?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Serological+Survey+Of+Salmonella+gallinarum+Antibody+In+Chickens+Around+Jos%2C+Plateau+State%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Okwori%2C+AEJ&rft.creator=Hashimu%2C+GA&rft.creator=Adetunji%2C+JA&rft.creator=Okeke%2C+IO&rft.creator=Junaid%2C+SA&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=A+serological+survey+of+the+prevalence+of+antibodies+to+Salmonella+gallinarum+among+chickens+under+two+different+management+systems+around+Jos%2C+Plateau+State%2C+Nigeria+was+carried+out+using+the+standard+plate+agglutination+test.+The+objective+of+this+study+was+to+determine+serologically+the+prevalence+of+antibodies+against+Salmonella+gallinarum+among+apparently+healthy+chickens+around+Jos.+A+total+of+700+serum+samples+made+up+of+450+exotic+and+250+local+breed+of+chickens+were+used+for+this+study+with+37.9%25+seropositvity.+In+the+free+range+system+(19.3%25)+of+the+flocks+sampled+were+seropositive+for+Salmonella+gallinarium+antibodies+while+in+the+semi+intensive%2C+18.6%25+of+the+flock+tested+positive.+The+serum+agglutination+test+(SAT)+was+adapted+to+the+microtitre+format+used+to+determine+somatic+and+flagella+titres.+The+antigen+used+for+this+study+was+specific+for+S.+gallinarum%2C+hence+differentiation+between+species+infection+was+assessed+in+this+study.+Perhaps+the+most+feasible+way+to+eradicate+the+disease+is+to+encourage+farmers+(both+small+and+large+scale)+to+break+the+disease+cycle+at+their+levels+by+embarking+on+prompt+and+regular+vaccination+programmes.+It+is+thus+concluded+that+Salmonella+gallinarum+(fowl+typhoid)+is+present+in+the+area+investigated.+Fowl+typhoid+may+continue+to+have+a+negative+effect+on+the+economy+of+poultry+production+in+Nigeria+if+not+controlled.+A+statistical+analysis+was+precluded+due+to+inadequate+data+sets.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2007-11-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5845%2F2%2F2007-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okwori%2C+AEJ+and+Hashimu%2C+GA+and+Adetunji%2C+JA+and+Okeke%2C+IO+and+Junaid%2C+SA++(2007)+Serological+Survey+Of+Salmonella+gallinarum+Antibody+In+Chickens+Around+Jos%2C+Plateau+State%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5845%2F