January 2016

Haemorrhagic septicaemia outbreaks in cattle with high mortality following wrong vaccinations in Adamawa and Taraba States, Nigeria

Two outbreaks of haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) following wrong administration of contagious bovine pleuro pneumonia (CBPP) vaccine (CBPPV) combined with black quarter vaccine (BQV) and administration of CBPPV alone, respectively were investigated in cattle herds in Adamawa and Taraba States of Nigeria. Two of the nomadic Fulani cattlemen independently purchased the CBPP and BQ vaccines in October, 2006 at the Zonal...

Author(s): Garba Ahmed, Mohammed A. Qadeer, Moses O. Odugbo, Christianah I. Odita, Olabisi A. Makanju, Abdulazeez O. Najeem, Lami Galadima, Philips A. Okewole and Mohammed S. Ahmed