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Impact of avian influenza outbreaks on Turkish village chicken producers, and their opinions on the disease and disease control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2011

C. SIPAHI ,
C. YALCIN ,
Y. CEVGER ,
Y. ARAL  and
L. GENC
C. SIPAHI*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
C. YALCIN
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Y. CEVGER
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Y. ARAL
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
L. GENC
Affiliation:
Union of Turkish Chambers of Agriculture, Ankara, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: cevatsipahi@mehmetakif.edu.tr
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Abstract

The following paper was constructed from research assessing the socio-economic impacts of the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks encountered between October 2005 and March 2006 on the Turkish village chicken producers, using data obtained from an interview survey on 64 families in six different provinces of Turkey where the outbreak was recorded. The research revealed that: 1) the villagers’ protein consumption was dramatically reduced as most of them could not afford or didn't prefer to purchase chicken products. 2) The income from chicken sales (on average, it accounted for 33% of total income of those selling birds and eggs) disappeared. Moreover, the gender implication of it was notable as the income from chicken sales was generally used by the housewives. 3) 55% of the families stopped consuming chicken products due to the AI fear. However, 97% of them re-started consumption after 9 months of the AI outbreaks. 4) 65% of the families stated that they believe the crisis was artificially manipulated by the commercial chicken firms with the collaboration of the media to wipe out the backyard chicken production. 5) The respondents generally found the government's disease control efforts, organization and timeliness of compensation payments successful. However, 54 of the respondents stated that the amount of compensation payment was insufficient.

Keywords

Avian influenzabackyard chickensocio-economic impactTurkey
Type
Small-Scale Family Poultry Production
Information
World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 131 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2011

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