Organisations
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Associations and Government Departments
American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP)
American Association of Avian Pathologists strives to prevent and eliminate the suffering and loss of poultry due to disease, to assure a safe poultry-associated food supply and the development and use of cutting edge, science-based techniques to meet these goals through the education of current and future scientists.
American Egg Board (AEB)
American Egg Board (AEB) is the American egg industry's promotional arm, consisting of 18 members and 18 alternates from all regions of the country. The AEB website includes recipes, nutrition information and egg industry statistics.
AusIndustry
AusIndustry is the Commonwealth Government's agency for delivering products, services and information that support industry, research and innovation.
Australian Chicken Growers' Council (ACGC)
Australian Chicken Growers' Council Limited represents contract meat chicken growers at the national level.
Australian Chicken Meat Federation (ACMF)
The ACMF represents the Australian chicken meat industry at the national level. Its website includes information about chicken meat production and consumption.
Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL)
AECL is a members' organisation for egg producers and is a core participant in the Poultry CRC. It provides marketing, research and policy services on behalf of all Australian egg farmers. The AECL website includes resources and information about egg production and consumption for producers, the general public and school students.
Australasian Turkey Federation
The Australasian Turkey Federation strives to promote turkey in Australasia, and support the needs of its members.
Australasian Veterinary Poultry Association Limited (AVPA)
AVPA is a professional body dedicated to the advancement of knowledge in poultry disease and husbandry. It incorporates a Poultry Special Interest Group of the Australian Veterinary Association. Membership is available to individuals and groups working in or interested in any veterinary aspect of poultry.
Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand Inc.
The Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand Inc represents the interests of the commercial egg producers in this country. The definition of a commercial egg producer is all persons who purchase more than one hundred chicks per year. Membership is mandatory under the Commodity Levies (Eggs) Order 2005.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) strives to assist member countries to take full advantage of the contribution the rapidly growing and transforming livestock sector can make towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Free Range Egg & Poultry Association of Australia Inc. (FREPAA)
The Free Range Egg & Poultry Association of Australia is a national representation of state based associations practicing and promoting free range egg and broiler farming.
Free Range Egg & Poultry Australia (FREPA)
Free Range Egg & Poultry Australia is a members' organisation for free range producers. The FREPA website provides information on FREPA standards, membership, accreditation and FAQs.
Free Range Poultry Association of Queensland Inc. (FRPAQ)
FRPAQ is a not-for-profit association of free range egg and poultry meat farmers.
International Egg Commission (IEC)
IEC represents the global egg industry. Its website includes information for both industry and consumers.
International Poultry Breeders Association
Feathered Families is an online resource developed by the International Poultry Breeders Association, which was established to give poultry breeders of all breeds of feathered fowl a way of organising and maintaining a record of ancestral breeding.
New England Exhibition Poultry Association (NEEPA)
New England Exhibition Poultry Association (NEEPA) is a regional poultry club that encompassses an area from the NSW north coast inland as far as Narrabri north to Tenterfield and south to Tamworth.
NSW Department of Primary Industries: Poultry
NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) provides support to the poultry industries through the provision of extension officers, research scientists, diagnostic laboratories, publications, poultry keeping courses and regulatory services. The NSW DPI website includes information on commercial layer management, commercial meat chicken management, poultry health and disease, poultry feeding and nutrition, small-scale poultry keeping and more.
NSW Farmers Association
The NSW Farmers Association is the representative voice of farmers in NSW.
Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand (PIANZ)
PIANZ represents the integrated poultry meat companies and poultry livestock industries in New Zealand. The PIANZ website includes information about chicken meat production and consumption in New Zealand.
Poultry Science Association (PSA)
PSA is a US-based global scientific society dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge generated by poultry research. Publications include Poultry Science and the Journal of Applied Poultry Research.
Queensland Egg Farmers Association Inc (QEFA)
QEFA works towards assisting members to discuss common problems applicable to the day to day running of their industry; to inspire confidence in the Queensland egg industry; to promote efficient resource allocation; to foster Government and industry partnerships and effectively manage and operate the association.
