Abstract:
A Survey of some infectious diseases of livestock was carried out in four of six Local Government Areas (L.G.A)of Enugu North ,South Easth Nigeria.The local government areas were:Nsukka,Igboeze North,Uzo-uwani and Udenu.The questionnaire-based survey also included oral interviews and repeated personal visits.The study was carried out over a period of one year from September,2002 toAugust 2003.Following a pre-survey census of one hundred and twenty(120)in the area were interviewd.A total number of forty-four(44)outbreaks of different diseases were reportd in a study area for the period under study.Peste des petits Ruminants (PPR) recored the highest number of reports(19.33%)followed by trypanosomosis(17.10%)and Newcastle Disease(ND)(13.01%)The highest number of outbreaks was observed within the second and third quaters of year(rainy sason)and the locations where tey were mostly reported were from Udenu L.G.A.(34.1%)and and NSUKKA L.G.A.(31.8%)The result of this epidemiolgical study showed that the disease investigated were not significantly endemic(p>0.05)however,based on the frequency of repoarts,its was evident that PPR,Trypanosomois,ND,Infectious Bursal Disease(IBD),African swine Fever(ASF)and Rabies were endemic in the study area.The result of this study provides background information on the disease that limits livestock production in Enugu North Zone of South-East Nigeria.Therefore,effort towards curbing of livestock disease on the study area should be be targeted on PPR,Trypanosomosis,ND,IBD,ASF and Rabies.
