Study on problems and prospects of turkey production in Bangladesh

Abstract

Present study was done to know the rearing system, management practice, problems and prospects of turkey farming in different turkey farms of Rangpur Sadar Upazilla. Data were collected from 12 turkey farms by using a preformed questionnaire under Rangpur Sadar Upazilla. The observation was taken of status of farmers, source of technical support, the turkey flock size (according to age variation), feed intake, housing system, feeding system, quantity of feed supplied to each turkey/day, floor space , feeder space, waterer space, turkey marketing age, weight, price of turkey. Among 12 farms only 66% farms maintain a common vaccination schedule, other farms use only new-castle disease vaccine. Most of the turkey farmer rear turkey in small scale semi-intensive system (50%) was generally practiced by the rural farmers. They have very little idea about breed and variety of turkey and prevention of diseases of turkey. But farmer have very little knowledge about turkey management procedure. There is no specific feeding standard for turkey. Farmers used to feed their turkey according to broiler and layer feeding manual. So, research needed to improve the status of turkey