Abstract

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Pathogenic Mycobacterium infection has been on increasing concern and a threat to public health especially in developing countries like Nigeria. A cross sectional study was carried out at Kano abattoir in Kano State in the Sahel part of Northern Nigeria. The aim of the study was to determine the Prevalence and detectMycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Goats Slaughtered at Kano Abattoir, based on Post-mortem meat inspection for TB-like lesions, culture, acid-fast staining, and TB Ag MPT64 SD-bioline. A total of 500 slaughtered goats were examined during post-mortem meat inspection, out of which 27 have gross TB lesions with an overall prevalence of 5.4%. The males were 11 with a prevalence of 5.8%, while females were 16 with a prevalence of 5.1%. The chi-squire (×2) test of significance based on sex shows the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The 27 gross TB lesions obtained/sampled, were subjected to culture, acid- fast staining and SD-bioline in which 5(38.5%), 5(41.7%) and 3((42.9%) males were culture, acid-fast stain and SD-bioline positive respectively while on the other hand 8(61.5%), 7(58.3%) and 4(57.1%) females were culture, acid-fast stain and SD-bioline respectively. The study highlighted the importance of tuberculosis in Goats and its public health implications and calls for prompt action towards controlling the disease in goats in Kano abattoir and Nigeria in general.

Keywords: Pathogenic Mycobacterium infection has been on increasing concern and a threat to public health especially in developing countries like Nigeria. A cross sectional study was carried out at Kano abattoir in Kano State in the Sahel part of Northern Nigeria.