Table 3.

Major themes identified regarding management and health services by production system.

Themes	Sub-themes	Full integration	Partial integration	Independent production
Sector level management	Dominance	Day old chicks supply, Feed supply, Processed market	Day old chicks supply, Feed supply, Processed market	Wet market, Over all chicken meat and egg supply, Middlemen
	Price fluctuations	Slightly concerned, Economic instability	Moderately concerned, Economic instability	Highly concerned, Economic instability, Middlemen monopolization
	Role of poultry association	Farmer meetings, Disease control strategies	Farmer meetings, Disease control strategies	Farmer meetings, Disease control strategies
	Role of government	Poultry Production Act, 2016	Poultry Production Act, 2016	Price management Poultry Production Act, 2016
	Inter-farm distance	Highly concerned	Highly concerned	Moderately-highly concerned
Farm level management	Biosecurity	Strict biosecurity	Strict biosecurity	Variable biosecurity
	Labor staff	Technical and experienced	Technical and experienced	Non-technical and experienced, Technical and experienced
	Dead bird disposal	Burying, Burning	Burying, Burning	Burying, Burning, Throwing on landfills and water bodies
Animal health	Private services	Veterinarians, Vaccines, Diagnostics, Medicine supply	Veterinarians, Vaccines, Diagnostics, Medicine supply	Veterinarians, Consultant veterinarians, Vaccines, Diagnostics, Medicine supply
	Government services	No role	No role	Veterinarians, Vaccines, Diagnostics, Passive surveillance