The Paradox of Nutrient Fulfilement and Immunity Challenge on Chicken Livestock Development in Tropical Humid Regions

AbstractThis study aimed to explore the situation of native chickens development in the tropical humid regions especially in Minahasa regions, Nord Sulawesi Indonesia. The survey method was used in 122 farmers selected by sampling purposive design. The results show that in general the farmer in small scale has only under 40 chickens with high risk of dangerous diseases on their animals, exclusively the local nutrition resources are abundantly available in the regions of Minahasa. This condition is related to the availability of feed stuffs derived from plants which are easy to cultivate, and therefore the raw materials are continuously available. If it is associated with animal production such as fish species of marine waters than the poultry farms are guaranteed to have the good quality of feed stuffs. This is also become the reason in this region to develop the poultry farming which the raw materials for rations formulation to fulfil the nutrition needs for the animalslivestock. The biodiversity of plants in this area, also support the fulfilment of nutrients for livestock in the areas. But on the other hand the challenge faced is the high humidity in the tropical humid region allows the development and spread of pathogenic microorganisms that can threaten the poultry farms development in this area