Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
ISSN: Online 1993-601XISSN: Print 1680-5593
Abstract
A total of 226 goats were carefully examined during a survey to determine the prevalence of besnoitiosis in Kaduna State, Nigeria. At ante mortem examination no signs of besnoitiosis were observed in any of the goats and no gross lesions of the disease occurred on their skins examined, after slaughter, at Anchau, Giwa and Soba slaughter slabs. Skin specimens were obtained from the neck area after the postmortem inspection and preserved in 10% buffered neutral formalin. Microscopic examination of Haematoxylin and Eosin stained sections, of 145 of the skin specimens which were processed, revealed an intradermal aggregation of Besnoitia cysts in a Kano-brown doe. The intact cysts stimulated no inflammatory reactions but those with degenerated cyst-walls initiated infiltration of mononuclear cells to the site. All sections from the remaining 144 specimens were negative of the disease. An incidence of 0.7% was recorded for caprine besnoitiosis in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria.
How to cite this article:
S.J. Sambo , N.D.G. Ibrahim , K.A.N. Esievo , J.O. Hambolu , M.S. Makoshi and L.B. Tekdek . First Incidence of Caprine Besnoitiosisin Kaduna State of Nigeria.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/javaa.2007.673.675
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1680-5593/javaa.2007.673.675