This book is aimed at Poultry professionals as it seeks to provide inputs from many authors who, through their contributions, have put in the hands-on knowledge and field experiences to make this book more practical. This book would be a torch bearer for researchers, teachers, students, Industry personnel, as well as entrepreneurs who are eager to refresh their knowledge as it contains newer developments in the several sub-sectors of poultry for increasing the efficiency of chicken and egg production. Dr. Pawan Kumar, who has completed his M.V.Sc. in the subject of Poultry Science in the year 1998 from the Department of Poultry Science, Veterinary College, Mathura, has sponsored the printing and publication of this book. Nowadays he is working on a mission called “Right to Protein” to educate the common man on the importance of protein in the human diet and to make sure everyone consumes an optimum amount of protein to achieve optimum health and Wellness
Prof. (Dr.) A.K. Srivastava, is a distinguished Veterinary and Animal Scientist. He was Chairman of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare GoI. Earlier he also served as Member (Animal Sciences), ASRB; Director and Vice Chancellor of ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Dean Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Director Resident Instructions & Dean, Post Graduate Studies at Sher-eKashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST-J), Jammu; Head of the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Controller of Examinations at PAU, Ludhiana. He is graduated from Veterinary College, Mathura. He has obtained Ph.D. from PAU, Ludhiana and Post Doctorate (PDF) from Institute of Toxicology, Munchen, Germany. Prof. (Dr.) Srivastava is recipient of Degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc. Honors Causa) from Veterinary University Mathura, Veterinary University, Jabalpur and IVRI, Izatnagar. Presently, Prof. Srivastava is President of National Academy of Dairy Science (India) and Patron of Indian Dairy Association. He is President of Association of Mastitis and President of Probiotic Association of India. Earlier Prof. Srivastava was Vice President and also Secretary of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS). He was also President of Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chairman Indian Dairy Association, Member of International Dairy Federation and Chairman, FAD 19, Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS), Govt. of India. Dr. Srivastava is Founder Authority Member of “Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI)”. Prof. Srivastava is a distinguished Member of National Academy of Sciences. He is fellow of all three academies i.e., National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Academy of Dairy Sciences and National Academy of Veterinary Sciences. He is also fellow of Punjab Academy of Sciences and fellow of Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is also fellow of 10 other National Scientific Societies of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. He is Chairman R&D Committee of Ministry of Food Processing Industries GoI; Member, Board of Governing Council of “Agriculture Skill Council of India”, Ministry of Skill Development GoI; and Member, Advisory Committee of Indian Institute of Packaging, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, GoI. He is Member, Board of Trust About the Editors v for “Advancement of Agricultural Sciences”. Earlier Prof. Srivastava has also served as Secretary, Vice President and President of Indian Agricultural Universities Vice Chancellors Association, Chairman DBT Task Force on “Biotechnological Approaches for Food and Nutritional Security, and also of Task Force on “Animal Biotechnology”. He has also served as Member, Governing Board of National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, DBT Govt. of India. He has been decorated with numerous prestigious awards and honours including some most important, ICAR, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, International NOCIL Award, National Alarsin Awards in 1987-88 and in 1999-2000, ASET Gold Medal, German Academic Exchange Award, Gold Medals of Indian Science Congress Association, National Education Award 2016 and many more. He has been conferred the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility, Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable Development and Indian Society of Buffalo Development. He is recipient of Dr. B.D. Garg outstanding Pharmacologist Award, Dr. V. Kurien Memorial Award, Chellappa Memorial Oration Award, Mansinhbhai Memorial Oration Award, Dr. Sundershan Memorial Award, Prof. S.C. Mandal Memorial Oration Award, Dr. Rao Memorial Oration Award and Prof. S. Kannaiyan Memorial Award by National Academy of Biological Sciences. Prof. Srivastava was also Chairman of working group of Planning Commission on “Animal Husbandry and Dairying” for XII Five Year Plan and Chairman for Mid-Term Evaluation of XI Five Year Plan. He led the DSTIndia delegation to New Zealand. He also represented India and was Chairman/Member of Indian Scientific Delegation to Kansas University, USA, Belgium, Dubai, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Nairobi, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Bangkok, Michigan State University, USA and many more countries. He has more than 250 research papers, 10 books and 12 “National Policy Papers” in his credit and has guided more than 25 Ph.D. and post-graduate students.
