Laboratory Results
From the 110 samples collected within the three years study period, laboratory analysis by conventional PCR indicated that in 42.5% (38/110) of samples collected ASFV was detected. The positive samples were distributed in the respective states as follows: Abia (1) Benue (12), Enugu (2), Kaduna (1), Imo (2), Lagos (2), Plateau (16) and Taraba (2), ASF cases in 2016 was confirmed in Benue, Kaduna and Plateau States. The ASF outbreak in 2017 was in Abia, Imo and Enugu States. While, in 2018 the ASF outbreak was in Benue, Lagos, Plateau, and Taraba States.