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

Table 5

Effect of housing system on the occurrence of disease outbreaks on farms.

Housing system	Number (%) of farms
	All responding farms	Farms with disease outbreak
Deep litter	69 (86.3)	38 (55.1)
Battery cage	10 (12.5)	0 (0)
Both (deep litter and battery cage)	1 (1.2)	1 (100.0)
Total	80 (100.0)	39 (48.8)

Unmatched superscripts indicate significant () difference in the column.