Prof. P.K. Shukla, Dean, Vetcol, and Registrar, U. P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan, DUVASU, Mathura has been graduated from Veterinary College, Jabalpur. He has obtained M.V.Sc. in Poultry Science from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, and Ph.D. in Poultry Science from Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur. He has been decorated with numerous prestigious awards and honours including "Best Outgoing Graduate Award", "Rashtrapati Award" in Scouting, "Lifetime Achievement Award" About the Editors / vi by CLFMA, "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Govt. of India, "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Agriculture Today, "Distinguished Faculty Award" by Venus International Foundation, Chennai, "Deputy Director General, NCC, Uttar Pradesh Appreciation Award", Lifetime Achievement Award by Pashudhan Prahari, Certificate of Excellence Award by Indian Poultry Review, Poultry Legend Award in Padamshree Dr B.V.Rao Poultry Entrepreneurs Global Icon Award 2020, etc. Prof. Shukla is distinguished fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences and National Academy of Veterinary Nutrition and Animal Welfare. He had been the Member Secretary of the prestigious "Central Poultry Development Advisory Council of Government of India, Member “Joint Working Group" under MOU signed between India and Uganda on the co-operation in the field of agriculture and Allied sector, Member, Joint Monitoring Group of Govt. of India for Avian Influenza of Ministry of Agriculture & Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Chairman, Committee on Bilateral issues during New Delhi International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Member, Rural Advisory Committee of Doordarshan, Mandi House, New Delhi, Member, Breed Registration "Committee for Registration of Poultry Breed" in Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Member of Research Advisory Committee of Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar and Project Directorate on Poultry, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Member, QRT for Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Member, Scientific Panel on Meat and Meat Products including Poultry of FSSAI, Advisor, Agriculture Skill Council of India for Poultry Development, Member, Board of Management, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Member, Academic Council, NDVSU, Jabalpur, etc. Before assuming the office of Dean, Vetcol, and Registrar, U. P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan, DUVASU, Mathura, Prof. Shukla was Professor and Head, Department of Poultry Science and Scientific and Technical Advisor to Vice Chancellor at DUVASU, Mathura. He worked as Joint Commissioner (Poultry), Government of India in Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi from May 2007 to April 2012, playing a crucial role in the Policy, Planning & Program implementation especially in Poultry Sector. He has also served as Dean, Post Graduate Studies, DUVASU, Mathura from Jan. 2013 to Dec.2021. He believes in dissemination of relevant information amongst various stakeholders and has about 295 publications in his credit besides 3 book chapters and two laboratory manuals. He has guided more than 28 M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He has authored several Policy Papers and Status Papers and is on the editorial boards of several journals and magazines of repute. Presently, Prof. P.K. Shukla is engaged in research and education management in veterinary science and providing leadership for overall Poultry development in the country.
