Table 6.
Farmers’ knowledge and reporting of common poultry diseases in Bauchi and Gombe states, Nigeria
| Bauchi | Gombe | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
| Poultry disease | ||||
| Newcastle | 90 | 100 | 76 | 84.4 |
| Coccidiosis | 36 | 40 | 12 | 13.3 |
| Gumboro | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22.2 |
| Salmonellosis | 54 | 60 | 24 | 26.7 |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 36 | 40 | 16 | 17.8 |
| Ectoparasitism | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22.2 |
| Fowl pox | 0 | 0 | 48 | 53.3 |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza | 36 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Reporting of poultry diseases | ||||
| Willing to report | 90 | 100 | 76 | 84.4 |
| Not willing to report | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13.3 |
| Report to relevant authority | 90 | 100 | 76 | 84.4 |
| Report to irrelevant authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |