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- Disease attacks
- Parasite infestation
- In-availability of quality poultry feeds
- Expensive poultry feeds and drugs
- Inadequate technical knowhow
- Inadequate market for poultry products
- Competition from other cheaper livestock products e.g. beef
- Predators
- Inavailability of electrical power limiting practices like egg incubation and brooding.
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