Summary
Rabies is the most important zoonotic disease in Nigeria. The disease occurs regularly in the dog (accounting for about 94% of the confirmed diagnosed cases) and a host of other domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses and donkeys (to which it is transmitted by infected dogs). It has also been diagnosed in the cat, caracal and a ferret.
From the available evidence and records, rabies is endemic in Nigeria and occasionally, it may attain an enzootic proportion. The endemicity is maintained in the country by dog to dog transmission.
The disease in Nigeria is controlled by regular vaccination of dogs by the use of High and/or Low Egg Passage Flury vaccine produced by the Federal Department of Veterinary Research, Vom, Nigeria. Despite this control measure, rabies has been reported in vaccinated dogs. Although rabies-related viruses such as Mokola and Lagos bat viruses have been reported to produce rabies-like disease in dogs. Occurrence of rabies in vaccinated dogs constitutes a very great danger to the public and the veterinarian in particular is at a very high risk.
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Oduye, O.O., Aghomo, H.O. (1985). Epidemiology of Rabies in Nigeria. In: Kuwert, E., Mérieux, C., Koprowski, H., Bögel, K. (eds) Rabies in the Tropics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70060-6_64
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