Migratory waterfowls from Europe as potential source of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection to Nigeria poultry
Journal: Nigerian Veterinary Journal
Year: 2018

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was detected for the first time in Nigeria and Africa in 2006. The source of the outbreak was not immediately clear, but scientific opinions favoured multiple introductions. The need to evaluate available epidemiological and virological data to demonstrate most probable source of introduction is important for focused control efforts. In this study, we described ten years (2006-2016) scientific observations available through ecology, epidemio-surveillance an