| dc.description.abstract | The study is primarily focused on chicken litter management in local markets in Chittagong Bangladesh.
The focus of participants is chicken shopkeepers from different markets in Chittagong to explore chicken
litter technologies that chicken shopkeepers use and the health issues that they face from chicken litter.
Those technologies are composting biogas and fish food. Among them, the main technology that
shopkeepers use the most is composting chicken litter to convert it into fertilizers. There are 221 samples
collected from 9 upazilas in the Chittagong district market, one waste dump site, and a farm in
Chittagong. As a result, 36.20% of shopkeepers manage chicken litter from their shops and Anandabazar
Waste Dumpsite uses poultry waste and organic waste to produce fertilizer, and Nasim Khan Poultry
converts it into both biogas and fertilizer. Moreover, the study also tested pathogens of Escherichia coli
and salmonella in chicken poops from Chittagong markets because these two pathogens can share a
foodborne disease with humans. Anyway, E.coli and Salmonella spp. are absent in chicken litter.
However, improper chicken litter management impacts many factors, including producing pollutants,
harming human health, and hurting the environment. This study found out that 41 of 221 chicken
shopkeepers faced some diseases like skin irritation, breathing problems, fever, and vomiting in their
chicken shops. Nevertheless, some shopkeepers are under hygienic conditions due to the shortage of
space, water, masks, and gloves which leads them to face pollution issues including air (24.89%) and
water pollution (6.79%). Many shopkeepers don’t manage chicken litter due to many challenges including
less knowledge, less association between organization and government, and lack of space and budget to
manage chicken litter. | en_US |
