Journal
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION
Volume 42, Issue 8, Pages 1605-1610Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9635-x
Keywords
African swine fever; Carrier state; Control and eradication; Endemic; Slaughtered pigs; PCR
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The occurrence of African swine fever (ASF) DNA in slaughtered pigs in the major pig producing areas of Plateau state over a 2-year period was investigated. Three hundred fifty-nine pig tissue samples from five local government councils (LGCs) were analyzed by clinical signs (C/S), postmortem (PM) lesions and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The results of diagnosis made by C/S and PM were compared to results obtained by PCR. Out of the 359 abattoir samples, 13 (3.62%) were positive by examination of C/S and PM lesions while 346 (96.38%) were negative. Jos-north LGC had the highest occurrence of PCR positive samples (31 samples); Panyam in Mangu LGC had no positive result. PCR analysis identified 53 positive samples (14.76%); more than 40 were identified on the field. Of the samples, 306 were PCR negative, thus giving a true ASF status of pigs in Plateau state. Analysis of the results, variables involved in the ASF spread and predictable effects of such findings in the pig industry in Plateau state and Nigeria as a whole is discussed.
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