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The prevalence of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis in cattle herds in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria

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The prevalence of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis (BVC) was investigated in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria. Preputial washings and cervico-vaginal mucus samples were obtained from 270 cattle presenting a history of abortion and lowered fertility, kept in traditional and institutional farms. All the samples investigated were cultured using standard bacteriological technique. Campylobacter fetus was isolated from six bulls and four cows. In all cattle sampled, the isolation rates were 2.2% for C. fetus subsp. venerealis and 1.5% for C. fetus subsp. fetus; the herd and within-herd prevalence rates for C. fetus were 22.2% and 3.4%, respectively, while the overall active infectivity rate was 3.7%. BVC probably contributes to lowered fertility and abortions found in cattle in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria, associated more with C. fetus subsp. venerealis than C. fetus subsp. fetus.

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Acknowledgements

This project was supported through a Commonwealth Split-Site Doctoral Scholarship (NGCN-2005-55) from the Association of Commonwealth Universities. We are grateful to Jackie Jones and Andrew Wattret, for technical support in bacteriology; and Dr. Dai Grove-White for useful suggestions.

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  1. Institute of Translational Medicine and School of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Leahurst Campus, University of Liverpool, Neston, Cheshire, UK, CH64 7TE

    Gideon Dauda Mshelia & Richard Donald Murray

  2. Institute of Infection and Global Health, Department of infection Biology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Leahurst Campus, University of Liverpool, Chester High Road, Neston, Wirral, CH64 7TE, UK

    Zerai Woldehiwet

  3. Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069, Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Gideon Dauda Mshelia & Jibrilla Dahiru Amin

  4. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069, Maiduguri, Nigeria

    Godwin Onyeamaechi Egwu

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Mshelia, G.D., Amin, J.D., Egwu, G.O. et al. The prevalence of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis in cattle herds in the Lake Chad basin of Nigeria. Trop Anim Health Prod 44, 1487–1489 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0092-6

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Keywords

  • Campylobacter fetus
  • Cattle
  • Lake Chad basin
  • Nigeria