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Towards identifying climate resilient poultry birds

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Title Towards identifying climate resilient poultry birds
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Creator Vandana GD
Sejian V.
 
Subject Climate Resilient
 
Description Opinion article
Among the agriculture sectors, poultry industry contributes substantially to the economy
of many countries. Broiler poultry is considered safe enterprise in the changing climate
scenario because of the low initial investment as well as the less time for its production.
Chicken meat and egg are highly rich in most of the essential micronutrients, which makes
them highly demanding to all especially the poor. The desire for chicken meat is rising
day by day as it has no religious taboos as compared to red meat. Moreover, it does not
compromise in health as it contains low saturated fats and enriched with most of the
essential micronutrients. Poultry industry is in leading position among the agricultural and
allied sectors. Chicken meat and eggs are the best source of quality protein, and millions
of people are craving for it especially who live in poverty. The major advantage of poultry
meat and eggs are that there are no religious taboos on their consumption as compared to
other livestock products. Poultry products have many positive contributions to the diet of
those on low incomes. As well not all meat is seen as healthy as chicken meat and is more
affordable than other meats. Poultry meat was considered high quality because of its low
saturated fats and enriched essential micronutrients. Climate change associated heat stress
has emerged as one of the major constraints of poultry industry particularly in the hot and
humid tropics. Birds are deprived of sweat glands and therefore thermoregulation becomes
challenging in hot weather, which ultimately compromises their production efficiency and
prolonged exposure to heat stress causes mortality of birds.
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Date 2019-12-02T02:44:11Z
2019-12-02T02:44:11Z
2018-05-18
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Vandana GD, Sejian V. 2018. Towards identifying climate resilient poultry birds. Journal of Dairy, Veterinary and Animal Research, 7:84-85.
‎2377-4312
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/26119
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Medcrave