Veterinary Pharmaceuticals Sold in Cattle Markets for the Management of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Flies in Vina Division (Adamawa-Cameroon)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease is an important disease of even-toed domestic and wild animals. Farmer’s knowledge about the disease and its management in the absence of a commercial vaccine as well as their knowledge on the existing potential vector (for FMD) such as the stable fly in the absence of mass fly control campaigns in Vina Division is necessary for the mitigation of FMD spread. A questionnaire survey was carried out in an FMD outbreak season in Vina, in August 2018 with target population including cattle owners/herders, drug sellers and veterinary chief of centers from Dang, Djalingo and Galdi cattle markets. According to cattle owners/herders, FMD outbreaks occurred at the end of the rainy season which corresponded to peak occurrence periods of stable flies in their herds. This observation creates a novel avenue on the potential transmission of FMD by the most frequent stomoxyidae and other flies in Vina Division. Antibiotics (especially Moore-Oxy®) were highly solicited for FMD management while a combination of agricultural insecticides (DD force® +CYPERCOT®, PRIME FORCE® +CYPERCOT® and SNIPER®+CYPERCOT®) and some veterinary insecticides (COW WASH®, CYPERMETHRINE®, KXTIK®, DELTAMETHRIN® and DIDETEKI® POURON) were used for fly control. Farmer’s knowledge on the management of FMD and flies should not be neglected if vaccination and mass fly eradication campaigns respectively are to be initiated in Vina Division.