Dr. Amitav Bhattacharyya, was born on 14th October, 1975 in Sunabeda, Dist. Koraput (Odisha). He had his schooling in V. S. Vidyalaya and graduated in 2001 from College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. He has completed his M.V.Sc. in Poultry Science in 2003 and Ph. D. in Poultry Science in 2008 from IVRI, Izatnagar. He has secured first class throughout his academic career and was awarded with ICAR JRF and IVRI SRF during his post-graduation and doctoral degree respectively. He joined as a Teaching Associate in 2007 and thereafter became Asst. Professor in 2009 at College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura. During his dissertation work in CARI, Izatnagar, he standardized the in ovo technology for turkeys in India. He was awarded the prestigious Ayurvet IPSA Best Research Paper Award 2012 during XXX Conference of Indian Poultry Science Association. He was awarded with British Poultry Science Travel Grant in 2006 and was selected in Youth Program of European Poultry Congress, Verona, Italy, 2006. He was awarded with World’s Poultry Science Association Travel Grant to attend 9th International Poultry Show and Symposium, Dhaka, February 19-21, 2015. He has been awarded World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) Travel Grant for presenting paperin WVPA Conference on 22-23rd October, 2022 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has received Young Scientist Award, Outstanding Scientist Award, Reviewer Excellence Award, Award for Excellence in Research, Excellence Award in Teaching and Research, Best Researcher Award, Bharat Vikas Award, etc. He was conferred the Fellowship of IPSA on 11 December, 2019 on the occasion of XXXVI Annual Conference & National Symposium of Indian Poultry Science Association. He has also been conferred Fellow, Agriculture Letters and awarded as Member, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences in 2021. He has guided seven M.V.Sc. students as a major advisor and acted as the advisory member of 19 post-graduate students. He has so far published and presented more than 70 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has authored 1 book, 7 book chapters, 7 manuals and compendium. His field of interest has been to work on a wide range of issues in poultry nutrition according to the need of farmers and industry. Presently, he is actively involved in teaching and research activities of undergraduate and post-graduate students along with extension activities pertaining to popularization of turkeys as a part of diversified poultry farming in India.
Dr. Manish Kumar Singh, was born on 01st June, 1984 in an agricultural family in the village Chaksingar, District Vaishali, Bihar. He has completed his scholastic and preuniversity studies from Chhapra (Bihar) and graduated (BVSc & AH) from Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai (MAFSU) in 2011 immediately after completing the BVSc & AH. Dr. Singh entered Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar and completed MVSc and Ph.D. in Poultry Science from this esteemed institute in the years 2013 and 2016, respectively. His MVSc work on Neem supplementation in Guinea fowl was adjudged as the outstanding post-graduate research work, for which he received the ‘AP Chapter Award’ of the CARI, Izatnagar, Bareilly, UP in IPSA Annual Conference (2013-14), Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. He has also qualified for ASRB NET 2014 (I) in the concerned discipline with flying colours. Apart from, Ph.D. he has done PGDAEM-MOOCs (2019-2020) from MANAGE, Hyderabad to enhance his Techno-managerial competence. Before his present assignment as Poultry Farm Manager of UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, UP (since 20th March, 2017), Dr. Singh commenced his professional career as Skill Associate, Senior Research Fellow, and Inseminator-cum-Data Recorder in ICAR funded research projects of GBPUA&T, Pantnagar (2013-16); Guest Faculty, NDUAT, Faizabad (2016); Asst. Prof. (ILFC), KCVAS (GADVASU), Amritsar (2016-17). His expertise in judging the Lactating Cows and Buffaloes, Dry Cows, and Restraining Large Ruminants, Broilers and Layer birds is supported by the prizes won by him in the said competitions organized by the Department of Livestock Production Management (LPM), GBPUA&T, Pantnagar. Dr. Singh’s academic skills are well evident through his work as the referee for several international and national journals including the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Biological Rhythm Research, the Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science, The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, Indian Journal of Animal Research, Indian Journal of Poultry Science, and many more. His research findings are cited in international and national journals and he has 140 citations with h-index 06 and i10-index 2 to date. Dr. Singh’s has robust experience in diagnosing and managing various diseases of Poultry. Dr. Singh’s areas of interest in Breeding and the improvement of productive and reproductive traits for both animals and poultry, especially the native ones. Dr. Singh extensively works (Ph.D.) on Genetic Studies on Reproductive and Productive traits in Uttara, for contribution to research on indigenous Uttara (19th breed of chicken India and 1st breed of chicken, Uttarakhand state) he was conferred with Best About the Editors / ix Researcher Award from the International Journal for Research under Literal Access, jointly with the World Research Council (WRC) (2018); fellow award (2019) for Society for World Environment, Food, and Technology (SWEFT) and Young Scientist Award (2020) by ICSTPH with ICMR. Furthermore, during his glorious Ph.D. carrier, worked first time in the Indian context on pre-incubation egg parameters for measuring day-old chick quality in Uttara breeder hens (the effects of pre-incubation egg parameters on post-incubation traits) because of the effects of egg weight on hatchability and chick quality are very important parameters for commercial hatcheries. He has more than 54 research papers, 03 books and 01 competitive book entitled “VET QUEST On stop solutions”! For ‘Veterinary and Animal Science’ Book chapter on Poultry Science and 03 “Review papers” in his credit and has been awarded 2 numbers Best Book Award by SWEFT.
