Growth performance and survival of local and white leghorn chicken under intensive management system

Demeke, Solomon

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“…The overall percentages loss or mortalities under intensive management reported in the current study was 42.2%. Mortality rate experienced in this study was comparable with what was reported in the study of Mopate and Lony [7] and little bit higher than those reported in previous studies of Pedersen, Demeke and Tadelle et al [8][9][10].…”

Section: Comparisons Of Observed Mortality Of Chickens Across the Thrsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Other possible reasons for the high bird mortality observed in the current study could have been due to factors such as; chicks trauma to new environments, unfamiliar feeding situation, mixing of chicks from different households and different villages, a sudden isolation of chicks from their mother hence lack of motherly care during the early stages of the experiment. Similarly Demeke [9], reported that the reason for high mortality of local chickens under intensive management was not being familiar to confinement conditions. In contrast Tadelle and Ogle [11] gave possible reason for high mortality of local chickens under intensive management as disease problems and nutritional deficiencies which the authors found to be a serious problem in local chickens than in exotic stock.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Coping with Climate Change Challenges by Feeding Indigenous Chickens under Intensive Systems in Namibia

Np¹,

Mpofu²,

Mnnn³

2012

J Pet Environ Biotechnol

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Floods that have hit Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) of Namibia in recent year pose feeding and other challenges to indigenous chicken. Indigenous chickens constitute a major source of livelihoods among rural farmers. The objective of this study was to determine the potential of intensive feeding of high and low plane of protein nutrition to indigenous chickens as one way of coping with environmental challenges caused by annual floods in the NCAs. Adequacy of protein inclusion in the diet is a viable option for improving the growth of small rural owned chickens. Two hundred and four indigenous chickens were subjected to two levels of plane of nutrition namely high and low plane of protein nutrition. At the low level, the protein was 18% in the 1-8 week age group, 16% in 9-22 week age group and 12% in the 23-36 week age. Feeding at high plane of protein nutrition was as follows; 23% in the 0-8 week age group, 20% in the 9-22 week age group and 16% in the 23-36 week age group. The control group was fed according to the Namibian poultry industry standards. The results showed significant and highest responses between the treatments in weeks 1-8 of age. Between 9-22 weeks, chicken mortality lowest at 5.6% in the high plane of nutrition group compared to 14.4% in the low plane of nutrition. The birds in control group consumed significantly (P<0.05) less feed than those fed with the high and low protein diet. Intensive feeding has a potential of alleviating nutritional stress of indigenous chickens under adverse environmental conditions. Farmers however, have to respond by cropping more intensively for the feed resources to be available.

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Section: Comparisons Of Observed Mortality Of Chickens Across the Thrsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Comparisons Of Observed Mortality Of Chickens Across the Thrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coping with Climate Change Challenges by Feeding Indigenous Chickens under Intensive Systems in Namibia

Np¹,

Mpofu²,

Mnnn³

2012

J Pet Environ Biotechnol

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“…The relative small feed cost and space requirement and the low price of the animals make chicken rearing a suitable farming activity for the rural poor. Unfortunately, despite the fact that more than 99% of the Ethiopian poultry production system consists of local chickens, traditionally considered to be disease resistant and adaptive to their environment, their contribution to human nutrition, gross domestic products and export earnings are disproportionately low (Demeke, 2003).…”

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Village Chicken Production Systems in Selected Areas of Benishangul-Gumuz, Western Ethiopia

Alemayehu¹,

Yilma²,

Shibeshi³

et al. 2015

Asian J. of Poultry Science

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The study was conducted in Benishangul-gumuz regional state, western Ethiopia, to characterize village chicken production systems in these areas, identify the major constraints limiting chicken production and suggest the required development interventions for future improvement. One special district (Mao-komo) and two zones (Assosa and Kamash) representing the highland, mid-altitude and lowland areas of the region, respectively were selected for the study. A total of 144 households were selected from the three sites and individually interviewed using pretested structured questionnaire in their respective farms. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the households. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test and one-way ANOVA of SPSS software. The results revealed that an average chicken flock size per household in the study areas was 7.7. Maize, sorghum and house-wastes were the main supplementary feed resources used by chicken and farmers noted that they face feed shortage problem for feeding their chicken during the wet season, feed availability was relatively better during dry season. About 54.9% of the sample respondents had separated shelters made of locally available materials for housing chicken. There were no significant differences (p>0.05) in productive and reproductive performances of chicken in the study areas. The average ages of chicken at first egg production were 29.6, 28 and 28.8 weeks, respectively at Assosa, Kamash and Mao-komo. The overall average number of clutch per year was 2.6, length of inter-clutch was 2.9 weeks and eggs per clutch were 9.9 (ranging from 11-16). Newcastle was the most prevalent economically important disease affecting chicken in the study areas. In conclusion, the chicken production system in the study areas is extensive where feeding is mainly scavenging with occasional supplementation with cereals with consequent low production and reproductive performances.

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“…It contributed approximately 6.2% of the total livestock contribution of 2.67% to Agricultural Gross Domestic Product in 2012 and about 25% to the GDP of Nigeria in 2015 (CBN, 2012; PAN, 2015). Poultry plays an important economic, nutritional and socio-cultural role in the livelihood of poor rural households in many developing countries as they render not only economic services but also contribute significantly to human food as a primary supplier of meat, egg and raw materials to industries (feathers, waste products) as well as a source of income and employment to people, especially the most vulnerable rural households, compared to other domestic animals (Demeke, 2004). For instance, about 10% of Nigerian households are engaged in poultry production, mostly on subsistence and small or medium-sized farms.…”

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Small Scale Poultry Farmers’ Choice of Adaption Strategies to Climate Change in Ogun State, Nigeria

Adepoju

Osunbor

2018

Rural Sustainability Research

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Climate risks constitute an enormous challenge to poultry production and have affected the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. Thus, farmers have adopted various strategies that can help them cope with the adverse effects of climate change. The aim of this study is to examine the factors influencing small scale poultry farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies to climate change. Data used for this study were obtained from 121 representative farmers selected through a two-stage random sampling procedure. Descriptive Statistics, Likert Scale and the Multinomial Logit Model were the tools used for analysis. Results showed that the mean age and household size of the respondents were 45 years and 5 persons respectively, while the average number of birds per farmer stood at 583 birds. Majority of the respondents had a moderate perception of the impacts of climate change on poultry farming and chose management adaptation strategies in their fight against climate change. Econometric analysis showed that the age, gender and educational status of farmers, number of birds, household size, poultry experience, access to cooperative societies, poultry housing system, access to credit, access to extension services and farm size were the factors influencing farmers’ choice of climate change adaptation strategies in the study area. Therefore, policy should focus on awareness creation on management adaptation strategies through enhancing education and extension services as well as access of poultry farmers to credit facilities to indirectly insure farmers against climate change impacts.

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Growth performance and survival of local and white leghorn chicken under intensive management system

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Coping with Climate Change Challenges by Feeding Indigenous Chickens under Intensive Systems in Namibia

Coping with Climate Change Challenges by Feeding Indigenous Chickens under Intensive Systems in Namibia

Village Chicken Production Systems in Selected Areas of Benishangul-Gumuz, Western Ethiopia

Small Scale Poultry Farmers’ Choice of Adaption Strategies to Climate Change in Ogun State, Nigeria

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