DETECTION OF NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS IN LAUGHING DOVES (STREPTOPELIA SENEGALENSIS) AND CHICKENS IN BACKYARD POULTRY FARMS AND THE LIVEBIRD MARKET IN SAMARU, ZARIA, NIGERIA  

Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly infectious viral disease of birds caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Doves have been incriminated in previous outbreaks of the disease in chickens in ...