Effect of biosecurity practices on the health management system of poultry farms in Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine how Oyo State, Nigerian biosecurity strategies, affected the poultry health management system. The regional data were collected through a planned investigation. The 120 respondents were selected using random and purposeful sampling approaches. The analysis revealed that 43.3% of poultry farmers were between the ages of 31 and 40; the majority were men; 72.5% were married; 37.5% had been in farming for between 11 and 20 years, and 95.5% had one to six children. Most farmers (75.8%) reported that raising poultry was their main source of income; 70.8% stated they got their information from the farmers' association; 95.0% stated burning birds reduced susceptibility to infectious diseases, and nearly all (99.2%) stated keeping foot dips in place stopped the spread of infectious diseases. According to the regression analysis, there is a strong correlation between respondents' age, sex, marital status, agricultural experience, family size, source of income, and adoption of biosecurity methods in the research region. The greatest and most affordable way of infection protection can be found in biosecurity. Without appropriate biosecurity measures, no single disease prevention program will succeed. It is can be concluded that the introduction of additional biosecurity measures could be a significant boost to the prevention and spread of poultry diseases in the study area.