Farmers’ Perception on the Welfare of Broiler Chickens in Smallholder Production Systems in Kiambu County, Kenya

Table 7

Management practices used by farmers in the study area (%).

Management practices	Kikuyu (n = 42)	Kabete (n = 78)	Mean
Disease prevention and control measures
Vaccination	90	91.03	90.52
Isolating sick birds	32.2	27.38	29.79
Treatment	28.57	16.66	22.61
Sources of vaccines and drugs
Agrovet shops	86.36	96.43	91.4
Hatcheries	12.67	0.57	6.62
Private veterinarians	0	3	1.5
Who helps in disease prevention and control
Agrovet shops	74.58	70.52	72.55
Private veterinarians	13.61	13.97	13.79
Government vets	10	14.55	12.28
Hatcheries	1.82	5.56	3.69