date:Aug 21, 2014
l of achieving full self-sufficiency in poultry meat consumption.
Soaring poultry feed costs as well as the high chicken mortality rates in Saudi poultry remain major constraints to expanding broiler production in the Kingdom.
Endemic poultry diseases have increased chicken mortality rates in many Saudi poultry farms in recent years, which have been estimated at 25 per cent, on average, and reached 50 per cent in some individual farms.
To reduce the risks associated with high mortality rates