Polymerase Chain Reaction results
A total of 613 samples were collected comprising 355 tissue and 258 whole blood samples with an overall prevalence of 10.77% (66/613). Of which, ASFV was detected in 13.52 % (48/355) and 6.98 % (18/258) of tissue and whole blood samples respectively by PCR (Table 2). Furthermore, the results showed Dawaki live pig market had the highest PCR positive samples of 23.81% (15/63), followed by Padam 18.18% (16/88), Katsit market had 8.13% (35/430), and 3.13% (1/32) in Numan pig markets respectively. ASFV was detected by PCR in at least one sample collected during 28 of 34 visits (Table 3).