Aditya Sharma¹*, Sheikh Uzma Farooq², Varun Khajuria³, Yashmeen Kaur⁴ and Shagufta Azmi¹

¹Department of Veterinary Pathology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Amritsar, India
²Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Amritsar, India
³Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Amritsar, India
⁴3rd Professional year student, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Amritsar
Aditya Sharma, Department of Veterinary Pathology, KCVAS, Amritsar, India

*Corresponding Author: Aditya Sharma, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animals Sciences, Amritsar, India.

Received: November 21, 2022; Published: November 29, 2022

Abstract

With increase in population, the demand for protein is increasing. Poultry being a good source of protein and yet cheap makes it an affordable commodity for general people. Poultry rearing gives chances to economical weaker section of society to gain profits however principal constraint to profitability is the high mortality rate in young chicks, due to a combination of disease, predation, malnutrition and climatic exposure. Backyard poultry farming can be of utmost importance in such situations because mostly indigenous breeds are reared in this type of farming and such breeds are resistant to harmful environmental conditions. Other interventions involving vaccination of the flock against disease have been demonstrated to impact dramatically on survival of the birds and on household food security and profitability.

Keywords:Protein; Profitability; High Mortality; Backyard Poultry Farming; Indigenous Breeds; Vaccination

References

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Citation

Citation: Aditya Sharma., et al “Backyard Poultry Farming".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 4.12 (2022): 188-191.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Aditya Sharma., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.