Chicken production promises considerable potential to
improve livelihood of rapidly increasing populations of developing countries.
For many poor people in these countries, chickens are the only type oflivestock they can afford to keep, which are relatively risk free. With an
estimated 60% of the total chicken population in East Africa, Ethiopia has an
around 45 million heads. Of the national flock, the local breeds represent 98%
Despite this huge population of poultry, the industry in
the country remains highly undeveloped due to many constraints of which one is
diseases. Although it is understood that diseases cause great losses, many of
them are unstudied. Infectious coryza is one of such poultry catastrophes.
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