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries: Poultry
Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F, Queensland) works with the poultry industries to sustain their profitability and production of safe, wholesome products. The DPI&F website includes information on avian influenza, compulsory property registration, licencing, accreditation & regulations, care & husbandry, diseases & disorders, DPI&F's research program and consulting services. DPI&F, Queensland, is a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC.
Victorian Department of Primary Industries: Poultry (VDPI)
VDPI aims to achieve sustainable development of primary industries for the State of Victoria. The VDPI website includes information on biosecurity guidelines, common diseases, quarantine advice, welfare, commercial poultry industry contacts and small-scale poultry farming contacts. VDPI is a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC.
Victorian Farmer's Federation (VFF)
The Victorian Farmer's Federationis a specialist commodity group which include a Chicken Meat Group and an Egg Group.
World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA)
WPSA is a non-profit organisation that strives to advance knowledge and understanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry. Use its website to access email an newsletter and online journal.
WPSA Australia
WPSA Australia is the Australian branch of the WPSA, which is a non-profit organisation that strives to advance knowledge and understanding of all aspects of poultry science and the poultry industry.
World's Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA)
WVPA objectives are to organise meetings for studying diseases and conditions relating to the avian species, Encourage research in this field, Promote the exchange of information and material for study between individuals and organisations interested in the avian species and establish and maintain liaison with other bodies with related interests.
Education & Training
Auburn University
Auburn University's Department of Poultry Science offers a wide selection of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Research includes the innovative interactive 'Virtual Chicken' learning tool.
Australian National University (ANU)
The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the world's foremost research universities. Distinguished by its relentless pursuit of excellence, ANU attracts leading academics and outstanding students from Australia and around the world.
Charles Sturt University
CSU is one of the leading Australian universities for graduate employment.
California Polytechnic State Unversity
California Polytechnic State University has a department dedicated to poultry science and offers a wide range of poultry related courses.
Cornell University
Cornell University offers a wide range of poultry related undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The College of Veterinary Science has also released a FREE disease diagnostic tool.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University Specialises in poultry ventillation systems, and agricultural machinery development.
James Cook University (JCU)
James Cook University specialises in tropical research and has main campus sites in the tropical Queensland cities of Townsville and Cairns.
Kai Kokorako Perma-Poultry
Russell Parker’s Kai Kokorako Perma-Poultry specialises in training and developing sustainable Village Chicken Keeping for Pacific Island Communities.
Massey University
Massey University is based in Palmerston North in New Zealand and has expertise in poultry science through the Monogastric Research Centre.
Monash University
Monash University undertakes microbiological research work that is of particular interest to the poultry industries and is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap - UMB)
UMB is a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC and undertakes poultry research within its broader research focus on biology, food, environment, land use and natural resource management.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) conducts research into the environmental impacts of poultry production. It is part of a research team working on a Poultry CRC research project and is a supporting participant.
RMIT University
RMIT University undertakes research into vaccines and the functioning of the immune system that is of particular interest to the poultry industries. RMIT University is engaged in a number of Poultry CRC research projects and is a supporting participant.
Scottish Agricultural College
Scottish Agricultural College is an innovative, knowledge-based organisation supporting the development of land-based communities and industries.
The University of Georgia
The University of Georgia (USA) provides outstanding educational experiences for students and service to poultry producers, poultry related businesses and the general public through the discovery, verification and dissemination of relevant, science based knowledge.
The University of Guelph (Canada)
The University of Guelph (Canada) has a research-intensive Animal & Poultry Department with successful related programs for graduate and undergraduate students. Research and teaching programs focus on the basic sciences relevant to animal development and productivity.
The University of Melbourne
The The University of Melbourne, through its Faculty of Veterinary Science, is one of five core participants in the Poultry CRC.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's college of Agricultural and Life Science offers comprehensive undergraduate and postgraduate programs tailored to meet the ever increasing need of not only the American but also international poultry industry.
UC Davis School of Veterinary Sciences
UC Davis School of Veterinary Sciences
University of Adelaide (UA)
University of Adelaide undertakes nutrition research of interest to the poultry industries. UA is involved in Poultry CRC research and is a supporting participant.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota poultry production and health extension program develops educational materials and programs for the commercial poultry industry, niche producers, extension educators, youth and consumers. The program is quite broad due to the variety of audiences and number of industries.
