AN OUTBREAK OF HEARTWATER IN WEST AFRICAN DWARF LAMBS ON PASTURE

Authors

  • A. O. AYENI  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v18i.1973

Keywords:

Heartwater disease, WAD Lambs, pasture

Abstract

An outbreak of Heartwater disease in young West African Dwarf ram/lambs on pasture in Ile-Ife is reported. The outbreak which started 2 weeks after being put to pasture lasted 4 weeks. It affected seven out of 24 lambs put to an ex- perimental pasture. The remaining animals in the unit (about 250) were  apparently not af- fected. In 3 of the cases Cowdria ruminantium organisms were demonstrated in the endothelial cells of the jugular vein. Ticks removed from the animals and ground in sterile saline produced Heartwater disease in susceptible goats.

Author Biography

A. O. AYENI,  Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 

 Department of Animal Science

Downloads

Published

2021-01-12

How to Cite

AYENI, A. O. (2021). AN OUTBREAK OF HEARTWATER IN WEST AFRICAN DWARF LAMBS ON PASTURE . Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 18, 71–73. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v18i.1973

Issue

Vol. 18 (1991)

Section

Articles

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Obs.: This plugin requires at least one statistics/report plugin to be enabled. If your statistics plugins provide more than one metric then please also select a main metric on the admin's site settings page and/or on the journal manager's settings pages.