The demand for poultry products is growing at a faster rate due to health consciousness and income enhancement. However, the poultry production is not scaled upto a larger extent and still it is produced in smaller scale by millions of individual farmers. In this context, it is essential to provide the recent technologies to the stakeholders so as to reduce the cost and increase the profit. The main objective of the book is to provide recent developments on various aspects of poultry production, management of poultry and marketing under the Indian conditions. This book deals with various aspects and provides an overall view in performance of the poultry industry viz., Current status of poultry industry, Technology and Management of Poultry Production, such as available Breeds, Housing Systems, Rearing System, Grower and Layer Chicken Management, Broiler Management, Hatchery Management, Preparation of Poultry Feeds, Alternative source for Poultry Feed, Japanese Quail farming, Duck Farming, Native Chicken farming, Methods of Waste Disposal in Poultry Farming, Value Addition in Meat and Egg Products, Integrated Farming Systems, Economic Analysis of Broiler Production and Opportunities for Income Enhancement Through Interventions. The book will serve as a guide and would be helpful to all the stakeholders, such as students for understanding, as a guide to the commercial producers, as a way forward to the researchers and policy-makers in production, management and marketing of poultry products.
Dr. S. Angles Professor (Agricultural Economics) Department of Agricultural Economics Agricultural College and Research Institute TNAU, Vazhavachanur, Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu - 606753.
Dr. Satish Chandra Pant Faculty, Centre for Agri-Business Management & Education CCS-National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Kota Road, Jaipur - 302033.
Dr. C. Mehala Assistant Professor Department of Livestock Production Management Veterinary College and Research Institute Orathanadu, Thanjavur Dist., Tamil Nadu - 614625.
1. Poultry Industry of India: A Glance .............................................. 1
Dr. T. Sivakumar
2. Poultry Breeds of India..................................................................... 5
Dr. P. Vijayakumar, Dr. A. Singaravadivelan and Dr. R. Richard Churchil
3. Poultry Housing Systems and Rearing System .......................... 11
Dr. A. Clement Ebenezer Henry
4. Chick Management......................................................................... 33
Dr. C. Mehala
5. Grower and Layer Chicken Management.................................. 43
Dr. D. Kannan
6. Broiler Management ....................................................................... 51
Dr. T. Vasanthakumar
7. Desi Chicken Rearing ..................................................................... 57
Dr. R. Amutha
8. Hatchery Management .................................................................. 63
Dr. K. Rajendran
9. Preparation of Poultry Feeds ........................................................ 75
Dr. M. Ramachandran
10. Role of Water Quality in Poultry Production ............................ 83
Dr. S. Balakrishnan, Dr. K.Manimaran and Dr. A. Sangeetha
11. Biosecurity in Poultry Farming ..................................................... 93
Dr. S. Ezhil Valavan, Dr. C. Pandian and Dr. A. Sundaresan
12. Azolla as An Alternative Source for Poultry Feed .................. 101
Dr. D. Senthilkumar
13. Important Poultry Diseases and Its Control ............................ 107
Dr. J. Selvaraj
14. Vaccination Schedule and Methods of Vaccination
for Commercial Poultry ............................................................... 115
Dr. B. Puvarajan
15. Endo- and Ecto-Parasites of Poultry and Their Control ........ 121
Dr. R. Velusamy, Dr. A. Latchumikanthan and Dr. M. K. Vijayasarathi
16. Japanese Quail Farming ............................................................... 127
Dr. G.H. Hudson
17. Duck Farming ................................................................................ 133
Dr. K. Shibi Thomas
18. Methods of Waste Disposal in Poultry Farming ..................... 139
Dr. A. Paramasivam
19. Value Added Meat Products ...................................................... 147
Dr. D. Santhiand Dr. A. Kalaikannan
20. Preparation of Value Added Egg Products .............................. 153
Dr. K. Premavalli
21. Ethno Veterinary Practices in Poultry ....................................... 167
Dr. V. Ranganathan, Dr. P. Senthil Kumar,
Dr. K. Vijayakaran and Dr. A. Elamaran
22. Integrated Farming Systems Approach in Tamil Nadu
Can Boost Income of Small and Marginal Farmers ................ 171
Dr. A. Velayutham and Dr. K. Venkatalakshmi
23. Economics of Native Chicken Farming ..................................... 181
Dr. C. Pandian and Dr. S. Ezhil Valavan
24. An Economic Analysis of Broiler Production and
Opportunities for Income Enhancement Through
Interventions .................................................................................. 191
Dr. S. Angles and Dr. Satish Chandra Pant