University of New England (UNE)
UNE runs poultry science courses and is a core participant in the Poultry CRC.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland (USA) offers a challenging program for academically talented students interested in the application of biology and technology to the care, management and study of domestic animals.
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
The University of New South Wales undertakes research on odorants from intensive agriculture, which is of interest to the Australian poultry industries. UNSW is a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC and is involved in research.
University of Queensland (UQ)
University of Queensland possesses expertise in sustainable agricultural production systems, including work on poultry systems and is involved in Poultry CRC research in that area as a supporting participant.
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney, apart from being Australia's oldest university, participates in poultry research as a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC. Of particular interest to the Australian poultry industries is the University's nutrition and vaccine research.
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia conducts poultry-related research, including a number of AECL funded projects.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech offers the Bachelor of Science degree in Animal and Poultry Sciences and allows students to choose among six option/emphasis combinations.
Food Service
Henny Penny Foods
Henny Penny Foods is a chain of Quick Service Restaurants offering dine-in, take-away and drive-through facilities. Henny penny has been a successful family owned company since 1968 and operates outlets in the Newcastle Hunter Region of NSW.
KFC
KFC is a popular consumer fast-food organisation found throughout Australia and the world. Formerly Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC purchases vast amounts of Australian produced poultry.
Lilydale Farms
Lilydale Farms Select Free Range Chicken is part of Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd's product line.
Luv-a-Duck
Luv-a-Duck is a market leader in meeting the needs of the Foodservice industry with value added duck products.
McDonalds
McDonalds is a national and world-wide fast-food chain which serves a wide variety of Australian poultry products ranging from chicken nuggets to chicken burgers.
Nandos
Nandos landed on Australia's shores in 1990, providing Portuguese-style flame grilled Peri Peri chicken at restaurants in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales.
Oporto
Oporto is a 100% Australian owned Portuguese styled chicken restaurant founded in 1986.
Papanui Open Range Eggs
Papanui Open Range Eggs is located near Merriwa in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. Providing open range eggs to the Hunter and beyond.
Pure Foods Eggs
Pure Foods Eggs is Tasmania's largest producer and distributor of fresh eggs, including free range eggs and RSPCA-endorsed barn laid eggs. They can be contacted on (03) 6391 6444.
Red Lea Chickens Pty Ltd
Red Lea Chickens Pty Ltd, a family owned business started in 1957, produces more than 100 product lines that are sold on to wholesalers, supermarkets, butchers, restaurants, hotels and clubs as well as 35 retail outlets of their own that sell direct to the public.
Red Rooster
Red Rooster began when the Kailis family opened the Kelmscott restaurant in Western Australia in 1972. From its humble beginning it has grown to become Australia's largest roast chicken operator.
Producers
Aviagen
The Aviagen Group, through a global network of distributors, delivers day old broiler chick and turkey grandparent and parent stock to over 250 poultry producers in over 85 countries worldwide.
Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd
Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd is one of Australia's largest chicken meat companies and a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC. The Baiada family's involvement with poultry stretches back to the 1940s.
Bartter Enterprises Pty Ltd
Bartter Enterprises Pty Ltd started in 1956 and has grown into one of Australia's largest chicken meat companies, acquiring another famous chicken meat company, Steggles Limited, in 1999. Bartter Enterprises Pty Ltd is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC.
Bellsouth Pty Ltd
Bellsouth Pty Ltd is a small, family-owned and operated business serving the people who keep poultry, from the smallest backyarder, through small producers to the commercial farmers.
Cordina Farms
Cordina Farms is an Australian owned family business starting in 1948 in Girraween, NSW, where it still operates today.
Country Range Farming Pty Ltd (CRF)
organiceggs.com.au is run by the Inwood Family, which has been farming free-range hens since 1950, and was the first to market organic eggs in Australia. (One of the requirements of a genuine certified organic egg is that it must be laid by a free-range hen.)
D.A Hall
D.A Hall is a large egg producer located 90 km south west of Toowoomba in Queensland.
F Pirovic & Sons
F Pirovic & Sons produce eggs and egg products. They are based in Llandilo, NSW, and can be contacted on (02) 4777 4176.
Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd
Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd (Inghams) is the largest producer of meat chickens and turkeys in Australia. Inghams was founded in 1918 and remains a family operated business. Inghams is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC.
Lyndale Poultry Farm
Lyndale Poultry Farm is located at Maryvale Rd, Morwell, in Victoria and can be contacted on (03) 5134 4335.
McLean Poultry
McLean Poultry is located in Pittsworth, Queensland.
Mt Barker free range chickens
Mt Barker free range chickens produces premium quality free range chicken in Western Australia.
Pace Farm
Pace Farm is a 100% Australian, family owned and operated company, providing fresh shell eggs and egg products to supermarkets, restaurants and food manufacturers.
Pepe’s Ducks Pty Ltd
Pepe's Ducks has four strategically placed breeder farms and two hatcheries supplying 21 growing farms.
Rainbow Valley Turkeys
Rainbow Valley Turkeys is a day old turkey poult supplier located in St.Arnaud in central Victoria. Poults are supplied from the commercial hatchery to customers around Australia and into Asia.
Sunnybrand Chickens
Sunnybrand Chickens commenced in 1972 in the Byron Bay area and now includes breeder farms, hatchery, processing plant and contract broiler growers using Arbor Acres and Ross breeds.
Twelve Oaks Poultry Farm
Twelve Oaks Poultry Farm is located in Kelso, Queensland and can be contacted on (07) 4774 0158.
Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group
Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group is the largest fully integrated poultry group in Asia with a nationwide network of 38 layer, 38 broiler associate hatcheries and 156 broiler integrated hatcheries.
Processors
Golden Cockerel
The Golden Cockerel Group is comprised of several companies involved in poultry processing and pet food manufacturing in Queensland.
Hazeldene’s
Hazeldene’s was stablished in 1957 and has developed into one of Australia’s only truly fully integrated regional poultry processors. They process birds using the ‘Low Scald’ method of production.
La Ionica Poultry
La Ionica process 300,000 birds in a chemical free processing plant.
Publications
Chicken Keeping Secrets
Chicken Keeping Secrets offers a free chicken keeping newsletter which will teach you the fine art of raising & keeping healthy, productive, egg laying chickens in your own backyard or on the farm.
Kondinin Group
Kondinin Group aims to foster and build the capacity of the agricultural industry by being the preferred source of independent, relevant, dynamic and reliable information.
PLoS Pathogens
PLoS Pathogens is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published monthly by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organisation.
Poultry Digest (Primary Media)
Primary Media publish Poultry Digest magazine (est. 1985), a vital source of information to the layer (egg) and broiler chicken meat industries in Australia and New Zealand.
The International Network on Family Poultry Development (INFPD)
INFPD is an information exchange network, whose main objective is to encourage sustainable high productivity within the family poultry sub-sector and in so doing, facilitate income generation, alleviate poverty, improve family nutritional standards and contribute meaningfully to food security.
Zootecnicainternational.com
Zootecnicainternational.com serves as a web portal for poultry breeders, veterinarians and meat processors seeking information on a wide range of subjects from market updates, how-to's and tech tips to company activities, reviews of exhibitions and new products.
Research
Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) is a national centre of excellence in disease diagnosis, research and policy advice in animal health. AAHL is a major facility of CSIRO Livestock Industries.
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
ACIAR is an Australian Government statutory authority that operates as part of Australia's Aid Program within the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It contributes to the aid program objectives of advancing Australia's national interest through poverty reduction and sustainable development.
Australian Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (Poultry CRC)
The Poultry CRC performs research in order to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of the Australian poultry industries.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
The ARC is a statutory authority within the Australian Government's Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (IISR) portfolio and provides advice to the Government on research matters and manages the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP).
Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics conducts integrated research that elucidates key aspects of microbial pathogens and the hosts they infect. Focusing on diseases of importance to Australian Primary Industry, the Centre is developing new veterinary vaccines and identifying novel antimicrobial targets.
