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Co-inections of domestic and wild birds with avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses: implications for control and genetic mutations

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Co-infections of birds’ upper respiratory tract by avian pathogens are common and cause increasing economic losses. This study determines co-infection status of avian influenza (AI) and Newcastle disease (ND) in birds in two Nigerian states with different highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) records and where modified stamping out policy contained the virus for seven years after which the virus resurged with higher infectivity in 2015. A cross-sectional study sampling 910 apparently healthy domestic and 90 wild birds from wild habitats, commercial poultry farms, households and live bird markets (LBMs) was conducted. Cloacal and tracheal swabs were tested for AI H5 and ND viruses using conventional reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Overall detection rates of 3% and 18% for AI and ND were obtained. There was an equivalence of 8.5% ND detection rate in poultry and wild birds in the two states. Co-infection (0.2%) of a local chicken from a live bird market (LBM) and crown crane (Balearica regulorum) from a household to AI H5 and ND viruses occurred, respectively. Exposure of birds to AI and ND was significantly detected in apparently healthy domestic and wild birds. The probability of these viruses exchanging genetic materials to resurge with increasing virulence is foreseen. Therefore, routine AI and ND control measures should incorporate virus surveillance and instituting appropriate preventive measures in domestic and wild birds held in households, commercial farms and LBMs.

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Authors wish to thank all technical staff of the poultry clinic VTH ABU Zaria who assisted in sample storage and the staff of DNA Laboratory Kaduna where samples were processed and analysed.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria

    Waziri Ibrahim Musa & Paul Ayuba Abdu

  2. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria

    Lawal Sa’idu

  3. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, A.B.U Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria

    Mohammed Bello

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Musa, W.I., Sa’idu, L., Bello, M. et al. Co-inections of domestic and wild birds with avian influenza and Newcastle disease viruses: implications for control and genetic mutations. Vet Res Commun 44, 159–166 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-020-09783-y

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