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Anthrax outbreak in Nigeria: Government initiatives and response to protect livestock and public health

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Infection prevention and control

Abstract

On July 17, 2023, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) formally recognized a single instance of anthrax disease on a farm with a variety of animals in Niger State. Since the West African outbreak started in Ghana in June 2023, this is the first instance of the disease in an animal that has been documented in Nigeria. There were eight casualties as a result of the unplanned death of cattle on this farm, according to a report published on July 13th, 2023. Additionally, bleeding from outside openings in these dead animals was seen, and this bleeding did not require typical blood coagulation. Another incident of anthrax disease was documented on July 30, 2023, in Lagos, the most densely populated state in Nigeria. Six animals within the state have been definitively identified as having contracted the illness. These occurrences were detected while conducting routine monitoring of animals on both Lagos Island and Agege. As a precautionary measure against the further propagation of the ailment, the concern agency has since confiscated, incinerated, and interred the afflicted animals. Several weeks prior to the epidemic, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) issued a warning to the general populace about the emergence of Anthrax in certain neighboring nations of Nigeria located in the West African Sub-Region. In particular, this outbreak was identified along the northern border of Ghana, adjacent to Burkina Faso Togo.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2023.227266.1581

Keywords

Anthrax, Nigeria, NCDC, FMARD

Authors

First Name

Jafar

Last Name

Usman

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Affiliation

Federal University Gusau, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Gusau, Nigeria.

Email

jafarusman@fugusau.edu.ng

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First Name

Fatima

Last Name

Sanusi

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-

Affiliation

Federal Medical Center, Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

Email

unclejafar3040@gmail.com

City

Gusau

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmad

Last Name

Balarabe

MiddleName

Hamza

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

Email

ahmaadhamza@gmail.com

City

Gusau

Orcid

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First Name

Ubaida

Last Name

Muhammad

MiddleName

Adamu

Affiliation

Institute of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, 690091, Russia

Email

adamu.um@students.dvfu.ru

City

Vladivostok

Orcid

0000-0002-1627-6787

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

47401

Issue Date

2024-05-01

Receive Date

2023-08-05

Publish Date

2024-05-01

Page Start

690

Page End

691

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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27

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Letter to the Editor

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1,165

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Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Anthrax outbreak in Nigeria: Government initiatives and response to protect livestock and public health

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25 Dec 2024