1. Breeding Strategies for Development of Chicken Varieties: Past, Present and Future ................................. 1 R. N. Chatterjee
2. Breeding for Disease Resistant Poultry - Current Status and Way Forward................................................................ 11 Sanjeev Kumar, Manjari Pandey
3. Current Status of Artificial Insemination in Poultry ................. 25 Jag Mohan
4. Technological Advancement in Pre-hatch Sex Determination and Their Applications in Layer Chickens ...... 31 S.K. Bhanja
5. Post-hatch Feeding Delay in Chicken and Remedial Strategies .......................................................................... 43 MT Banday and S. Adil
6. Recent Advances in Application of Natural Antimicrobials for Improving Quality and Safety of Poultry Products .............................................................. 51 A.K. Biswas, Vandita Mishra and Sagar Chand
7. Strategies for Sustainable Duck Production for Livelihood and Nutritional Security ............................................. 65 Dr. M. K. Padhi
8. Significance of Postbiotics in Poultry Production ...................... 71 J.S. Tyagi, Monika M. and Gautham, K.
9. Genetic Markers: Tools for Genome Analysis ............................. 79 Dr. R. Amutha
10. Recent Novel Techniques in Hurdle Technology for Shelf Life Extension of Poultry Meat Products ..................... 85 Vikas Pathak, Meena Goswami, Sanjay Kumar Bharti and R. Sirohi
11. Livelihood and Nutritional Security Through Poultry Farming in Assam and North East India..................................... 97 Dr. Niranjan Kalita, Dr. Mihir Sarma, Dr. Arfan Ali and Dr. Dipak Goswami
12. Alternate Feed Resources for Sustainable Poultry Production.........................................................................105 B.K. Swain, C.K. Beura P.K. Naik, D. Kumar, S.K. Mishra
13. Poultry Farm Litter and Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities .....................................................125 Dr. D. Kannan and Dr. K. Sivakumar
14. Japanese Quail Farming: A Promising Enterprise in India .........................................................................133 Dr. S.C. Edwin
15. Recent Advances in Organic Minerals in Poultry Feeding...............................................................................139 Chandra Deo, Avishek Biswas and Divya
16. Transportation of Broilers, A Welfare Concern: Indian Perspective ..........................................................................153 Jaydip Jaywant Rokade, Bhanja S.K., Mukund Kadam and Monika M.
