Awareness and Compliance with Anti-Rabies Vaccine for Cats: A public health challenge in Nigeria

Ogundeji Ebenezer Bukola; Onyemelukwe Ngozi Felicia; Ishaya Sinni Tekki; Ogundeji Alice Oluwapelumi; Zhakom Ponfa Nden; Ajayi Olawunmi Toyin; Onuoha Macdonald Nwabueze; Eze Kanayo Ann; Livinus Clement Jona

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Published: 2024-04-22

Keywords:

Rabies, Virus, Vaccine, Cat, Zoonotic

Ogundeji Ebenezer Bukola

1Virology Department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria;

Onyemelukwe Ngozi Felicia

Medical Laboratory Science Department, Faculty of Health Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria;

Ishaya Sinni Tekki

Rabies diagnosis department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State Nigeria;

Ogundeji Alice Oluwapelumi

Central Diagnosis Department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State Nigeria

Zhakom Ponfa Nden

Rabies diagnosis department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State Nigeria;

Ajayi Olawunmi Toyin

Bacteriology department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria;

Onuoha Macdonald Nwabueze

University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Eze Kanayo Ann

Medical Laboratory Science Department, Faculty of Health Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria;

Livinus Clement Jona

Rabies diagnosis department, National Veterinary Research Institute P.M.B 01 Vom, Plateau State Nigeria

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Rabies is a zoonotic disease of viral origin. It is viral encephalitis which can easily be transmitted from one infected animal to another and from an infected animal through its saliva to man by biting.

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Vol. 35 No. 4 (2022): The African Journal of Health Sciences

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Awareness and Compliance with Anti-Rabies Vaccine for Cats: A public health challenge in Nigeria. (2024). African Journal of Health Sciences, 35(4), 550-560. https://ojs.ajhsjournal.or.ke/index.php/home/article/view/263

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