Abstract
Nigeria among many other developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America still suffers the impact of neglected zoonotic diseases (NZDs) such as rabies, brucellosis, cysticercosis, echinococcosis and other geo-helminths which have been successfully eradicated in industrialized countries. These diseases cause economic bankruptcy among over 70% of Nigerians who live in the rural areas and whose livelihood is dependent on mini-livestock production. In the current review, the employment of animal intervention strategies to control these NZDs through animal vaccination, strategic de-worming, enactment and re-enforcement of legislations and policies on NZDs control, efficient veterinary meat inspection, public education and depopulation as a last option are discussed. The benefits of animal intervention strategies are affordability, safety to animals and the general public as well as improvement of national economy. Key words: Benefits, animal intervention strategies, control, neglected zoonotic diseases, risk factors, Nigeria.
Highlights
neglected zoonotic diseases (NZDs) remain a major problem in resource-limited countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, despite their eradication in industrialized countries
Global disease control focus has been on the millennium development goal 6; which is to combat non-zoonotic tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS as well as malaria
Documented reports shows that NZDs including brucellosis (Bertu et al, 2010; Gusi et al, 2010; Aworh et al, 2013), rabies (Abubakar and Bakari, 2012; Karshima et al, 2013a; Eke et al, 2015), Taenia solium cysticercosis (Biu and Ijudai, 2012; Karshima et al, 2013b), echinococcosis (Saulawa et al, 2011; Adediran et al, 2014) and zoonotic tuberculosis (Raufu and Ameh, 2010; Nwanta et al, 2011; Ejeh et al, 2014) have remained endemic in Nigeria for decades despite efforts towards their control
Summary
Nigeria among many other developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America still suffers the impact of neglected zoonotic diseases (NZDs) such as rabies, brucellosis, cysticercosis, echinococcosis and other geo-helminths which have been successfully eradicated in industrialized countries. These diseases cause economic bankruptcy among over 70% of Nigerians who live in the rural areas and whose livelihood is dependent on mini-livestock production. The employment of animal intervention strategies to control these NZDs through animal vaccination, strategic de-worming, enactment and re-enforcement of legislations and policies on NZDs control, efficient veterinary meat inspection, public education and depopulation as a last option are discussed.
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