title: A natural outbreak of Newcastle disease in guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris galeata) in Nigeria.
abstract: A natural outbreak of Newcastle disease (ND) was reported in a flock of guinea-fowl in Nigeria, affecting 1,029 birds of which 250 (24.3%) died. Paralysis of the legs and wings, coughing, sneezing, white diarrhoea and complete cessation of egg production were observed. Serum samples collected at the onset and during the course of the disease had high ND antibody titres. ND virus was isolated from a pool of brain tissues from diseased guinea-fowl. The ND virus isolate was characterised as a velogenic strain.
authors.affiliation: Poultry Division, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Haruna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shamaki
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Echeonwu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Majiyagbe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shuaibu
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011200:Poultry
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral