Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
AI Summary:
The study examined how management practices, farming setup, and breed influence disease outbreaks. The results showed that high disease incidence was associated with management practices and breed types across various farm setups.AI Topics:
Objectives: The study aimed to examine how management practices, farming setup and breed infuence disease
outbreaks. It also sought to investigate the frequency and types of antimicrobials used, as well as the relationship
between antimicrobial usage and disease occurrences.
Methods: We conducted a survey of 140 poultry farms [Broiler farms=66; Layer farms=36; Local (Desi and its crosses)
farms=38] across major poultry producing regions of Pakistan. The gathered information covered demographics
as well as the farming associated parameters including size, type of the farms, management practices, breeds raised,
disease outbreak and antimicrobials use.
Results: Using contingency analyses and log binomial regression models, we identifed Broiler control sheds at high
risk of disease. Diseases such as Avian Infuenza, Newcastle Disease, and Fowl Typhoid were frequently reported
and their outbreaks were associated with low cleaning frequency, high stocking density, bedding material using rice
husk, and canola as a major feed ingredient. Farmer education was associated with a decrease in disease outbreak.
Antimicrobial use was associated with farming experience, farm size, type and breed.
Conclusion: High disease incidence is associated with management practices and breed types across various farm
setups. Experienced Broiler farmers often report disease outbreaks and use antimicrobials more frequently. Educated
farmers, however, experience fewer outbreaks and can better regulate antimicrobial usage.
Saleem, Farrukh
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
Ameer, Aqsa and Saleem, Farrukh and Keating, Ciara and Gundogdu, Ozan and Ijaz, Umer and Javed, Sundus (2024) Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan. Data In Brief, 57: 110957. ISSN 2352-3409
Ameer, Aqsa and Saleem, Farrukh and Keating, Ciara and Gundogdu, Ozan and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2024) Dataset of 130 metagenome-assembled genomes of healthy and diseased broiler chicken caeca from Pakistan. Data In Brief, 54: 110487. ISSN 2352-3409
See full publications listAmeer, Aqsa
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
Ameer, Aqsa and Saleem, Farrukh and Keating, Ciara and Gundogdu, Ozan and Ijaz, Umer and Javed, Sundus (2024) Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan. Data In Brief, 57: 110957. ISSN 2352-3409
Ameer, Aqsa and Saleem, Farrukh and Keating, Ciara and Gundogdu, Ozan and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2024) Dataset of 130 metagenome-assembled genomes of healthy and diseased broiler chicken caeca from Pakistan. Data In Brief, 54: 110487. ISSN 2352-3409
See full publications listAfzal, Farhan
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
See full publications listIrshad, Hamid
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
See full publications listSattar, Sadia
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
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See full publications listJaved, Sundus
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Saleem, Farrukh and Ameer, Aqsa and Afzal, Farhan and Usman, Muhammad and Irshad, Hamid and Sattar, Sadia and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan and Javed, Sundus (2025) A cross-sectional survey of poultry management systems, practices and antimicrobial use in relation to disease outbreak in Pakistan. BMC Research Notes, 18: 144. ISSN 1756-0500
Ameer, Aqsa and Saleem, Farrukh and Keating, Ciara and Gundogdu, Ozan and Ijaz, Umer and Javed, Sundus (2024) Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan. Data In Brief, 57: 110957. ISSN 2352-3409
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