|The Intensive Poultry Farming Industry in the Sahelian Zone (CDI, 1996, 56 p.)|
|1. INTENSIVE POULTRY FARMING IN THE SAHELIAN ZONE|
|1.2. General information on intensive poultry farming|
In intensive poultry farming, the production tool is living matter: poultry.
- It consumes air, drinking water and feed.
- It produces eggs and meat.
- It is sensitive to environmental conditions, stress and diseases.
- It pollutes due to emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and faecal and urinary waste.