Avian Immunology Research Group (AIRG)
AIRG is an informal international grouping of scientists who share the common aim of gaining a better understanding of the immune system of domestic birds and its role in the defense against pathogens. AIRG's ad hoc meetings and sporadic proceedings have greatly contributed to advancing the understanding of avian immunology and contributed to advances in the poultry industry.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Livestock Industries
CSIRO Livestock Industries (CLI) is a division of CSIRO. It aims to deliver research solutions to enable Australia's livestock and allied industries to be globally competitive. CLI is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC
Cooperative Research Centres Association (CRCA)
CRCA provides a coordinated voice for CRCs, including the Poultry CRC, on issues affecting them in pursuit of their research objectives and in the conduct of the CRC Program. The CRCA website provides information about CRCs and their activities and achievements as well as a condensed overview of the CRC Program.
Georgia Institute of Technology: Agricultural Technology Research Program
Georgia Institute of Technology: Agricultural Technology Research Program Since 1973, the Georgia Tech Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) has provided innovative engineering research and development for the poultry industry in particular and the food-processing industry at large.
Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC)
The Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) is one of the world's leading grains research organisations, responsible for planning, investing and overseeing research and development, delivering improvements in production, sustainability and profitability across the Australian grains industry.
Poultry Research and Teaching Unit (PRATU)
The Poultry Research and Teaching Unit (PRATU) is a cross-departmental group of UNE staff with a common interest in avian biology, poultry production, disease, behaviour and product marketing.
Purdue University: Avian Sciences Net
Purdue University: Avian Sciences Net specialises in Avian/Poultry research. The Avian Sciences Net provides an online interactive learning research tool.
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Chicken Meat Program
RIRDC supports increased sustainability and profitability in the Australian chicken meat industry through focused R&D.
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI): Poultry
SARDI aims to deliver innovation to enhance the food, fibre and bioscience industries and living environmental systems in southern Australia. It is a supporting participant of the Poultry CRC. SARDI's website includes information on husbandry, quality assurance, alternative housing, welfare, facilities, services, research outcomes, nutrition publications and contacts.
Service Providers
Agri Enterprises Pty Ltd
Agri Enterprises Pty Ltd specialises in constructing Advanced Poultry Systems and Egg Packaging. Agri Enterprises constructs poultry systems (including fully automated poultry layer systems, grower sheds and egg grading machines) for green-field operations and for egg producers who wish to upgrade their current egg production facilities.
Agribiz Engineering (Rural Resources Group Pty Ltd)
Agribiz Engineering is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC.
Alltech Australia (Alltech Biotechnology Pty Ltd)
Alltech Australia, as part of Alltech Biotechnology, aims to improve animal health and performance by adding nutritional value to animal feed, enhancing the performance of the animal and increasing animal production. Alltech Australia is a supporting participant in the Poultry CRC.
Australasian Agricultural Services Pty Ltd
Australasian Agricultural Services is an Australian owned family business supplying a full range of poultry shed equipment, hatchery equipment and spare parts required for poultry farming in Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Bioproperties Pty Ltd
Bioproperties Pty Ltd is an Australian owned company that provides live vaccines for the poultry industries and other animal health products. Bioproperties Pty Ltd is a core participant in the Poultry CRC.
Bluewave Marine Ingredients
Bluewave is a producer of Peptides from marine based sources for inclusion in Balanced Feeds. Products include PerfectDigest FPi and FPC.
Farm Pride
Farm Pride Foods, a listed company, is a grader, packer, processor, supplier and marketer of shell eggs and processed egg products within Australia and exporting to Asia.
Feedworks Pty Ltd
Feedworks is an Australian owned partnership that distributes animal feed products.
Hydor Ventilation Pty Ltd
Hydor Ventilation Pty Ltd is an Australian manufacturer of fans and ventilation products for poultry and agricultural applications.
MyPak Egg Packaging
MyPak Packaging specialise in manufacturing innovative egg packaging, exporting to egg producers in Australia, Europe and the USA. MyPak is among the largest manufacturer of egg cartons and egg packaging in China and Asia.
Nutreco Servicios S.A.
Nutreco is an international animal nutrition company and a supporting participant in the Australian Poultry CRC.
Response Electrical Pty Ltd
Response Electrical is a South Australian electrical contracting company with extensive experience with working with the poultry industry.
Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd
Ridley AgriProducts is a leading supplier of stockfeed, producing animal nutrition products for several industries, including poultry.
Silver Water Technology Pty Ltd
Silverwater Technology have developed and distribute a unique water-filtering system that can provide significant benefit to poultry farming.
