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Serological evidence of camel exposure to peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in Nigeria

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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a viral disease of sheep and goats, is endemic in Nigeria. There are reports indicating the involvement of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), the causative agent of PPR, in a camel respiratory syndrome in Africa. Considering that camels share the same grazing land and drinking points with other ruminants, this study was undertaken to determine the seroprevalence and extent of PPRV antibodies in Nigerian camels. A total of 1517 camel sera samples were collected from four states (Borno, Kano, Kastina and Sokoto). The seroprevalence was determined by the H-protein-based competitive ELISA. The overall prevalence was 3.36 % (51/1517, 95 % confidence interval of 2.51–4.39 %). There was no significant differences in prevalence between states (p = 0.8921) and between male and female camels (p = 0.7424). The prevalence differed significantly (p < 0.00001) by body condition score; camels with poor body condition score has higher (16.67 %) antibody seroprevalence to PPR compared to those with fair and good body condition score. There was a statistically significant difference between camels aged ≤ 5 years and those >5 years (p = 0.0042). These results show occasional transient PPRV infection of camels in Nigeria, and there is the need to include camels among species to be studied in elucidating the epidemiology of the disease in sheep and goats.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a grant (RFA 2 No.48) from the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria through the Competitive Agricultural Research Grant Scheme (CARGS). We sincerely thank the staff of the Morbillivirus laboratory, NVRI Vom and all the field staff that helped during the sample collection and other logistics. D.Shamaki is a recipient of an IAEA project on PPR. T.Y. Woma is a recipient of an IAEA intern fellowship.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04 0110, Onderstepoort, South Africa

    Timothy Yusufu Woma & Melvyn Quan

  2. Animal Production and Health Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O.Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria

    Timothy Yusufu Woma & Adama Diallo

  3. Morbilliviruses Research Laboratory, National Veterinary Research Institute, P.M.B 01, Vom, 930001, Nigeria

    Timothy Yusufu Woma, Pius Stephen Ekong, Hussaini Gulak Ularamu, Solomon Chuwang Chollom, Iliya Iliyasu Lamurde, Dogonyaro Benjamin Bajehson, Nenfa Danjuma Tom, Gideon Bature Aaron & David Shamaki

  4. Animal Production Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, P.M.B 0248, Bauchi, 740001, Nigeria

    Demo Joab Usman Kalla

  5. School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, B15 2 TT, Birmingham, UK

    Dalan Bailey

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Woma, T.Y., Kalla, D.J.U., Ekong, P.S. et al. Serological evidence of camel exposure to peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in Nigeria. Trop Anim Health Prod 47, 603–606 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-014-0747-6

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