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Performance of Two Egg Type Chicken Farms Maintained Different Bio-security Levels

M. A. Hannan
Senior Instructor (Livestock), Youth Training Centre, Bagerhat, Department of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Bangladesh

M. B. Ahmed
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

S. S. Islam
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study was aimed to determine the productive and economic performances of two different genotype egg-producing chicken farms carried out with good, fair and poor bio-secured intervention in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. The world-class Hisex White and Hisex Brown layer strain was used as egg-type chicken. According to obtain marks each of one hundred (total two hundred) surveyed farms were divided into good (≥ 80%), fair (61-79%) and poor (≤ 60%) bio-secured categories. The highest numbers of Hisex White (41%) farms but lowest numbers of Hisex Brown (29%) farms were reared under the good bio-secured condition in the study area. Under good bio-secured level Hisex White and Brown were taken the highest amount of feed and produced the highest number of eggs. The average egg weight and egg mass of both Hisex White and Brown did not differ significantly (P>0.05) under good, fair, and poor bio-secured farms respectively. Under good bio-secured farms, FCR value was better than fair and poor farms respectively. The highest percentage of survivability occurs in good and lowest in poor bio-secured conditions, both white and brown layer strain. The BCR of Hisex White was found highest (1.13) under good but similar (1.12) under fair and poor bio-secured farms and did not differ significantly (P<0.01). However, the BCR of Hisex Brown was found the highest value (1.17) under different bio-security levels. This result revealed that the Hisex Brown was less biosecurity sensitive and highly profitable than that of Hisex White farms.

Keywords: Bio-security, Hisex Brown, Hisex White

Location: Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat district.

Start Date: 00-01-2013

End Date: 00-12-2013

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Chicken

Objectives:

To determine the productive and economic performances of two different genotype egg producing chicken farms carried out with good, fair and poor bio-secured intervention in the south western region of Bangladesh

Methodology:

A list of commercial Hisex White and Hisex Brown chicken layer farms was prepared with the help of the Directorate of Livestock Service (DLS) and Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Ltd (ABFL). The farms that reared the same hybrid and used the same feed were purposively selected. The owners of these farms were treated as the population of the study. The size of the sample was determined following the formula postulated by Kothari (2004). A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted. At the first stage, a purposive sampling technique was used to select only Khulna division out of the seven divisions of Bangladesh because it was provided the second-highest population of chicken farms in the country (DLS, 2014). The second stage employed a random selection of three (03) out of ten (10) districts of the Khulna division. The third stage employed a random selection of 02 upazillas from Satkhira, 03 from Khulna, and 02 from Bagerhat district. Finally, two hundred different genotype layer farms were randomly selected taking each of 40, 30, and 30 farms from Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat district. Data were collected in three ways firstly direct observation of the farms. Secondly observed the record register kept by the farmers and finally interviewed the respondents through the pretested questionnaire. Data were collected from January to December 2013. Bio-security level specification- The selected Hisex White and Hisex Brown layer farms were divided into three bio-security levels; poor, fair, and good by using measures of the biosecurity standard score which are as follows:

Level Score

Poor <60

Fair 60-79

Good ≥80

(Source: Third meeting 12 November 2009 of PTDDP Biosecurity Standard Development Committee, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka). Collected data were compiled, coded, tabulated for processing and analysis in accordance with the objectives of the study. To draw a meaningful conclusion, tabular presentation of data was intensively used. The SAS 9.1.3 version was used to analyze the data (SAS, 2009). Descriptive statistics like a number, percentage, mean and standard error were used in describing the selected independent and dependent variables of the study.

Source of Information: Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Vol. 1 No. 3 September 2020 Pages 63-67

Article Link (Online Journal): http://doi.org/10.47440/JAFE.2020.1310

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Achievement/Findings:

The productive performances in terms of total feed intake (Kg/bird) at the age of ninety weeks, egg production (hh), average egg weight (g), egg mass kg (hh) spent hen weight (kg) and survivability (%) of two egg-type chickens like Hisex White and Hisex Brown farms followed similar trends being highest in good followed by fair and poor bio-secured conditions. But the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) was lowest under good followed by fair and poor bio-secured level in both types of layer farms. Economic performances of two egg-type chicken farms also responded similarly to the measurement of bio-security levels in the farms except for Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR). The BCR of Hisex White was found highest under good but similar under fair and poor bio-secured farms respectively. However, the BCR of Hisex Brown was similar under different bio-secured levels but highest than Hisex White. From the above discussion, it was clearly concluded that the brown layer farms were highly profitable and less bio-security response than White layer farms in the south-western region of Bangladesh.

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