Transcription of Keeping Village Poultry
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Keeping Village Poultry A technical manual on small- scale Poultry production Network for Smallholder Poultry Development Table of Contents Table of contents Page Introduction 3. 1. Management 5. 2. Housing 23. 3. Feeding 33. 4. Diseases and Health Management 50. 5. Profitability and marketing of products 66. 6. Animal selection and breeds 78. Annexes A. Additional material 85. B. International Poultry Networks 88. Introduction Need for a manual on small- scale Village Poultry There is a growing attention and interest in using Poultry as a tool in poverty alleviation in villages throughout the world. However, the existing literature either gives advice on industrial or semi-industrial production systems using exotic (imported) breeds under highly controlled conditions, or very simple field guides giving little useful advice on how to rear Poultry at Village level.
scale industrial poultry production, has been dealt with in several other handbooks and manuals, and will not be dealt with in this manual. Annex A gives references to a number of valuable publications relating to small-scale confined systems. Table 1.1 Village-based poultry production systems. A: Traditional free-range (1-10 birds)
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