PREVALENCE CF PESTE DES PESTITS RUMINANT (PPR ) AND HELMINTHIASIS IN SHEEP AND GOATS IN BAUCHI, NIGERIA

摘要

Animal protein deficiency in the diet of low income Nigerians as a result of the devastation of the sahel by droughts of the past decades and the depletion of beef supply due to rinderpest outbreaks of the 1980's have resulted in a growing need for mutton and goat meat as sources of animal protein. The small ruminant population in Nigeria currently stands at 26.27 million and 42.01 million for sheep and goats respectively. The productivity of sheep and goats in the country is generally low due to diseases, poor animal management practices, poor genetic potential and the low level of literacy among farmers.