Nutritional and Income Security through Backyard Poultry Farming
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Methods for dispatching backyard poultry.
The range of low-cost methods available to the small producer for dispatching small numbers of poultry is limited. None of the commonly used methods is satisfactory as there are doubts that they fully protect the welfare of the bird. There are humane methods available but they involve some initial capital outlay. Probably the most common method is 'neck pulling' (cervical dislocation). If carri...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2319-7692,2319-7706
DOI: 10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.038