Foot-and-mouth disease virus strains and examination of exposure factors associated with seropositivity of cattle herds in Nigeria during 2007–2009

• Published in: Preventive veterinary medicine 2013-05, Vol.109 (3-4), p.334-342
• Main Authors: Fasina, Folorunso O., Connell, Dana R., Talabi, Oladele A., Lazarus, David D., Adeleke, Gabriel A., Olusanya, Taiwo P., Hernandez, Jorge A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Case-Control Studies; Case–control; Cattle; Cattle Diseases - blood; Cattle Diseases - epidemiology; Cattle Diseases - virology; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary; FMD; Foot-and-Mouth Disease - blood; Foot-and-Mouth Disease - epidemiology; Foot-and-Mouth Disease - virology; Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus - isolation & purification; Logistic Models; Nigeria; Nigeria - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 0167-5877; 1873-1716
• DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.004

New outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) occurred in cattle herds in Nigeria during 2007–2009. The objectives of the study reported here were: (i) to identify current FMD virus strains circulating in cattle herds and (ii) to identify exposure factors associated with a seropositive diagnosis of FMD in cattle herds. This study provides evidence that FMD virus serotypes O, A and SAT-2 were co-circulating in cattle herds in Nigeria during 2007–2009. Cattle herds in a neighborhood affected with FMD had higher odds of being classified as seropositive to FMD, compared to herds that were in a neighborhood not affected with FMD (OR=16.27; 95% CI=3.61, 18.74; P