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Using participatory epidemiological techniques to establish rural based poultry disease profiles: practical field experience in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2013

I.W. MUSA ,
M. NDAHI ,
E.G. PAM ,
A. OKIKE ,
P.C. CYRILE ,
H. SASKIA  and
C. JOST
I.W. MUSA*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
M. NDAHI
Affiliation:
Federal Department of Livestock, Abuja, Nigeria
E.G. PAM
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
A. OKIKE
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
P.C. CYRILE
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
H. SASKIA
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
C. JOST
Affiliation:
International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
*
Corresponding author: ibwazkalt@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract

The productivity and health status of household poultry are under continuous challenges from endemic, emerging and re-emerging diseases in many developing countries. A key success to efficient rural poultry disease control is to harness both current disease status and farmer's knowledge. Participatory disease surveillance is a re-emerging epidemiology concept that is practically based and gives local farmers a greater role in shaping identified health and production programs. The concept involves open communication and transfer of knowledge by applying a toolkit of methods guided by some key concepts and attitudes to establish current health and production status and to identify best policy intervention strategies. Surveys from a total of 90 villages with a focus group discussion involving at least 15 participants, were conducted. The profiling tools used in the study included relative incidence scoring, disease impact matrix scoring and visualization techniques while probing was used to check responses. Matrix scoring indicated Newcastle disease (ND) as the most important disease of poultry. ND, ectoparasitism and fowl pox were the most prevalent poultry diseases. Farmers in this region possess rich indigenous veterinary knowledge but lack access to modern veterinary facilities. The economic impacts of these poultry diseases are significantly high. Participatory disease surveillance has made tremendous contributions towards controlling livestock diseases and is now a global concept that needs to be fully adapted in Nigeria and other developing countries. This paper reviews the principal methodology of participatory epidemiology and highlights feedbacks from a field research in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria.

Keywords

rural poultrydiseasesparticipatory epidemiologyNigeria
Type
Small-Scale Family Poultry Production
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 387 - 400
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2013

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