Conservation practices for different breeds of poultry
Promoting the conservation of the indigenous breeds of poultry cannot be neglected. The Indigenous breeds, such as Kadaknath, Aseel, and Naked Neck, are on the verge of extinction. These indigenous layer birds have unique combinations of adaptive traits that best respond to the pressures of the local environment in which they have evolved. They have acquired important traits such as disease resilience, heat tolerance and the ability to utilize poor quality scavenge feeds attributes essential for achieving sustainable production in low input-output production systems.
