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: Received: 11 March 2023 / Approved: 14 March 2023 / Online: 14 March 2023 (04:00:24 CET)
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Khalil, I.; Khanom, J.; Eliyas, M.; Sarker, S.; Abid, M.H.; Hossain, S.; Awosile, B. Assessment of Backyard Chicken Farmers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Management and Biosecurity in Bangladesh. Preprints2023, 2023030244. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0244.v1.
Khalil, I.; Khanom, J.; Eliyas, M.; Sarker, S.; Abid, M.H.; Hossain, S.; Awosile, B. Assessment of Backyard Chicken Farmers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Management and Biosecurity in Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023030244. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0244.v1.
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Khalil, I.; Khanom, J.; Eliyas, M.; Sarker, S.; Abid, M.H.; Hossain, S.; Awosile, B. Assessment of Backyard Chicken Farmers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Management and Biosecurity in Bangladesh. Preprints2023, 2023030244. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0244.v1.
Khalil, I.; Khanom, J.; Eliyas, M.; Sarker, S.; Abid, M.H.; Hossain, S.; Awosile, B. Assessment of Backyard Chicken Farmers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Management and Biosecurity in Bangladesh. Preprints 2023, 2023030244. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0244.v1.
Abstract
Backyard chickens are the most popular poultry in Bangladesh due to their production potential, and income generation. However, this farming can be a factor in zoonotic disease transmission. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to biosecurity and management among backyard chicken households in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 295 households in six sub-districts of different six divisions of Bangladesh. The study used a convenient sampling technique to choose the divisions, then the districts and sub-districts. A well-structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to interview randomly selected households. In this study, most of the respondents relied on agriculture crop production (n=128) as their primary source of income, relied on scavenging for their birds’ feeding (34%), or fed their chickens whole or broken rice (32%), used tube well water (58%), used ash (38%) or sand (28%) as litter material. A significant proportion of households (40%) did not use any nest box at all. Results also showed that the most reported poultry diseases among backyard poultry farmers were Newcastle disease (49%), followed by coccidiosis (30%), fowl cholera (12%), and fowl pox (9%). In the multivariate logistic regression model, knowledge of biosecurity was associated with the household type (OR=1.4, p=0.04), knowledge of vaccination (OR=3.7, p=0.02), don’t know category (OR=4.2, p=<0.001), provision of the nest box (OR=9.5, p<0.001), training (OR=0.1, p=0.04), and air pollution (OR=0.1; p=0.04). The study found a huge knowledge gap on management and biosecurity practices present among backyard chicken farmers, which can negatively impact public health for instance in the outbreak of zoonotic diseases. Increasing farmers' biosecurity awareness through education and outreach activities could minimize the risk of disease transmission and improve both public and poultry health.
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