About the Authors

Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ai.almustapha42@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abubakar A. Tijani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

Folashade O. Bamidele

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

Oyewo Muftau

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria

Ahmed Ibrahim

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria

Ibrahim Abdulrahim

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Nigeria

Muhammad Shuaib Osu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria

Grace Kia

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, War Against Rabies Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria

Nguku Patrick

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria

Waziri N. Endie

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation African Field Epidemiology Network, Abuja, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.