Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2018, 4 (1), 141-148; doi: 10.3329/ajmbr.v4i1.36833 Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research ISSN 2411-4472 (Print) 2412-5571 (Online) www.ebupress.com/journal/ajmbr Article Study on the vaccination and medication program in commercial broiler farming at farmer’s level MR Islam Ratan 1 , MH Ali 1 , Most. Sumona Akter 3 , SM Bulbul 1 , Md. Shawkat Ali 1 , N Sakib 3 , S Sarker 3 and Md.Yousuf Ali 2 * 1 Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh 2 Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Regional Station, Baghabari, Sirajgonj – 6770, Bangladesh 3 Department of Livestock Services, Farmgate, Dhaka-1341, Bangladesh *Corresponding author: Md. Yousuf Ali, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Regional Station, Baghabari, Shahjadpur, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh. E-mail: 113yousuf.bau@gmail.com, myousuf@blri.gov.bd Received: 07 March 2018/Accepted: 21 March 2018/ Published: 29 March 2018 Abstract: The Geographic area of this study was 5 selected unions of Kalihati upazila in Tangail district. A total number of 50 broiler farmers were interviewed to conduct the study. The objective of the study was to know the current vaccination and medication status in the study area. The information that collected from the respondents were age, education, main occupation, family members, training, annual income, number of broiler in each batch, name of broiler strain, mortality rate, vaccination practicing rate, current situation of antibiotic and growth promoter use, use of footbath, use of disinfectant for spraying in inside and outside of the farm, percentage of antibiotic and feed withdraw rate before marketing of broiler, source of vaccine and medicine at farmer level, consultants of the farmers for vaccine and medicine specially antibiotic use, vaccination and medication cost in a batch. Commonly used vaccine and medicine list with their company name were also collected from the study area market. A correlation table was prepared to determine the relationship among some variables; education Vs age, education Vs income, income Vs no of broiler in a batch, education Vs antibiotic withdraw, income Vs antibiotic withdraw. Significant negative correlations (p<0.01) was found only with age Vs education and other all variables were positively and significantly correlated. The problems related to present vaccination and medication service and their probable solution suggested by broiler farmers were also focused in this study. Keywords: vaccination; medication; withdraw; strain; antibiotics 1. Introduction The poultry sub-sector is an important avenue in fostering agricultural growth and reduce malnutrition for the people in Bangladesh. Poultry contributes about 22 to 27 percent of the total animal protein supply in the country (Prabakaran et al., 2003). This sub-sector has proved as an attractive economic activity, thereby, indicating its` importance for the entire economy. The sector accounts for 14 percent of the total value of livestock output and is growing rapidly (Raihan and Mahmud et al., 2008). During 1970-80, the poultry population growth rate was 0.7 percent which increased to 4 percent per year during 1990-2005 (Begum et al., 2008). The current market size is $1 billion with about 150,000 small and medium enterprises. The sector employs nearly 5 million people directly or indirectly (The Poultry Site.com, 2007). Bangladesh is a country of serious malnutrition where about 48 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 1998). The per capita consumption of animal protein in Bangladesh is only 11.8 g per day (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 2001) whereas the standard requirement of 36 g is recommended by UNO (Islam and Ahmed et al., 1985). The broiler industry is considered an important avenue to reduce poverty and malnutrition as well as unemployment problems of Bangladesh. Although commercial poultry started in 1980,