Publications by authors named "Anvou R Jambol"
As pig production increases in Africa, it is essential to identify the pathogens that are circulating in the swine population to assess pig welfare and implement targeted control measures. For this reason, DNA samples collected from pigs in Nigeria in the context of African swine fever monitoring were further screened by PCR for porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2), porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3), and porcine parvovirus 1 (PPV1). Forty-seven (45%) pigs were positive for two or more pathogens.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPorcine circovirus-2 in Africa: Identification of continent-specific clusters and evidence of independent viral introductions from Europe, North America and Asia.
Transbound Emerg Dis
July 2022
Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) is associated with several disease syndromes in domestic pigs that have a significant impact on global pig production and health. Currently, little is known about the status of PCV-2 in Africa. In this study, a total of 408 archived DNA samples collected from pigs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia between 2000 and 2018 were screened by PCR for the presence of PCV-2.
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- - The study focused on an outbreak of Peste-des-petits-ruminants (PPR) and Goat pox (GTP) in a mixed flock of sheep and goats in Kanam, Nigeria, highlighting the difficulty in controlling these economically important diseases.
- - Researchers collected blood and tissue samples from the infected animals and used laboratory techniques to detect antibodies and the presence of the viruses responsible for PPR and GTP, confirming co-infection in the same flock.
- - Phylogenetic analysis showed that the PPR virus belongs to lineage IV, with similarities to viruses from Gabon and Cameroon, while the GTP virus clustered with sequences from Burkina Faso and Yemen, indicating a regional connection.
Dermatophytes from cattle were successfully characterized to species and strain levels for the first time in Nigeria. This study was undertaken to isolate and characterize dermatophytes from cattle in Plateau State, Nigeria. Two molecular techniques were utilized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and partial sequencing of the VP2 hypervariable region was performed on clinical samples from two infectious bursal disease (IBD) outbreaks in Plateau state, Nigeria. IBD virus RNA was detected in all four bursa of Fabricius samples. Nucleotide sequencing and analysis of the four samples revealed high similarity to previous IBDV sequences from northern and southern Nigeria.
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