Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria.
We determined the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Jigawa State, northwestern Nigeria using the comparative intradermal tuberculin test in 22 herds consisting of 922 cattle with overall and individual prevalence of 1.08% (10/922) and 45.45% (10/22) obtained, respectively.
Ibrahim
Salisu
S
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Agada
Charity A
CA
Umoh
Jarlat U
JU
Ajogi
Ikwe
I
Farouk
Umar M
UM
Cadmus
Simeon I B
SI
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000662:veterinary; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology*