Biosecurity Measures and Constraints Among Rural Poultry Farmers in Zamfara State, Nigeria (original) (raw)
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The poultry industry in Nigeria constitutes an important agricultural enterprise to the nation, contributing substantially to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This paper will assess certain poultry management practices and disease recognition by poultry farmers in Maiduguri in the Borno State of Nigeria, with the view of improving poultry production in this part of the country. The assessment was carried out by questionnaire, which sought information on poultry management systems, flock size, housing, vaccination, use of antibiotics and disease recognition. Two hundred and fifty copies of the questionnaire were distributed to poultry farmers in Maiduguri via day-old-chick sellers, poultry-feed sellers, and staff of poultry units at the State Veterinary and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospitals. The results of the questionnaire showed that small-holder farmers made up the majority of producer (24.3%), whilst farmers who maintained flock size of greater than 500 chickens were in the minority (13.3%). Most of the farmers (82.7%: N = 173) in Maiduguri use deep litter rearing systems. Half zinc, half wire mesh open-sided poultry houses formed the greater proportion (47.7%) of poultry housing maintained by poultry farmers in the study area. Furthermore, nonadherence to full vaccination schedules (56.7%) and use of multiple antibiotics (72.3%) for chemoprophylaxis in poultry were common. Diarrhoea (39.9%), ruffled feathers (31.8%) and respiratory rales/panting (27.2%) were common signs observed by poultry farmers as part of their disease recognition. The poultry industry in Maiduguri still faces serious constraints due to management practices, such as bad housing, inadequate vaccination and high mortality possibly due to multiple antibiotics resistance resulting from multiple antibiotics usage.
Abstract:The high susceptibility of poultry to disease outbreaks makes a comprehensive biosecurity technology a necessary practice in poultry farms to protect the farms from both intentional and unintentional threats from biological agents. Therefore this study evaluated the awareness and practice of biosecurity measures in small scale poultry production in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A total of 80 respondents were randomly selected for the study. Data were obtained with the aid of a pre tested structured questionnaire. The result shows that the most practiced biosecurity measures in the study area are the ones relating to regular clearing of the poultry environment, regular washing of the feeding and drinking troughs while the least observed one is the quarantine of the new birds. Also the result of the regression analysis shows that the level of education, farm size, formal training in poultry production and number of extension visits all have significant positive influence on the sampled farms’ biosecurity control score while age, number of household labour, and distance from the nearest poultry farm shows significant negative influence on the farms’ biosecurity control score. Equally, the result of the likert rating scale shows that the poultry farmers have a good knowledge of biosecurity measures with overall biosecurity knowledge index of 3.22. The study therefore recommends among other things the intensive sensitization of the poultry farmers through workshop and field days seminars by appropriate agents on the benefit of adhering strictly to biosecurity measures on their farms. Key words:Awareness,Biological agents, Biosecurity measures, Disease outbreaks, Poultry,Practice.
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Veterinary Public Health Assessment of Some Poultry Management Practices in Kaduna State , Nigeria
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ENGLISH/ANGLAIS] Affiliations: 1 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria Email Address for Correspondence/ Adresse de courriel pour la correspondance: otalu_202@yahoo.com Accepted/Accepté: X, 2014 Full Citation: Akpabio U, Kwaga JKP, Kabir J., Umoh VJ. Otalu O. Assessment of Some Poultry Management Practices in Kaduna State, Nigeria. World Journal of Public Health Sciences 2014;3(1):1-4. The biosecurity as well as other preventive measures carried out on 50 poultry farms that kept Layers in Kaduna State, Nigeria was assessed using structured questionnaire. Information sought from the farms included system of management, source of birds, number of birds, age of birds, week-in-lay, percentage production, source of feed, inclusion of additives, source of drinking water, presence of foot b...
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Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2016
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