Traditional poultry production is an important agricultural activity of most rural communities in the world where they are kept by the rural poor for meat, eggs, supplementary income and for meeting a wide range of social obligations. The production of traditional chickens in Nigeria is however hampered by the risk of infection from diseases, predators, theft, smaller numbers and sizes of eggs, smaller sizes of birds and slow growth rate. The main constraint on chickens output in rural areas is the Newcastle’s disease with its high mortality rate. In order to capture what presently obtains in the Niger Delta rural areas, this survey was carried out to provide baseline information.
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