A B S T R A C T This research have been done by direct questionnaire with house wives and student who indirect contact with backyard poultry in Monofyia Governorate. Rapid avian influenza antigen detection kit test has the characteristics of two commercially available rapid antigen tests for highly pathogenic avian influenza. It reflected that the majority of housewives who buy poultry for house breeding from the Beachcomber was (66.2%), followed by farm (33.5%). This percentage is due to economic factors and majority of nannies do not have enough money to buy chickens from the farm, most of house wives breed bird away from living area (44.75%) and (55.25%) near to living area ,and (49.8%) mix between different species. Veterinary extension and community interventions have great effect in changing knowledge and practice toward avian influenza.