Poultry

[Md kayum]

Financial

[Ayantosho Ojo]

The economic impacts of disease on broilers includes the following..

1. Direct cost

2. indirect cost

3.Market and trade impact

[Ayantosho Ojo]

1. Direct Costs<div>Mortality losses: High death rates reduce the number of birds available for sale.</div><div>
</div><div>Medication and vaccination expenses</div><div>
</div><div>2. Indirect Costs.</div><div>Poor carcass quality: Diseases may cause condemnations, downgrading of meat at processing plants, or reduced dressing percentages.</div><div>
</div><div>Decreased egg quality/production (in breeder flocks): Diseases can lower hatchability and fertility, reducing supply of day-old chicks.</div><div>
</div><div>3. Market and Trade Impacts</div><div>Lower market value: Weak or underweight broilers fetch lower prices.</div><div>
</div><div>Loss of consumer confidence: Outbreaks (like avian influenza) can reduce demand for poultry products.</div><div>
</div><div>4. Long-Term Economic Effects</div><div>
</div><div>Increased production cost per bird: Extra expenses spread over fewer saleable birds.</div><div>
</div><div>Reduced farm profitability: Small-scale farmers especially struggle to recover after major outbreaks.</div><div>
</div><div>Investment risks: Diseases discourage investors, limit farm expansion, and reduce farmer confidence</div>

[Arbindra Shrestha]

true and support