FAO-ANIMALHEALTH-L Archives

Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN)

FAO-AnimalHealth-L@LISTSERV.FAO.ORG

Options: Use Forum View

Use Proportional Font
Show HTML Part by Default
Condense Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Sender:
"Establishment of a PPR Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR-GREN)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 5 Feb 2014 07:47:09 +0000
Reply-To:
Paul Rossiter <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:
MIME-Version:
1.0
Message-ID:
Content-Type:
multipart/alternative; boundary="-591071256-1003568335-1391586429=:36179"
From:
Paul Rossiter <[log in to unmask]>
Comments:
cc: FAO-PPR-GREN <[log in to unmask]>, OIE-PPR-GREN <[log in to unmask]>
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (4 kB) , text/html (5 kB)
I am glad that I have the opportunity of participating in this conference. My name is Prof. Timothy Obi, Nigerian, retired Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan and currently Prof. Of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Unudike, Umuahia, Nigeria. I have worked on various aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis and control of PPR from the early eighties till date. Our serological studies in both northern and southern Nigeria showed infection rates of 53 percent in goats and 43percent in sheep in the north and in the south. These figures suggest that PPRV infection is more widespread in the country than overt disease. Although the precise socio-economic impact of PPR in Nigeria has not been quantified, the ease with which it spreads and its morbidity and mortality patterns, indicate that the disease causes very significant production losses, constitutes a threat to food security and militates against income
 generation by the rural poor, including female heads of households and widows.

We would need to understand the epidemiology in different production systems like in the village small ruminant production system and in the migratory pastoralist one. We do know that although outbreaks occur mainly during the rainy seasons and during periods of mass movement of small ruminants from markets in the north to the south for major Christian and moslem festivals. We do associate outbreaks in closed village stock to bought-in animals and those returned to the villages unsold in livestock markets. The precise socio-economic impact of PPR is largely un-known

Heat stable vaccines are available in 100 dose ampoules and the cost of the glass ampoules accounts for greater part of the vaccine. We need 20 dose ampoules and should explore the use of non-glass ampoules for vaccine storage and should involve livestock owners, CAHWs and private veterinarians in vaccinations

The cost of PPR vaccination should be shared between the Federal Government and the livestock farmers/owners and built into on-going efforts to privatize veterinary practice. Farmers would be expected to pay for the vaccines. In most cases farmers place higher value on the vaccine if they have to pay for them, if not fully then subsidized, and the funds realized used to ensure sustainability. Since a single inoculation of the vaccine is expected to produce solid and life-long immunity, the benefit of vaccination is likely to become apparent to the farmers as early as the second year of the programme. 
 
Also, since the CAHWs, community inoculators, animal disease surveillance agents, animal health services providers and private veterinarians also would be involved in other animal health services such as active disease surveillance of other transboundary animal diseases and internal and external parasite control, the Government may wish to share the labour and other professional costs with the farmers. This would help to sustain private veterinary practice. 
 
One envisaged problem is identification of vaccinated sheep and goats. Livestock vaccination cards which should be endorsed by vaccinators could be provided for the animal owners. Production of such cards by livestock farmers could be made to attract some subsidy in vaccine cost in subsequent interventions. 
 
Vaccination campaigns should commence one to two months before the expected period of highest occurrence of PPR outbreaks. Vaccinations should, as much as possible, not interfere with the primary occupation of livestock owners such as trading or crop farming. Maximum use should be made of school holiday periods when children are more likely to be available to help and their youthful curiosity and interest derived from watching vaccination could assist in spreading the message through the community.

########################################################################

To unsubscribe from the FAO-AnimalHealth-L list, click the following link:
https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FAO-AnimalHealth-L&A=1

ATOM RSS1 RSS2