Combining market surveys and participative approaches to map small ruminant mobility in three selected states in northern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: In Nigeria, a huge gap in knowledge on livestock mobility and its role on transboundary disease spread exists. As animals move, so do diseases. Therefore, there is a need to understand how livestock movements can contribute to the circulation and maintenance of infectious livestock diseases which can impede the design of particular surveillance and control tactics in the event of outbreaks. Our study aim was to reconstruct small ruminants' mobility patterns in three selected states in Northern Nigeria for better surveillance and control of small ruminant's transboundary animal diseases (TADs). To this end, a mixed approach was used to collect data. A market survey, employing structured questionnaires, was administered to 1,065 market traders. Additionally, 20 focus group discussions were c

SUBMITTER: Ijoma SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12404370 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature