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2. Epidemiology of Newcastle disease in Africa with emphasis on Côte d'Ivoire: A review
Charlie Franck Arthur N'Guessan Amoia, Pius Ajanwachukwu Nnadi, Chuka Ezema and Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann
Veterinary World, 14(7): 1727-1740

Charlie Franck Arthur N'Guessan Amoia: Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria; LANADA/Central Laboratory for Animal Diseases, B.P 206 Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire.
Pius Ajanwachukwu Nnadi: Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Chuka Ezema: Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann: LANADA/Central Laboratory for Animal Diseases, B.P 206 Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire.

doi: www.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.1727-1740

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Article history: Received: 15-09-2020, Accepted: 03-05-2021, Published online: 03-07-2021

Corresponding author: Charlie Franck Arthur N'Guessan Amoia

E-mail: charlie.amoia.pg03696@unn.edu.ng

Citation: Amoia CFAN, Nnadi PA, Ezema C, Couacy-Hymann E (2021) Epidemiology of Newcastle disease in Africa with emphasis on Côte d'Ivoire: A review, Veterinary World, 14(7): 1727-1740.
Abstract

For decades, Newcastle disease (ND) has long been recognized as a frontline viral disease that constrains poultry production throughout Africa. The need to update on the epidemiology of the disease is rife, due to the increasing importance of poultry farming. In addition, poultry farming serves as the top animal food source globally. However, in Africa, the greater population of poultry is reared under traditional and conventional husbandry methods. This hugely impedes the ability of management practices to be correctly embraced in limiting or excluding viral pathogens in the poultry production chain. We conducted this review to consolidate recently published studies in the field and provide an overview of the disease. We reviewed original studies conducted on ND, the current taxonomic classification of the virus, clinical signs of the disease, and laboratory diagnostic methods available for virus detection and typing. This review additionally examined the control methods currently used, including available or circulating vaccines, vaccinations, recent vaccine findings, and the main variants of the virus present in West Africa. More specifically, we present a review of the current status and available information on the disease in Côte d'Ivoire. The lack of up-to-date and relevant information on the current prevalence, socio-economic impact, and ethnoveterinary medicine used against ND is probably the main limitation for appropriate and effective decision-making for better control of this disease in Côte d'Ivoire.

Keywords: control, ethnoveterinary medicine, Newcastle disease, prevalence, socio-economic impacts.