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With improvement in medical science, health care and medical facilities all around the world especially in advance countries, all in a bid to live a healthier and longer life, yet we still experience decline in life expectancy rates in some parts of the world.

Today people are asking questions and are becoming more inquisitive as to why some people are living longer than others.

The good news is that no matter how young or old you are today there are evidence back with research that can help you live a long, healthy and fulfilled life. When you adopt the following lifestyle and make simple life choices and changes that can help you attain longevity:
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Turkeys are a beautiful birds to behold especially for children and visitors alike, they are a good and profitable birds to add to your homestead farm.

You can decide to add turkeys to your flock of birds either for fun, as pet or for more additional income on a small scale bases or on a larger production scale.

Which either way you go, Turkey farming is a highly profitable venture that you will never regrets by keeping some few flocks at home.

Turkey rearing might not be as popular as broiler or layer farming, in this part of the world, but the profit derive from keeping such exotic large birds cannot be quantify.

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Rabbit farming is a highly lucrative and profitable operation. Providing extra cash and income for those seeking multiple streams of income and providing full time employment for farmers that wants to go into large-scale, commercial production systems.

If you wants to provide highly nutritious, low-fat, low-cholesterol meat to your family with less financial input rabbit farming is the right way to go.

Rabbits are basically raise for their meat and fur, wool, or laboratory uses, their waste and urine are use in the agricultural sector, as a good source of organic manure in our gardens and backyard farms and for other research purposes.

Before starting out in rabbit production, choosing a particular breed is paramount to the success of the operation.

The various breeds of rabbit are suitable for each particular operation that you might want to embark on, ranging from large – scale industrial production, small scale backyard farming for extra cash and meat production, to just using the rabbits as household pets.

Medium and large breeds, such as the New Zealand, California, Dutch Gray, English Spot, Chinchilla, and Flemish Giant, have the most suitable size and conformation for producing meat and fur therefore suitable for small scale backyard farming.

White breeds of rabbits (e.g., New Zealand White and Californian) are the most prolific and the most desirable for commercial and large-scale industrial production because white skins usually bring higher prices and return on investment.

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Coccidiosis is a fairly common disease which is mostly prevalent with birds kept in confinement it is often called the disease of the lazy farmer. It is usually associated with either negligence of the flock by the poultry owner or complete ignorance by the farmer on how to prevent the disease.

Coccidiosis is a parasitic disease of the intestinal tract of animals caused by coccidian protozoa. It is usually connected with high relative humidity moisture in the air, dampness and wet litter.
The disease spreads from one animal to another by contact with infected feces or ingestion of infected tissue. Diarrhea, which may become bloody in severe cases, which is the primary symptom.

Most animals infected with coccidia are asymptomatic, but young or immunocompromised animals may suffer severe symptoms and death.

Coccidiosis is a highly preventable poultry diseases, when stringent measures are put in place from day one on chick’s arrival.
Oocyst that is the parasitic protozoan that causes coccidiosis cannot survive extreme high temperature, freezing temperature, and dryness.

Poultry farmers especially newbie are advised to start their new flock during dry season. This will reduce the incidence of coccidiosis.

Before placing order for your day old chicks, you have to provide ample space for your chicks, ensure dryness of the litter good ventilation outlet and inlet for fresh air.

Coccidiosis becomes a cause for concerned when birds are reared, under conditions that permit the build-up of infective oocysts in the environment. The intensive rearing of domestic chickens may provide these conditions.
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Poultry farming is a worthwhile venture, it’s one of the businesses you can venture into without fear of competition whatsoever with good marketing plan and strategy.

Unlike businesses relating to Technology that is dynamic, it changes with time, there is constant improvement, what is invoke today could be obsolete in the next few years.

Agriculture specifically poultry farming, which is an aspect of livestock production is constantly evolving with new innovations in chicken breeds and farm equipment’s.

The good thing about poultry farming is that people will always need chicken meat in their diet. Apart from vegetarians, quite a large percentage of the world population rely on chicken meat as a source of animal protein.

Back to our topic. We are been bombarded with staggering figures about how you can make 100% profit on your investment without being told the nitty gritty and intricacies involve in the entire poultry business.

Poultry business just like any other business has risk, but with careful planning and determination you can reduce the risk to the barest minimum.

Before you venture into this business there are some fundamental issues you need to address which are pivotal to you success.
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