbreaks of PPR occur...
Peste Des Petits Ruminants (Ppr): Generating Evidence To Support Eradication Efforts
The Frontiers in Veterinary Science published a January editorial on ‘Peste des petits ruminants (PPR): Generating evidence to support eradication efforts’. The editorial was created...
Distinctive Symptoms Of Newcastle Disease
The only way to help the birds recover when the signs/symptoms have already manifested is by providing supportive care and antibiotic therapy to prevent secondary bacteria infection. Hence, the proven and most potent option that smallholder farmers should explore to keep their flock safe is to properly vaccinate the birds against Newcastle disease and maintain adequate biosecurity measures.
Newcastle Disease Control And The Effectiveness Of Biosecurity
Newcastle disease is a reality that poultry farmers live with every day. Local prescriptions of herbs and concoctions seem not to yield the expected result as birds die in their numbers. This is...
Small ruminants; Economic benefits, Challenges and Recommendations
The importance of livestock, in Nigeria, cannot be ignored. Small ruminants which include sheep and goat is a value chain employing a significant number of people from the farmer, to the marketer,...
Saving Our World Through Livestock Vaccination
Far too many people depend on livestock as their primary means of livelihood, especially the rural smallholder farmers. Food security and global health security are directly affected by the health...