Abstract:
Poultry diseases remain one of the major threats to poultry production in Nigeria.
A disease outbreak could result in severe economic losses within the shortest
possible time before its medicated recovery is ensured. In the light of this,
this study was designed to estimate the level of poultry disease management
and its determinants in poultry egg production in Southwest, Nigeria. Primary
data was obtained with the aid of structured questionnaire from a cross section
survey of 403 poultry farmers drawn through multi-stage sampling procedure.
Descriptive statistics, Fuzzy logic model and Multinomial Logit model were used
to analyze data obtained. The results of the analysis showed that majority (81.4%)
of the poultry egg farmers were males. Majority (85.6%) were married with an
average household size of 5±1.68 members. The average age and mean years
of experience were 45±9.08 and 10±5.05 years, respectively with
majority of them had formal education. Majority (68%) of the poultry egg farmers
in the study area operate at low level of poultry disease management. The study
further revealed that the factors influencing the level of poultry disease management
in the study area include gender, years of formal education, household size,
years of poultry farming experience, access to credit, livestock insurance,
livestock extension services, stock size and poultry system. The study recommended
that, improved extension services and the government should formulate a policy
that will improve the level of poultry disease management in the study area.
O.K. Akintunde and A.I. Adeoti, 2014. Assessment of Factors Affecting the Level of Poultry Disease Management
in Southwest, Nigeria. Trends in Agricultural Economics, 7: 41-56.
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