JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASES
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DOI: 10.31248/JPHD
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Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered in abattoirs in Taraba State, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/JPHD2025.147 | Article Number: 8385252F2 | Vol.7 (2) - April 2025
Received Date: 26 February 2025 | Accepted Date: 21 April 2025 | Published Date: 30 April 2025
Authors: Tochukwu Fortunetus OBIALIGWE* , Julius Olaniyi AIYEDUN , Oladapo Oyedeji OLUDAIRO , Elizabeth TANIMU , Iranyang Bazon UKO and Kingsley Chidinma EKECHUKWU
Keywords: prevalence, Taraba State, Abattoirs, Bovine, Mycobacterium bovis
Bovine tuberculosis is a serious zoonotic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). The disease affects mainly cattle but can also affect humans and other domestic and wild mammals. The disease poses serious health risks to humans and livestock. The study investigated the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered in abattoirs in Taraba State, Nigeria. The study was conducted between February and May 2023. The study adopted a cross-sectional design. The study was conducted in the Jalingo, Bali and Wukari abattoirs, representing Taraba North, Taraba Central, and Taraba South senatorial zones, respectively, selected based on the number of cattle slaughtered daily. A systematic random sampling technique was used for cattle selection, and the lungs of 400 slaughtered cattle were sampled. A proportionate distribution based on the abattoir’s slaughter capacity was used, 80% (320) of the samples from Jalingo abattoir and 10% (40) each to Bali and Wukari slaughter slabs. Acid-fast bacilli detection and polymerase chain reaction techniques were the laboratory techniques that were utilised in this study. Bovine tuberculosis was found to have a prevalence of 1.5% (6/400) in cattle slaughtered in Taraba State through acid-fast bacilli detection. Out of the six tissue samples that tested positive for acid-fast bacilli, 2(33.3%) samples were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), and 1(16.7%) sample was identified as Mycobacterium bovis through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analysis. These findings highlighted the presence of bovine tuberculosis in slaughtered cattle in Taraba State, with a considerable proportion of positive cases detected. These findings pose a risk to food safety in Taraba State, with potential for zoonotic transmission.
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