Publications by authors named "Comfort Oluladun Aiki-Raji"
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- Akabane virus (AKAV) is a significant pathogen in ruminants, causing abortions and congenital defects, yet it has not been thoroughly explored in Nigeria.
- A study in southwest Nigeria found a high seropositivity rate of 70.1% in cattle and a lower rate of 4.3% in sheep, with varying positivity across different age groups.
- The presence of antibodies in unvaccinated animals highlights the need for ongoing monitoring and awareness to manage and control AKAV effectively in the region.
Since the first outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria in 2006, there has been continuous monitoring of the disease in chickens with little attention given to turkeys. As part of on-going surveillance for AI in southwest Nigeria, we used a competitive ELISA to detect anti-AI virus antibodies in 520 turkey sera obtained from poultry farms in Oyo, Osun, and Ondo states while haemagglutination inhibiting antibodies against low pathogenic AI viruses (LPAIVs) were detected using H3N8 and H5N2 subtype-specific antigens. The overall seroprevalence obtained by ELISA was 4.
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