Ongoing Research

Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi is the only institute in Punjab which is conducting research on priority basis in Punjab. Poultry Research Institute is using two approaches to estimate a rate of return to investment in poultry research. The index-number approach utilizes productivity indexes to measure downward shifts in the long-run poultry supply function in order to estimate the annual value of consumer surplus, or “resources saved,” resulting from increased efficiency in the production of poultry products. The flow of annual net social returns is then related to the flow of annual poultry research expenditures to derive a rate of return to research. In the production-function approach, state experiment station research is included as a separate variable in an aggregate poultry production function in order to estimate the marginal product of poultry research. The results indicate that past investment in poultry research has been yielding a return of about 20 to 30 percent per year from the date of investment.

Different veterinary Universities and institutions involved in research regarding conservation and improvement of poultry are sharing their infrastructure, technical facilities and manpower for better outcomes and long term impacts. PRI is doing joint venture with University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore. National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad and Ripha College of Veterinary Sciences.

Besides selection and crossbreeding, research work on different aspects such as diseases control, physiology, poultry nutrition, poultry meat quality and other management practices is being done for betterment of rural poultry.

Detail of PARB Projects at Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi as Collaborating Institute with UVAS