COMSATS University Islamabad, Park Road, Tarlai Kalan, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2021 Mar 17;53(2):210. doi: 10.1007/s11250-021-02659-6.
Commercial poultry rearing in Pakistan dates back to the 1960s. Meanwhile, backyard poultry setups have been providing meat and eggs for human consumption and supplementing the livelihood of farmers in many rural setups for ages. Different poultry rearing practices have varied approaches to feed supplementation, administration, biosafety practices, and flock size. All are important factors affecting disease spread and vulnerability. Recently, the Pakistani government announced the prime minister's Backyard Poultry Initiative under the National Agricultural Emergency program to economically develop farmers, especially women. Widespread adoption of this scheme with little to no training of inexperienced farmers may lead to the emergence of zoonotic infections in the population. The focus of the current review is to examine the probable impact of the promotion of backyard poultry farming practices by the government on the spread of zoonotic illnesses, both in the farmers and consumer population.
巴基斯坦的商业家禽养殖可以追溯到 20 世纪 60 年代。与此同时，后院家禽养殖为人类提供肉类和蛋类已有很长时间了，并且为许多农村地区的农民提供了生计。不同的家禽养殖方式在饲料补充、管理、生物安全措施和禽类规模方面都有不同的方法。所有这些都是影响疾病传播和易感性的重要因素。最近，巴基斯坦政府在国家农业应急计划下宣布了总理的后院家禽倡议，以帮助农民，特别是妇女实现经济发展。如果广泛采用这种方案，而对没有经验的农民进行很少或根本没有培训，可能会导致人群中出现人畜共患感染。本综述的重点是研究政府推广后院家禽养殖做法对农民和消费者人群中人畜共患病传播的可能影响。
