"broiler-chicken"

The recent decline in sales of chicken has led to the shop owners struggling to pay rents of shops and pay salaries of staffers

The outcome is based on an analysis of 87 Crisil rated poultry companies, which comprise 30 per cent of the industry's revenue.

Joint Director of Animal Husbandry Dr Bharath said that Ramchander Goud, owner of Durga Bhavani poultry farm, informed the officials about the death of the birds before burying them in a pit in the forest