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Syndromic surveillance of peste des petits ruminants and other animal diseases in Koinadugu district, Sierra Leone, 2011–2012

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to conduct syndromic surveillance for important veterinary diseases in Koinadugu district, Northern Province, Sierra Leone.

Methods

This study examined all veterinary syndromic surveillance reports submitted to the district veterinary office from January 2011 through December 2012.

Results

In total, 5679 case reports were submitted, including 2394 fatalities. The most common syndrome reported was consistent with peste de petits ruminants (PPR) in goats (n = 1649). PPR cases were reported from eight of 11 chiefdoms in the district, with a 42 per 1000 reported incidence rate and a 48 % case fatality rate. Other syndromes reported were consistent with trypanosomiasis in cattle (n = 1402), Newcastle disease in poultry (n = 911), black quarter in cattle (n = 691), and haemorrhagic septicaemia in cattle (n = 542).

Conclusions

Expanded use of the PPR virus vaccine may be required to help control the spread of the infection. Improved community-based prevention efforts may be effective for better control of trypanosomiasis and all these conditions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to the staff of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services in Koinadugu district for providing the surveillance data for this analysis.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory (MHRL), Kulanda Town, Bo, Sierra Leone

    Abu James Sundufu, Rashid Ansumana, Alfred Swarray Bockarie, Umaru Bangura & Joseph Morrison Lamin

  2. Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone

    Rashid Ansumana & Alfred Swarray Bockarie

  3. Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Kathryn H. Jacobsen

  4. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA

    David Andrew Stenger

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Sundufu, A.J., Ansumana, R., Bockarie, A.S. et al. Syndromic surveillance of peste des petits ruminants and other animal diseases in Koinadugu district, Sierra Leone, 2011–2012. Trop Anim Health Prod 47, 473–477 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-014-0736-9

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Keywords

  • Peste des petits ruminants
  • Goats
  • Trypanosomiasis
  • Cattle
  • Syndromic surveillance