Serological Survey of Newcastle Disease in Free Ranging Local Chickens in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

Table 1

Table showing average ND titre values in the four area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.

Area council positive	Number of samples tested	Number of samples tested negative (percentage −ve)	Number of samples tested positive (percentage +ve)
Abuja Municipal	100	63 (63%)	37 (37%)
Kuje	100	56 (56%)	44 (44%)
Gwagwalada	100	21 (21%)	79 (79%)
Kwali	100	32 (32%)	68 (68%)
Total	400	172 (43%)	228 (57%)

Key. −ve: negative; +ve: positive; %: percentage.
Note. From the table above, figures of number not in parentheses are numbers of sera samples positive or negative, while those in parentheses are percentage positive or negative of the sera samples.
The overall prevalence of antibodies to Newcastle disease in the four area councils of FCT was 57%, while the prevalence of antibodies to Newcastle disease in each area council is as follows: Abuja Municipal, Kuje, Gwagwalada, and Kwali area councils had prevalence of 37, 44, 79, and 68%, respectively.