Volume 12: 2022 - Article X

Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the risk, knowledge and practices of village chicken (live bird) sellers on Salmonella infection in village chickens sold at live bird markets in Maiduguri Metropolis. One hundred questionnaires were administered to 100 village chicken sellers to generate information on sources and types of birds sold, types of housing used in keeping the birds before sale as well as knowledge and awareness of salmonellosis and its associated clinical signs in chickens by the sellers. Practices such as the removal of deceased birds, mixing of old and newly purchased birds in the same cages, sources of drinking water for the birds, cleaning of feeding and watering troughs, and other biosecurity protocols were among the risk factors evaluated. Data generated were analyzed using the SPSS software. Majority (75.8%) of the village chicken sellers had no knowledge of Salmonella infections. A few (12%) of the respondents washed the feeding and watering troughs daily while the majority (85.5%) washed the watering and feeding troughs weekly. Most of the village chicken sellers (93.5%) disposed dead birds in refuse dumps around the markets. However, few (3.2%) of them burry or sell the dead birds to butchers. The practices of the village chicken sellers in the live bird markets in Maiduguri metropolis on the prevention and spread of Salmonella infections among village chickens were very poor. Salmonella occurrence in the live bird markets may be influenced by several risk factors such as sources of water, type of chicken sold and the mixing of new and old stock.
Keywords: Risk, Knowledge, Practices, Salmonella infection, Village chicken, Sellers, Maiduguri, Nigeria.

How to cite this article:
Ndahi JJ, Mamman PH, Abdu PA, Adamu J and Balami AG (2022) Evaluating the risk, knowledge and practices of poultry marketers on salmonella infection in village chickens sold at live bird markets in Maiduguri metropolis, Nigeria. Journal of Veterinary and Applied Sciences, 12: 76 – 85.

EVALUATING THE RISK, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF POULTRY MARKETERS ON SALMONELLA INFECTION IN VILLAGE CHICKENS SOLD AT LIVE BIRD MARKETS IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

Juliana J. Ndahi¹, Paul H. Mamman²., Paul A. Abdu³., Jibrin Adamu² and Arhyel G. Balami^4
1Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
²Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
³Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
⁴Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

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