Is influenza afflicting government?

Household poultry gets a raw deal

Navapur has 52 poultry farms with a total fowl population of approximately 1,400,000 (almost 1,100,000 chicken are provided by Venkateshwara Hatcheries) and a daily turnover of Rs 12-13 lakh.

Is an avian flu pandemic imminent? As panic sends the world into a flutter, the Indian response still struggles to take wing, discover padmaparna ghosh and t v jayan

The Indian poultry industry is deeply segmented.

Antimicrobial compounds are commonly included in poultry diets for promoting of growth and control of diseases. The European Union banned feed grade antibiotic growth promoters, due to, not only cross-resistance, but also to the risk of possible drugs multiple resistances in human pathogenic bacteria. Only two such drug-related compounds are planned to remain in use (Gill, 1999; Bach Knudsen, 2001; Schwarz et al., 2001; Shane, 2001). Feeds containing no chemical additives are increasingly used in poultry nutrition.