Poultry Research and Teaching Unit
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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. Its mission is to provide a centre of excellence in research and teaching that will enhance the efficiency and sustainability of the poultry industry in Australia. We have excellent research and analytical facilities for work in disease, egg quality, nutrition and production aspects of broiler and laying poultry.
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Research and publications
Current research and publications involving PRATU members:
Teaching
PRATU is involved in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. This includes a number of animal production reading units (ANPR 527; ANPR 528); applied animal nutrition (ANPR 300/500); animal production units (e.g., PLTY 300 and PLTY 301). Our staff also teach animal health and disease units as well as other animal production units which cover some of poultry related topics.
Facilities
Academic Staff
- Choct, Mingan - Professor, Now CEO, Poultry CRC
- Roberts, Julie - Associate Professor, Now Education Coordinator, Poultry CRC
- Hinch, Geoff - Associate Professor, UNE
- Walkden-Brown, Steve - Professor, UNE
- Nolan, John - Professor, UNE
- Godwin, Ian - Associate Professor, UNE
- Mikkelsen, Lene - Lecturer, Convenor of PRATU,UNE
- Islam, Fakhrul - Research Fellow, UNE
- Turnell, James – Post Doctoral Scientist, UNE
- Chousalkar, Kapil - Post Doctoral Scientist, UNE
- Setia, Amit - Junior Research Fellow, UNE
Support Staff
- Burgess, Sue –Technical Officer, UNE
- Chaffey, Grahame –Technical Officer, Manager of the Animal House Complex, UNE
- Choice, Mandy – Technical Officer, UNE
- Porter, Mark - Technical Officer, UNE
- Raue, Michael - Technical Officer, UNE
- Reynolds, Paul - Technical Officer, UNE
- Song, Shuyu -, Technical Officer UNE
- Stachiw, Simon - Technical Officer, UNE
- Thomson, Evan - Technical Officer, UNE
Students
- Bhuiyan, Momen - PhD student, UNE
- Brooks, Oliver - Masters student, UNE
- Olnood, Chen - PhD student, UNE
- Renz, Katrin - PhD student, UNE
- Sacranie, Adam - PhD student, UNE
- Seng Huan, Chee - PhD student, UNE
- Chuaynarong, Navapon - PhD student, UNE
- Ali, Moreen - Master's student, UNE
- Edwards, Megan - Master's student, UNE
- Cook, Daniel - Master's student, UNE
- Mclachlan, Rachel - Master's student, UNE
- Heberecht, Sarah - Master's student, UNE
- Klein, Susy - Master's student, UNE
Contact us
- For poultry production related research and teaching, please contact Dr Paul Iji at piji@une.edu.au
- For microbiology, histology and necrotic enteritis disease model, please contact Dr Lene Mikkelsen at lmikkels@une.edu.au
- For egg and eggshell quality, please contact Associate Professor Julie Roberts at jrobert@@une.edu.au
- For poultry health and disease, please contact Professor Walkden-Brown at swalkden@une.edu.au
- For poultry welfare, please contact Associate Professor Geoff Hinch at ghinch@une.edu.au
- For environmental science related to poultry production, please contact Dr James Turnell at jturnell@une.edu.au
- For all other enquiries, please contact the School of Environmental and Rural Science at ers@une.edu.au
