Mycoplasmal diseases that are prevalent in poultry farming

These are poultry infections  that  are not classified as bacteria or viruses, but as Pleuro-pneumonia-cocci-like organisms (PPLO). They are primarily associated with Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD), a complex syndrome caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum in partnership with bacteria (often E. coli), fungi and viruses (often Infectious Bronchitis). Also read: 3 ways to provide heat to your...

Newcastle Disease vaccines and vaccination campaigns

For viral diseases, vaccination is the only form of prevention. A proper vaccination campaign can rapidly and significantly minimize losses due to disease. In Indonesia, after an Newcastle Disease  vaccination campaign, mortality in village flocks dropped from 50 to 8 percent and the population of chickens increased from 900 to 3 500, representing a 250...

Broader economic framework analysis of a poultry business

All economic activity consists of transforming resources (land, labour and capital) into goods and services which serve the needs and desires of people. Much of the quantitative assessment in cost-benefit analysis is simple accountancy: assigning monetary values to various measured or estimated physical quantities, categorizing them under a cost or benefit heading, adding them up,...