Abstract Infectious bronchitis (IB) is an acute infectious viral disease causing severe economic losses in poultry production. In Nigeria, there has only been monitoring of the disease in chickens with little attention given to other bird species. For this study, blood samples were collected from 184 apparently healthy, unvaccinated birds which comprised of 61 captured free-living pigeons, 60 free range indigenous chickens and 63 intensively reared Japanese quails. Sera from these bir...
I hold Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, MSc Vet Microbiology and PhD Virology degrees. My research focus is directed towards the detection of infectious diseases of food and companion animals.