17. Sustainable Livelihoods and Nutritional Security with Improved Birds at Backyard: A Scenario in Rural India ........163 Naga Raja Kumari Kallam and Gautham Kolluri
18. Backyard Poultry Farming to Improve Rural Livelihood and Nutritional Security in Tribal Areas ...................................175 Dr. Sushil Prasad
19. Waste Management as a Tool for Sustainable Poultry Farming..............................................................................183 Chandrahas and Raj Narayan
20. Family Poultry Production for Livelihood Improvement, Nutrition Security and Gender Equity in India ........................193 A. K. Panda, B. Sahoo and Anil Kumar
21. Backyard Poultry - An Opportunistic Rural Venture for Employment and Women Empowerment ..........................203 Dr. Bhagirathi Panigrahi, Dr. Babita Mishra, and Dr. Niranjan Panda
22. Best Farm Practices to Enhnace Poultry Welfare .....................217 Dr. M.M. Kadam, Dr. A.S Ranade, Dr. D.B. Bhaisare, Dr. A.R. Patil, Dr. J. J. Rokade, and Dr. S.K Bhanja
23. Antimicrobial Peptides of PoultryConcepts and Applications ..........................................................223 Ambika Sharma and Ashish Kumar
24. Scope and Future of Poly-hebal Formulation in Minimizing Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production ...................229 Divya Sharma and Chandra Deo
25. Mycotoxin in Poultry Feed: Occurrence, Effects and Management ..............................................................241 Avishek Biswas and Chandra Deo
26. Poultry Housing Systems for Sutainable Production in Tropical Climate ........................................................................259 P. Muthusamy
27. Nutritional and Livelihood Security Through Backyard Poultry Production in India .........................................................273 K. Sangilimadan and B.Vasanthi
28. One Health Paradigm in Poultry Management for Mitigating Human Health ......................................................289 Archana Kadam, Mukund Kadam and Rupesh Waghmare, Kakasaheb Khose
29. Poultry Waste Management.........................................................295 Om Prakash Dinani
30. Reproductive Physiology of Avian Species ...............................305 A.K. Singh and M.K. Singh
31. Role of Nutrition in Fertility and Hatchability of Breeder Flock ..............................................................................315 Dr. Lonkar Vijaysinh D.
32. Poultry Birds: Valuable Animal Model in Biomedical Research ......................................................................323 Dr. Girraj Goyal
33. Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) as Replacement for Soybean Meal in Poultry Feed.......................329 K. K. Khose, M. G. Nikam and M. M. Kadam
34. Exploring Indigenous Treasure: Poultry Rearing for Nutrition and Rural Livelihood ...................................................337 R.C. Kulkarniand M.M. Kadam
35. In-Vitro Genome - Conservation of Chickens, Current Status and Prospects ......................................................343 Dr. Suryakant Mishraand Dr. Adnan Naim
36. Development and Improvement of Domesticated Japanese Quail in India .................................................................349 Dr. Raj Narayan, Dr. Chandrahas and Dr. S.K. Bhanja
37. Prospects and Challenges to Diversified Poultry Production in India ........................................................................359 Simmi Tomar, Azhaguraja M, Mohammed Shameeh P, and Manoj Hanmante
38. Alternatives to Antibiotics in Poultry Production - A Review ..................................................................373 Dr. Jeetendra Verma
39. Innate Immunocompetence Testing in Native Chicken..........381 Prof. (Dr) A. Kundu
40. Sustainable Poultry Slaughter Waste Management ................405 Yogesh P. Gadekar, Manish Kumar Singh and S.B. Barbuddhe
41. Innovative Strategies in Poultry Disease Management...........415 Dr. Ajit Singh Yadav, Nihar Nalini Mohanty Vikas Gupta and Sandeep Kumar Singh
42. Advances in Mitigating Multi-mycotoxins in Poultry- A Global Perspective ......................................................421 Dr. Malathi, V.
43. Heat Stress Management in Modern Poultry Production.........................................................................429 N. Anand Laxmi and Jayakumar S.
44. Recent Advances in Rearing System and Housing Type in Commercial Layer for Sustainable Poultry Production.........................................................................447 A. Ashok
45. Diversified Poultry Production: A Livelihood Option and Nutritional Security .................................................461 S. Ezhil Valavan, C. Pandian and A. Sundaresan
46. Duck Farming: A Sustainable Source of Income......................473 Dr. S. K. Joshi, Dr. L. K. Babu Dr. B. Panigrahi, S.Sathapathy
47. Diversification of Indian Poultry: Necessity and Scope ..........479 R. Sirohi, Yajuvendra Singh, Mamta, D.N. Singh and A. Kumar
48. Azolla-A Novel Feed for Diversified Poultry Production .......485 A. Bhattacharyya, P.K. Shukla and M.K. Singh