(Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, 2007) ANURADHA MENON E
Poultry farming is one of the fastest growing industry in the livestock sector and has now turned out to be a highly organised agribusiness with an estimated capital investment of Rs.100 billion. It contributes Rs. 110 billion to the gross national product (GNP), and provides employment for around 1.5 million people, mostly in rural areas. In 2003-04, the egg production in India was 40.4 billion and it was ranked fifth in the world and poultry meat turnover was 1,715,000
metric tonnes (Mehta et al., 2005).
