Animal Disease Burden in Nigeria, 2006-2023.

ABSTRACT: Decision-makers in animal health require reliable, evidence-based, timely, yet sensitive data to design disease contingency and preparedness plans, make informed decisions, and prioritize health interventions. Using Nigeria-specific animal health disease reports from the World Animal Health Information System (WAHIS), a global animal disease reporting platform, between 2006 and 2023, we conducted descriptive statistics to summarize the animal disease burden. We used a zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression model to forecast annual estimates of new outbreaks for the top 10 most reported diseases [Newcastle disease (NCD), infectious bursal disease (IBD), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), fowl typhoid, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), foot and mouth disease (FMD),

SUBMITTER: Al-Mustapha AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721471 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature