The prevalence of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis in cattle herds in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria

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Gideon Dauda Mshelia
Jibrilla Dahiru Amin
Godwin Onyeamaechi Egwu
Zerai Woldehiwet
Richard Donald Murray
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[1] University of Liverpool,Institute of Translational Medicine and School of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Leahurst Campus
[2] University of Liverpool,Institute of Infection and Global Health, Department of infection Biology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Leahurst Campus
[3] University of Maiduguri,Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
[4] University of Maiduguri,Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Tropical Animal Health and Production | 2012年 / 44卷
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Cattle; Lake Chad basin; Nigeria;
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The prevalence of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis (BVC) was investigated in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria. Preputial washings and cervico-vaginal mucus samples were obtained from 270 cattle presenting a history of abortion and lowered fertility, kept in traditional and institutional farms. All the samples investigated were cultured using standard bacteriological technique. Campylobacter fetus was isolated from six bulls and four cows. In all cattle sampled, the isolation rates were 2.2% for C. fetus subsp. venerealis and 1.5% for C. fetus subsp. fetus; the herd and within-herd prevalence rates for C. fetus were 22.2% and 3.4%, respectively, while the overall active infectivity rate was 3.7%. BVC probably contributes to lowered fertility and abortions found in cattle in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria, associated more with C. fetus subsp. venerealis than C. fetus subsp. fetus.
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