Appraisal of Chicken Production with Associated Biosecurity Practices in Commercial Poultry Farms Located in Jos, Nigeria

Table 1

(a) Number (%) of farms surveyed and birds involved with various reasons for farming, poultry type, stock size, and ages of birds. (b) Number (%) of farms and birds with various housing systems and sources of day-old chicks and feed.

(a)

	Number (%) of farms	Number (%) of birds
Reason for keeping birds
Commercial	47 (58.8)	71843 (75.3)
Family use (noncommercial)	3 (3.7)	150 (0.2)
Both (semicommercial)	30 (37.5)	23400 (24.5)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)
Poultry type
Broiler	11 (13.8)	3701 (3.9)
Layer	51 (63.8)	46540 (48.8)
Both broiler and layer	17 (21.2)	44672 (46.8)
Cockerel and layer	1 (1.2)	480 (0.5)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)
Number of birds per farm
<200	9 (11.2)	743 (0.8)
200–500	29 (36.2)	10460 (11.0)
501–1000	20 (25.0)	15795 (16.5)
1001–2000	15 (18.8)	24145 (25.3)
2000–10000	5 (6.3)	14950 (15.7)
>10000	2 (2.5)	29300 (30.7)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)
Age of birds at study time
<13 wks	23 (28.8)	26966 (28.3)
13–17 wks	3 (3.7)	1900 (2.0)
≥18 wks	54 (67.5)	66527 (69.7)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)

(b)

	Number (%) of farms	Number (%) of birds
Housing system
Deep litter	69 (86.3)	73545 (77.1)
Battery cage	10 (12.5)	7548 (7.9)
Both	1 (1.2)	14300 (15.0)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)
Source of day-old chicks
Obasanjo	16 (20.0)	30616 (32.1)
Zartech	28 (35.0)	37302 (39.1)
Zartech and Agrited	2 (2.5)	4500 (4.7)
Agrited	5 (6.3)	3350 (3.5)
ECWA	6 (7.5)	5398 (5.7)
Amo	6 (7.5)	4280 (4.5)
Chi	7 (8.7)	4600 (4.8)
Unknown	10 (12.5)	5347 (5.6)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)
Sources of feed
Commercial	68 (85.0)	82896 (86.9)
Vital	18 (26.5)	12370 (14.9)
Livestock	19 (29.4)	34307 (41.4)
Amo	6 (8.8)	4242 (5.1)
Top	2 (2.9)	680 (0.8)
Hybrid	16 (23.5)	10622 (12.8)
Vital and top	1 (1.5)	15000 (18.1)
Unknown	5 (7.4)	5675 (6.9)
On-farm (local) preparation	6 (7.5)	6850 (7.1)
Both	6 (7.5)	5647 (6.0)
Total	80 (100.0)	95393 (100.0)