EFFECTS OF VACCINATION ON THE PREVALENCE OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS (PPR) IN SMALL RUMINANTS IN DUTSI-MA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

An investigation was conducted to determine the prevalence of Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) andvaccination efforts inDutsinma Local Government Area, of Katsina State, Nigeria using data collected from Dutsinma Veterinary clinic between 2001to2019. The results showed that thedisease is most prevalent during the cold months of the year (Harmattan) and beginning of the rainy season.Similarly, outbreaks increased with the relaxation of vaccination campaign programmes. It was also observed that thenumber of outbreak was low when Tissue-Culture-Rinderpest Vaccine (TCRV) vaccination was intensifiedand outbreak increases when the vaccination was relaxed. This study was concluded that intensive vaccinationcampaign of small ruminants against the PPRshould be done on house to house basses before harmattan set in and trainingoffield workers and mass enlightenment campaign in the villages are important to control the threat of the diseasein Dutsin Ma .