AN ASSESSMENT OF POULTRY PRODUCTS PREFERENCE AMONG THE ELITES OF ASABA, DELTA STATE.

The study carried out an assessment of poultry products preference among the elites of Asaba, the sample comprised staff of Secondary schools, Federal and States Ministries and Federal College of Education (Tech) Asaba. A well structured questionnaire was designed to elicit the required information from the respondents based on the objectives of the study. Information obtained was analyzed using simple percentages and mean. The results revealed that majority of the elites consume chicken, mainly broilers and poultry eggs on regular basis. Most of the people buy live chicken from the open market to avoid eating of dead or diseased but dressed chicken. Though they like eating all parts of the chicken, they usually eat parts during meals. They prefer eating poultry meat fried to when it is either cooked or smoked and in their native soup and pepper soup. The study has revealed that the elites in Asaba prefer eggs of the domestic fowl to the eggs of other species of poultry. The eggs are eaten regularly in boiled form at home.