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This work aims to assess the effects of the application of feed and health technological packages on thezootechnical-economic performance of local breeds pigs in Casamance. It involved 253 young pigs,provided by 44 traditional farms. The feed and health technological package group (FHT) pigs werekept in permanent confinement and fed ad-libitum with...
In January 2021, Senegal reported the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus A(H5N1), which was detected on a poultry farm in Thies, Senegal, and in great white pelicans in the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary. We report evidence of new transcontinental spread of H5N1 from Europe toward Africa.
Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) is associated with several disease syndromes in domestic pigs that have a significant impact on global pig production and health. Currently, little is known about the status of PCV-2 in Africa. In this study, a total of 408 archived DNA samples collected from pigs in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, the Dem...
African swine fever (ASF) has been endemic in sub‐Saharan Africa since the 1960s. Following its introduction in Senegal, in 1957, ASF steadily progressed through West Africa, reaching Burkina Faso in 2003, and later Mali in 2016. Despite the heavy burden of disease on pig production, little information is available on the genetic diversity of Afric...
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), an arbovirus belonging to the Phlebovirus genus of the Phenuiviridae family, causes the zoonotic and mosquito-borne RVF. The virus, which primarily affects livestock (ruminants and camels) and humans, is at the origin of recent major outbreaks across the African continent (Mauritania, Libya, Sudan), and in the South-...
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a deadly viral disease that mainly affects small domestic ruminants. This disease threaten global food security and rural economy but its control is complicated notably because of extensive, poorly monitored animal movements in infected regions. Here we combined the largest PPR virus genetic and animal mobility n...
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious disease of small ruminants. The causal agent, PPR virus (PPRV), is classified into four genetically distinct lineages. Lineage IV, originally from Asia, has shown a unique capacity to spread across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Recent studies have reported its presence in two West African...
Since November 2018, several countries in West and Central Africa have reported mortalities in donkeys and horses. Specifically, more than 66,000 horses and donkeys have succumbed to disease in Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. Strangles caused by Streptococcus equi subsp equi, African Horse Sickness...
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Background
Host-vector contact is a key factor in vectorial capacity assessment and thus the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF), an emerging zoonotic disease of interest in West Africa. The knowledge of the host-feeding patterns of vector species constitutes a key element in the assessment of their epidemiologica...
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease affecting predominantly small ruminants. Due to its transboundary nature, regional coordination of control strategies will be key to the success of the on-going PPR eradication campaign. Here, we aimed at exploring the extent of transboundary movement of PPR in West Africa using phylogenetic analy...
Afin de mieux cerner les caractéristiques zootechniques et économiques de l’élevage de porc, une étude diagnostique a été conduite de mars à juin 2016 auprès de 324 élevages porcins, sous forme d’enquêtes transversales et rétrospectives dans les trois régions de la Casamance au Sud Sénégal. Les résultats ont montré que l’élevage porcin était pratiq...
Sheep poxvirus (SPPV), goat poxvirus (GTPV) and lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) affect small ruminants and cattle causing sheeppox (SPP), goatpox (GTP) and lumpy skin disease (LSD) respectively. In endemic areas, vaccination with live attenuated vaccines derived from SPPV, GTPV or LSDV provides protection from SPP and GTP. As live poxviruses may ca...
Host-vector contact is a key factor in vectorial capacity assessment and thus the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses such as Rift Valley Fever (RVF), an emerging zoonotic disease of interest in West Africa. The knowledge of the host-feeding patterns of vector species constitutes a key element in the assessment of their epidemiological importanc...
Au Sénégal, l’élevage de porc connaît une croissance annuelle de 3,5 % et couvre 15 % de la production nationale de viande blanche. Longtemps négligé par les pouvoirs publics, il suscite désormais un intérêt de la part des politiques de développement qui y consacrent des projets et programmes d’amélioration. Pour accompagner ce changement de paradi...
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious and economically important disease affecting production of small ruminants (i.e., sheep and goats). Taking into consideration the lessons learnt from the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP), PPR is now targeted by the international veterinary community as the next animal disease to be erad...
