“…Furthermore, Wong et al (2017) describes that when smallscale poultry productions are reared by women, this increased their empowerment and will in turn enhance household food security. Altogether, some deficiencies in biosecurity measures observed in this study, such as lack of confinement, lack of veterinary assistance, incorrect handling of dead birds, among others, are consistent with other international (Harvey et al, 2003;Rola et al, 2003;Chang, 2004;Mandal et al, 2006;Chatterjee et al, 2007;Garber et al, 2007;Madsen et al, 2013) and national studies (Hamilton-West et al, 2012;Bravo-Vasquez et al, 2016).…”