Open AccessAvian influenza in village chickens, its awareness and presence of potential risk practices among rural dwellers
Author(s) -
Victor Gugong,
I. Ajogi,
Junaidu Kabir,
Emmanuel C. Okolocha,
Emmanuel O. Ngbede,
Maurice N. Abraham,
Sunday Emmanuel Hambolu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(12)60061-9
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , haemagglutination inhibition , avian influenza virus , titer , virology , virus , antibody , human mortality from h5n1 , veterinary medicine , hemagglutination , influenza a virus , biology , medicine , immunology , covid-19 , serology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objective: To assess the presence of antibodies to the avian influenza virus H5 subtype in\udvillage chickens. Methods: A total of 480 sera samples were obtained from apparently healthy\udlocal chickens in four local government areas (LGAs). The sera samples were subjected to the\udhaemagglutination inhibition (HI) test using the H5N2 avian influenza antigen. Results: An overall\udprevalence of 2.92% with a mean antibody titre of (7.07暲0.73) log2 was obtained. There was a low\udlevel of awareness of avian influenza among the rural dwellers, the electronic and print media\udwere the most common source of awareness. Conclusions: This result highlights the important\udrole apparently healthy village chickens may play in virus perpetuation (reservoir) and in the\udspread of avian influenza to other animals and humans