Background:
Sheeppox (SPP) and goatpox (GTP) caused by sheeppox virus (SPPV) and goatpox virus (GTPV), respectively of the genus Capripoxvirus in the family Poxviridae, are severely afflicting small ruminants' production systems in Africa and Asia. In endemic areas, SPP and GTP are controlled using vaccination with live attenuated vaccines derived...
In recent years very virulent (VV) IBDV strains and classical (CV) IBDV strains re-emerged and caused devastating outbreaks in different parts of the world. In this study, genetic evolution of fifteen IBDVs collected in Senegal in was characterized to gain information for a better control of IBD. Following RT-PCR, nucleotide sequence of the VP2 hyp...
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and devastating viral disease of small ruminants. It represents a serious risk for the economy and food security in regions of Africa, Middle East and Asia where the disease is endemic. Integrated knowledge of evolutionary and epidemiological factors underlying PPR virus (PPRV) emergence, pers...
The identification of blood meal source of arthropod vector species contributes to the understanding of host-vector-pathogen interactions. The aim of the current work was to identify blood meal source in Culicoides biting midge species, biological vectors of internationally important arboviruses of livestock and equids, using a new ecological appro...
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a contagious and often fatal disease affecting sheep and goats. Currently, it is endemic in Africa, the Middle and Near East, the Indian subcontinent and China. Understanding the molecular epidemiology and evolution of PPR virus (PPRV) can assist in the control of the transboundary spread of this economically imp...
We report the complete genome sequence of a lineage I peste des petits ruminants virus (E32/1969) isolated in a Senegalese laboratory in 1969. This is the earliest peste des petits ruminants virus of any lineage sequenced to date and only the second lineage I virus available in public databases. FOOTNOTES Address correspondence to William G. Dundon...
This blinded field safety study was conducted in Senegal to assess safety and immunogenicity of administration of the registered dose of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) Clone 13 vaccine (Onderstepoort Biological Products) to sheep and goats of West African breeds under natural conditions. A total of 267 small ruminants (220 sheep, 47 goats) were inc...
Abstract Rift valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by RVF virus (RVFV), a phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae). RVF is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. In September of 2010, an RVF outbreak occurred in northern Mauritania involving mass abortions in small ruminants and camels (Camelus dromedarius) and at least...
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The Schultzei group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is distributed throughout Africa to northern Asia and Australasia and includes several potential vector species of livestock pathogens. The taxonomy of the species belonging to this species group is confounded by the wide geographical distribution and morphological variation exh...
Les auteurs décrivent un foyer d’infection épizootique de péripneumonie contagieuse bovine (PPCB) causée par Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides biotype petites colonies (MmmSC) qui a affecté des bovins de race Ndama à Lounthy, un village situé dans le Parc national du Niokolo-Koba dans la Réserve nationale communautaire du Boundou, du département...
The authors have described an epizootic infection of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides biotype Small Colony (MmmSC), that has affected Ndama bovine in Lounthy village, a locality based in Bala city in the Eastern part of Senegal, during the post-rainy season in November 2012. After the cessation...
A survey was carried out in two goat herds during a single peste des petits ruminant (PPR) outbreak. Clinical examination showed that animals belonging to the West African Dwarf species had severe symptoms while those belonging to the West African long-legged species had mild symptoms. To confirm and to monitor the disease in each species, the stud...
Au Sénégal, dans les conditions naturelles, le virus de l’ecthyma contagieux du mouton et de la chèvre peut se maintenir dans les troupeaux infectés pendant de très longues périodes. Des enquêtes sérologiques, l’isolement et l’identification du virus réalisés autour de deux foyers locaux le prouvent. Le rôle de l’ecthyma comme composante virale dan...
Une enquête sérologique portant sur 531 sérums de chevaux montre une persistance du virus de la peste équine africaine au niveau de nombreux foyers déjà bien identifiés. Le rôle des insectes hématophages dans sa transmission est certes un facteur important mais le problème du réservoir à virus pendant la saison sèche reste posé.
