Indigenous chicken production in South-east Asia

Understanding the Relationship Between Perceived Quality Cues and Quality Attributes in the Purchase of Meat in Malaysia

“…Village chicken are breed in a traditional village-based system (free-range system) which requires minimal resource inputs. As a result of a more natural rearing system, Oh (1987) [cited in Aini 1990] believed that the meat and eggs from these chickens were safer to eat and more tasty than commercial chicken meat. Shaharudin et al (2010) confirmed that because non-organic chicken rearing involved the use of antibiotics, vaccines and growth promotants to accelerate the rate of maturity, it was unhealthy and unsafe for consumption.…”

“…Aini (1990) reported that there was an increasing demand for village chicken (ayam kampong). Village chicken are breed in a traditional village-based system (free-range system) which requires minimal resource inputs.…”

Delivery of thermostable Newcastle disease (ND) vaccine to chickens with broken millet grains as the vehicle

“…Hope for village chicken vaccination came with advent of heat stable vaccines which in turn heralded the introduction of an innovative mode of ND vaccination, namely, oral delivery through chicken feeds (Spradbrow et al, 1978;Aini, 1990). This presented a feasible method for vaccination of the village chicken flock.…”

Unusual developing sites of dengue vectors and potential epidemiological implications

“…This species is known as an opportunistic and aggressive biter with a wide host range, including humans and a variety of vertebrates [20] . As in many countries of Southeast Asia, rural residents of Malaysia rear birds as pets in their backyards [21] . Certain birds are hosts of many pathogens, such as Chikungunya virus that has been detected in Malaysian patients [22] and which can infect Ae.…”