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POULTRY INDUSTRY
A. Global Challenges
In spite of substantial qualitative and quantitative
advancements in different sectors of the poultry
industry,
the industry will continue to face numerous
challenges on a global basis.
These Challenges include;-
1. Feed cost
Feed cost and continuous efforts to get a better
understanding of available alternative feed
ingredients.
The most serious challenges for the industry.
Due to competition between human beings and
animals.
Harsh for countries dependent on important
feed ingredients they will be hard hit and they
have to look for alternate sources.
2. Disease outbreaks
Despite implementation of strict biosecurity
programs diseases also occur
the extent and types of disease outbreaks can vary in
different parts of the world.
In addition to microbial diseases, diseases of
metabolic origin including ascites and skeletal
disorders are of importance as well.
Most effective way to control infectious diseases is to
prevent them from even entering the flock, utilizing key
measures such as improved biosecurity,
robust monitoring and surveillance,
in addition to a well-executed vaccination program to
reduce host susceptibility to infection
The impact can be significant, leading to crushing
economic cost, loss of public confidence and less-than-
optimum quality in production.
3. inclusion of antibiotics
Issues surrounding inclusion of
antibiotics in poultry feed
Freedom from
The extents to
Pathogens
which poultry
products are Freedom from
safe for human contaminants
consumption
5. Poultry welfare-related issues
No standardized parameters for poultry welfare
assessment
Lack of proper systems to monitor those
parameters (The five freedoms)
Banning the use of conventional cages at layer
farms.
limits the stocking density at which poultry may be
kept for meat production.
6. Nutrition-related environmental
issues
excretion of nutrients
such as nitrogen and
phosphorus in the manure.
Causes and consequences
7. Issues related to water
In terms and
quality
of both quantity.
B. Africa and underdeveloped countries
1. lack of large quantities of maize, soya,
2. Shortage in day-old chicks supply
3. Little numbers of producers or even farmers
who could move into poultry.
4. High price of feed raw materials
5. Delayed allocation of land and lack of extension or
advisory services to support developing farms
6. Poultry production systems are a mix of family
businesses and commercial operations with varying
degrees of modern technology
(A strong and internationally linked poultry industry
is evolving by utilizing economies of scale and
technology from developed countries).
7. Constraints to poultry consumption