Newcastle disease is a contagious disease of birds and is the greatest constraint to the
development of rural poultry production in Nigeria and most developing countries. The only
effective means of control is vaccination which is not properly carried out in Nigeria.
Therefore, this project determined the prevalence rate of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in
local chicken in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. About 5 mL of blood was
collected from each of 200 chickens at the point of sale by exsanguination and sera …