Study on Biosecurity and Production Potentiality of Different Poultry farms at Lohagara Upazila, Chattogram

Abstract

Study on Biosecurity practices in commercial layer farms was conducted at Lohagara upazila of Chattogram district of Bangladesh. Data were collected from 20 layer farms of various size with a pre-formed questionnaire. After that, data were analyzed with Excel software. The farm size varied from 1,000 to 20,000 birds. Majority of the farms contained between 1000 and 3000 birds. A wide range of educational background of farmer from primary to higher secondary or above had found. Most of the farmers were SSC passed. About 60% of the farmers was not trained on layer farming. Most of the farmers had experience of five years of farming. About 60% of the farmers never heard about biosecurity before. From the study we have known that most of the farmers were unaware of conceptual biosecurity. Only 5% of the farm maintained distance from the locality. Even they did not maintain any buffer zone for the free range chickens. As a result, free range chicken move around the farm freely. Operational biosecurity also was poor as many farmer do not clean the floor, feeder, drinker daily. About 95% of the farm had no facility of protective clothes and shoes for their farm and about 60% of the farm had no foot bath facility. There was easy excess for rodents and birds. As a consequence, outbreak of infectious diseases were common there. So it can be said that for reducing disease occurrences as well as for the reduction of bird’s mortality, biosecurity measures are important. Biosecurity also affects the egg production and the eggs are the perfect protein source for human being. So we should give importance to this issue for the prevention of diseases, protecting public health and upgrade of poultry sectors.