Natural outbreak of Newcastle disease in village chickens obtained from various sources in semi-arid region of Nigeria

• Main Authors: Abubakar, Mustapha B., Ani, Monday, El-Yuguda, A. D., Baba, S. S., Gambo, H. I., Geidam, Y. A., Shettim, Y. M., Zannah, Y. M., Abu, Jalila, Ideris, Aini
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65007/1/PA-8.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65007/

An outbreak of Newcastle Diseases (ND) was investigated in caged local chickens that were obtained from various locations in and around Bama, Nigeria. A morbidity rate of 58% and morality rate of 60% were recorded among the affected birds. The birds started dying two days after the onset of clinical...