$(i)$ Poultry is India's most efficient converter of low-fibre foodstuff into highly nutritious animal protein food. Justify the statement.
$(ii)$ What do we call the birds which are reared for eggs and those which are reared for meat?
$(iii)$ Name one indigenous and one exotic breed of poultry.

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(N/A) $(i)$ Poultry farming is highly efficient because birds can convert low-fibre,low-cost agricultural by-products (which are otherwise unfit for human consumption) into high-quality animal protein in the form of eggs and meat.
$(ii)$ Birds reared for eggs are called $Layers$,and birds reared for meat are called $Broilers$.
$(iii)$ One indigenous breed is $Aseel$,and one exotic breed is $Leghorn$.

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