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.
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