Biopharming: A Biosecurity Measure to Combat Newcastle Disease for Household Food Security

Muhammad Sarwar Khan

doi:10.4172/2167-0331.1000e156

Abstract

Agricultural land is shrinking because of ever increasing population in the developing world. Shrinking farm land warrants alternative measures of food security, particularly of the rural community. One of the options on the list is rearing of poultry birds at both captive and commercial levels. Poultry provides food, energy, fertilizer and a renewable asset to over 80 percent of rural household [1]. Nevertheless, 100 percent potential is not harvested due to a number of factors; including, poor housing, insufficient quality nutrition and devastating diseases. Amongst diseases, Newcastle has become a pandemic disease. It not only affects domesticated but also wild poultry throughout the world [2-5].

Highlights

Agricultural land is shrinking because of ever increasing population in the developing world
Newcastle is a highly contagious viral disease caused by avian Paramyxovirus type-1, commonly known as Newcastle disease virus (NDV), which is a member of genus Avulavirus of the Paramyxoviridae family
Based on the sequence of the pathogenic precursor protein (F) the NDV strains are grouped into three types; velogenic, mesogenic and lentogenic

Summary

Introduction

Agricultural land is shrinking because of ever increasing population in the developing world. Shrinking farm land warrants alternative measures of food security, of the rural community. One of the options on the list is rearing of poultry birds at both captive and commercial levels. Energy, fertilizer and a renewable asset to over 80 percent of rural household [1].

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