Sheikh Uzma Farooq1, Aditya Sharma2*, Muskan3 and Akashdeep Jalandhari3*
1 Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, India
2Department of Veterinary Pathology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, India
3Professor Student, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, India
*Corresponding Author: Aditya Sharma, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, India.
Received: January 30, 2023; Published: February 22, 2023
Organic Poultry farming aims at animal welfare with environmental and resource sustainability in poultry. With growing population, there is increase in demand of protein diet, farmer’s are in quest to use chemicals to maximize the weight gain and increase in egg productions but has paved way for decreased quality of egg and meat and also added to health issues in population mainly related to hormonal imbalance. To combat this, organic poultry production has come into limelight where use of housing systems allows natural behavior pattern (free rearing system) with consideration to animal welfare, use of renewable resources and organic food for feeding to save the environment and maintain a healthy food chain, use of preventive measures to maintain health thereby minimizing the use of therapeutic agents.
Keywords: Farming; Organic; Poultry
Citation: Aditya Sharma., et al. “Organic Poultry Farming".Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences 5.3 (2023): 53-55.
Copyright: © 2023 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.