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Australians are eating less red meat, and that means producers are turning to the export market like never before. A typical Australian is eating 6 kilos less beef each year, and 5 kilos less lamb, compared to twenty years ago.

The Australian Bure... [read more]

Poultry industry leaders, government officials and key stakeholders met in Canberra last week to review the nation’s preparedness and response capacity for avian influenza. The third annual Government-Industry Avian Influenza Forum – an initiativ... [read more]

IT'S time for world leaders to see agricultural and food research as defence spending, with fears a massive decline in agricultural research is one of the main drivers of food insecurity. Professor Julian Cribb, from the University of Technology Sydn... [read more]

Poultry farmers are on the front foot when it comes to disease prevention following today’s launch of the National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Poultry Production. Developed by the commercial poultry industry with the Commonwealth and state governme... [read more]

It's good news for chicken in the economic downturn, according to a survey conducted by Australian specialty chicken retailer, Lenard's. In a recent survey of nearly 11,000 Australians, over 57 per cent said that they intended to ‘save’ or ‘pay... [read more]

July 2009, Issue 27

Welcome to another edition of eChook. Thank you for your messages enquiring about our re-bid interview, which took place in Canberra on 1 July. We faced a panel of six experts who were joined by the chairman of the CRC Committee and the Manager of the CRC Program during the last 30 minutes of the 2-hour interview.

» Re-bid process concludes in Canberra
» Hatching careers - CRC students and researchers spread their wings
» CRC projects provide insights into Fowl Cholera, litter reuse and poultry welfare
» Education & Training Update - July 2009

• View this digital version of a unique presentation of colour transparencies showing the fundamental structure of the anatomy of the chicken, as they may be observed during a dissection study.

• A Simple Guide to Managing Village Poultry in South Africa is a free online resource for rural families who need advice to help increase production of meat and eggs from their chickens.

• Cost-effective rapid tests for a range of poultry diseases are now available from The Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health (APCAH).

• Rearing of healthy free range pullets requires quality chicks, strict biosecurity measures and a thorough vaccination regime. Ensuring bird weight is equal to or greater than breed standard is essential to successful rearing.

• Achieving cross-protection against new variant strains of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) by using a combination of existing vaccines has removed the need for a new vaccine at this stage.

• A CRC project on Human-animal relationships in layers is investigating the interaction between humans, as stock-keepers, and birds to determine an optimal level of interaction so as to minimise stress on the birds.

• Modulating production traits in avians is a gene-silencing technique that allows scientists to switch on or off certain genes to modify the development of the bird. For instance, all broilers hatched as males, and all layers hatched as females.

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Anatomy of the Chicken Learning Resource - View the structure and anatomy of the chicken, as would be observed during dissection.

Family Poultry Training Course - Includes the free Scavenging Chickens Training Handbook, suitable for village and school based poultry keeping.

From Hatchery to Home - (Video / DVD) Overview of the Australian chicken meat industry.

Eat this chicken: the truth about hormones and much more! - (Video) Funny presentation of some surprising facts about chicken.

The Story of Chicken - (Book) Takes children onto Australian meat chicken farms (with classroom support material).

The Story of Eggs - (Book) Takes you onto Australian egg farms.

Show Poultry Handbook - Free online handbook developed by Year 6 & 7 students for the WPSA Schools Poultry Education Competition.

Poultry Agskills - (Book) Basic guide to some of the skills and practices of poultry production, including step-by-step instructions, diagrams and full-colour pictures.

Building the Poultry Penthouse - (Book) Guide to building a poultry penthouse (housing 12-25 hens), including material list and step-by-step construction method.

Job Postings and Work Wanted

General Manager - Poultry Vertical Integration Division
Date & time listed: 02/07/2009 03:26:26 AM

Lecturer (Level B) in Poultry Science
Date & time listed: 24/06/2009 02:51:15 PM

Service Manager - Melbourne
Date & time listed: 10/06/2009 02:27:35 AM

Food Process Workers Required

Exp'd <b>Poultry</b> Workers Req'd ASAP

Poutry breeder mananer
Date & time listed: 24/06/2009 11:30:16 PM

BROILER MANAGER
Date & time listed: 28/05/2009 03:26:06 PM

CHICK SEXER
Date & time listed: 04/04/2009 08:57:36 PM

Upcoming events

Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 20th Biennial Conference
12/07/2009 - 15/07/2009

17th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition
24/08/2009 - 28/08/2009

VIV India 2009
04/11/2009 - 06/11/2009