Materials and Methods About 85% of chicken stock of India belongs to small sector which provides 50%of total egg production [1-3].Familychicken through the InternationalNetwork on Family Poultry Development (INFPD) was also committed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in the developing countries including India where backyard chicken p...

Aim: In the present study, egg quality traits of endangered Nicobari fowl and its crosses (Nicorock and Nishibari) were evaluated under intensive (deep litter) as well as backyard system, in the regions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Materials and Methods: Fresh eggs (15) of all the three genetic groups of birds were collected randomly from institute farm (intensive system) and from far...

The total poultry production of Ethiopia is estimated at 56.5 million [9], of which about 99% are raised under the traditional backyard system of management, while 1% are exotic breeds maintained under intensive management system [2]. The backyard (traditional) poultry production system is characterized by low input, low out put and periodic destruction of large proportion of the flock due to d...

Aim: The present study was undertaken to know the Prevalence of chicken coccidiosis in Jammu division in both organized and backyard chickens during the year 2010-11. Materials and Methods: A total of 720 faecal samples were collected from both organized farms and backyard poultry (unorganized) sector of Jammu. Results: The overall prevalence of 39.58% was recorded in the present study and five...

To evaluate risk factors for infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1) in backyard chickens in Bangladesh, we conducted a matched case-control study. We enrolled 25 case farms (cases March-November 2007) and 75 control farms (June-November 2007). We used a questionnaire to collect farm data, which were analyzed by matched-pair analysis and multivariate conditional logistic...

this study aims at molecular identification of salmonella infantis isolated from backyard chickens and the detection of their antibiotic resistance genes. a total of 46 salmonella-suspected samples isolated from backyard chickens of northern iran were collected. serotyping was done by the traditional method and then confirmed by pcr. antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates against 13 antim...

the present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of salmonella species, their molecular characterization and antibiotic resistance in backyard chickens. a total of 1125 samples were collected from backyard chickens in two consequent samplings. in the first part, samples were included of 820 poor recently hatched chicks, hatching residuals, egg shells in the nest floor, cloacal swabs...