Seroprevalence of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus in Local Chickens in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, South East Nigeria

Abstract

Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) poses a great global threat to the poultry industry. Knowledge of the occurrence of the disease is important in the design and implementation of a control program, therefore this study determines the seroprevalence of IBDV in local chickens in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. 250 chickens were bled by exsanguination and sera obtained were screened using Agar Gel Immunodiffusion (AGID) test. The seropositivity was 51.6%, which is indicates endemicity of the disease. Biosecurity and good sanitary measures are recommended. Molecular characterization of the strains should be carried out for inclusion in generic vaccines.

Serological survey of Infectious Bursal Disease Antibodies amongst birds in Keffi, Nassarawa State, Nigeria

“…It also implies that the local birds screened were not exposed to IBD vaccines as this finding may not reflect true prevalence and contrasts previous reports across the country as shown in the occurrence of 9.58% in Northeastern-Nigeria [9], 51.6% in Udu LGA, Delta state [1], 63.5% in Gombe State [7], 41.0% in Nsukka [8] and 89.7% amongst unvaccinated local birds in Abeokuta, South Western Nigeria [16] as well as other parts of Africa including Tanzania, 58.5% [13], Ethiopia 91.9% [29] and 91.8% in Sinar, Sudan [2]. This observed inconsistency could also be associated with the sampling method, sample size, coverage within study area, volume of human settlement and traffic, local poultry trade as well as duration of study.…”

“…This indiscriminate antibiotic use constitutes a growing public health problem and heavy financial losses to poultry industry [17]. Previous serological e v a l u a t i o n o f I B D i n d i c a t e d v a r i e d occurrences across the country [16], [8], [7], [1]. The paucity of IBD information status in the study area necessitated this serological survey to determine the infectious bursal disease virus antibody titres in both exotic and local (Nigerian indigenous) breeds of birds in Keffi, Nassarawa State of Nigeria, a gateway town to the nation's Federal capital, Abuja.…”

“…Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) is an important viral disease of global threat to the poultry industry [1] including Africa [2] and Nigeria [3]. IBD virus is a non-enveloped double stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus belonging to the genus Avibirnavirus of the family Birnaviridae.…”

Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro) in Backyard Chicken in Jordan

“…The presence of IBDV antibodies in the blood of non-vaccinated indigenous village birds is a sign of IBD virus circulation. Also, Abraham et al (2015) mentioned that the seropositivity of IBD infection was 51.6%, which means that the disease is endemic; the current study was done in the hot season. According to Lawal et al (2014), a higher prevalence of 84.4% was obtained during the rainy season compared to 40.3% in the hot season.…”

Seroprevalence of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus in Private Poultry Breedings of Ukraine From 2014 to 2016

“…В його основі лежить виявлення антитіл до збудників захворювань за допомогою імуноферментного аналізу. Дані сероло-гічного моніторингу використовують для побудови карт поширення небезпеч-них збудників та оцінки їх актуальності на досліджуваних територіях [1,9].…”