S. 0. EKUNDAYO, S. 0. OGUNJUMO OUiAIL Iarm]inig xas iiiti-odLIccd i ito thle Nigcrianti pOIilt sV inclotisO itl 1 992 t(o) ti(I)(c)st SoLll CCS Of aM tiia l prc)tCill folr tIlh pOprLilace (I arill a arilldt otli x 1 997 ). I lic slihort tcrieratiit(1 titersval, fast groxwtli rate ancd dctccicasecd tcecd rec ltrl-ell]e t imiadc it ati idcal rcsarch hircd anid at additiotial SOOLIItCC of rcxcitLtc f(I-lows aticid tiicliolii in]c( miie iiotiltrV farile -s. As a Ictltlci-CCOIli oiilc adsatagc, qcljil ar-e colixsidl-ccd to bh ii(oItc resistanit thaini chicketis acid tilrkcvs to coitittioIi poLiltrvs diseases ( Na vccii antcd A cii 1 992) ID)cspite its relativcx sistaticc to pouiltry discascs, thiere has e h)c ti cpoi ( ts (it cqtilil SLiScCptibilitsT to] sIla ]dItollols's,uilccratiVC CliteritiIS, hotuilisIll, colilbicillosis, f(owlx cholcra, Nlarck's disease, asperi-llotsis ait(lci atdiclilasis Sha rma atict l xaLixhk 1I 86, Nax een at(cl ARMti 1 902)3 Of tie bhacterial ciiseascs, a tiam palSteC1r11C olSiS (fowis clioletra) calcl,scd a tcurcc//lla mi/ll()cida is the imiost cconoioiicalls dctrimiicrital, hccaLcise of its r-apid ont settatii p(tetitial to ircscilt it] h1igh miolrtalitv aidcl morlrfiiclitv. PaIsterCelCllSiS, lhichi as fit st rctportcd ill c(IltlillCi ciallv raisecd hohb wlitc qcLail (C( a/iimmo-i'il'gii(cm11o ) ( Panigrapyli atid Glass 1 982 ), is lhccomiii0l ill termiiis of deathis, the ii(Ist dcestrloCti\ e disease (If qcitall. I lie disease hlas bhe tirc potrtech ini captix C Califcornia v allcys qcLotil (Hin]shiawx anid Emi]lci 1983) aiid lapant csc ootlail (ft t111m tix C tlltitix jcp(li tiC( ) ill tihc SA ((lissom aiid othrcis 1989), Iicndla ( ihandtcrati anid othelrs 1995) amild Jlapai (( )t() aid oItliers 20)()1 ). Thlils sliort c(]lllltloIliC.1c tioil chocuii]]ctts cpisodic OLltl'ircaks of paxStCctrllCOSiS calised lbx Paso c /rcl/Ic 1111titaoi a1 1ti11m/tocid/c serotv ' :A ill Japallcsc cIilal in tat fia ini ceintr-al Nigcria. To the alitlor-s' knoxledge, this is the fit st rCpolrtcd oLitbircak of the discasc iii qcLail iti Ni(rCeia.Fl-romii 999 tol 21)()2, 1 1 CpiS0dhiC oloitbfiraks (tf paStCLICrllOSis OCC cirrcid inso (11 itig flocks ctf approlxi miiatcly 7)01) to ),()() (-) Jla.Ipa esc qcialil dli a \\TCll-miia agcd fartii tllat soiltl-etcd sotiie sigtriific aiitlvr high i]]or-talitics; 2-5) to 500f qc lil of at lcast ftl11i xx\ccks of agC dced in eachi of the oLitbrcaks. The flocl\s wxrce LIStIalN' lioLised ill thirice scpatiatc ccit]citt hcildiings xxithi cOI1-cm ctc floors cov ered ssi\tih *oodi itvings ancd thle LI oail xxCrC Ireared on] the floor. Iost of' thc otlitreraks Occcurr-led ill OnlC of the btio.t tilld ]s tiiCMIt tOt-OLIsi ti' oldcic hitrds. Ptcriodicallv to cr-adicatc iiftctiolis tfromll thie piciuises, managcnicerit pitactices stIcI] as flock depopUlatioln, ftol-lioationt, c1clamm aiii d disimlf'ctcitil of' thc hl ohitigirp atid coLjliptipcn t xxwcrc catlned OLit. The oUthiecaks Occilrrecd ciUringt the cold, wxet sealsoti or cold, drv hlilmlattani ( noIthl-cast tr-ade wxin...