Research
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Research activities associated with commercial poultry production in Australia are funded from a variety of sources, including the poultry industries. Organisations such as the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC Chicken Meat Research Program), the Australian Egg Corporation (AECL) and the Poultry CRC then allocate these funds into key research areas. Research is conducted at both state and federal agencies and university institutions.
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[edit] Poultry-related research in Australia
The research projects below are listed according to the area of research and (if available) include the project title, project leader, research institution and funding body.
[edit] Feed and nutrition
- Dietary manipulation post hatch (Iji at UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 304)
- Digesta reflux on bird health and performance (Iji at UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 404)
- Nutrient uptake in cells and gut functions (Smyl at University of Adelaide funded by Poultry CRC - 303b)
- Phenolics for inhibition of gut microorganisms (Perez-Maldonado at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 503)
- Physiological & nutritional approaches to alleviate heat stress (Downing at Sydney University funded by RIRDC)
- Profiling gut microflora using DNA-based tools (Ophel-Keller at SARDI funded by Poultry CRC - 303a)
- Role of voluntary litter consumption by broiler chickens on gut function and gut health (Hetland at NULS and Mikkelsen at UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 618)
- Understanding gut function and gut health of chickens (Hughes at SARDI funded by Poultry CRC - 502)
[edit] Health and disease
- A new virulence factor in Clostridium perfringens causing Necrotic Enteritis in chickens - a route to vaccine development (Keyburn and Rood at Monash University funded by Poultry CRC - 715)
- Avian influenza: improved diagnostics for detecting antibodies to H5N1 (Sapats at CSIRO funded by RIRDC)
- Boosting innate immunity (Bean at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 316c)
- CAV vaccines (Browning at UM and Bioproperties funded by Poultry CRC - 308)
- Development of a real-time PCR test to quantify infectious bronchitis virus in tissues of chickens (at UNE funded by AECL)
- Diagnostics and surveillance of infectious bronchitis (Sapats at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 333)
- Eimeria cryopreservation and differentiation (Youil at Bioproperties funded by Poultry CRC - 724)
- Eimeria vaccines (Gasser at UM and Bioproperties funded by Poultry CRC - 315)
- Genomic approaches to novel vaccines (Browning at UM funded by Poultry CRC - 309)
- Genomics-based technology for new health products (Moore at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 316a)
- Gut microflora development and impact on life-long health and performance (Torok at SARDI funded by Poultry CRC - 625)
- IBV in Australian layer flocks: a focus on egg quality (at UM funded by AECL)
- Improving production efficiency of coccidiosis vaccines using anti-oocyst antibodies (Jorgensen at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 606)
- Improving control of colibacillosis using genomic information (Marenda at University of Melbourne funded by Poultry CRC - 708)
- MDV vaccines (Mahony at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 414)
- Mycoplasma vaccines (Markham at UM, US and Bioproperties funded by Poultry CRC - 311)
- New diagnostics (Walkden-Brown at UNE and Tannock at RMIT funded by Poultry CRC - 317)
- Occurrence & control of fatty liver haemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS) in caged hens (at UQ funded by AECL)
- Oral delivery system for poultry health products (Scott at University of Sydney funded by Poultry CRC - 415)
- Phage-displayed peptides are antimicrobial towards Campylobacter jejuni in chickens (Bishop-Hurley at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 609)
- Registration of a live Pasteurella multocida vaccine (Scott at University of Melbourne funded by Poultry CRC - 312)
- RNA interference for genomic studies and therapeutics (Doran at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 316b)
- Subunit vaccine against Infectious bursal disease virus (Sapats at CSIRO funded by RIRDC)
- Transfer of diagnostic technologies to core diagnostic facility for the benefit of the Australian poultry industry (Noormohammadi at UM funded by Poultry CRC - 517)
- Vaccine antigens from C. perfringens and C. jejuni (Moore at CSIRO funded by Poultry CRC - 509)
- Vectoring antigens to the chicken immune system - studies with Campylobacter antigens (Smooker at RMIT University funded by Poultry CRC - 725)
- Virulence genes and pathogenicity of P. multocida (Wilkie at UQ funded by Poultry CRC - 313)
[edit] Welfare
- Alternatives to beak trimming (Glatz at SARDI and Hinch at UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 717)
- Beak Trimming Handbook (Glatz at SARDI funded by Poultry CRC - 322)
- Chicken meat welfare audit (Barnett at AWSC funded by Poultry CRC - 320)
- Dustbath materials for health and welfare in layers (Svihus at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) funded by Poultry CRC - 327)
- Human-animal relationships in layers (Hemsworth at AWSC funded by Poultry CRC - 319)
- Laser beak-trimming and cannibalism (Glatz/Hinch at SARDI/UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 420)
- Pilot trial- Mortality in free range flock, development of framework for National Survey (Nagle at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 513)
- Scientific assessment of welfare (Hemsworth at AWSC funded by Poultry CRC - 418)
- The importance of nests for the welfare of laying hens (at DPI Vic funded by AECL)
- The welfare of laying hens in cages (at UM funded by AECL)
- Using "machine vision" to count hens and reduce egg breakage - proof of concept (Cronin at AWSC funded by Poultry CRC - 611)
[edit] Environment
- Dust and odour emissions from poultry sheds (Dunlop at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 445)
- High value products from hatchery waste (Santhanam at SARDI funded by RIRDC)
- Optimising methods for multiple batch litter use by broilers (Walkden-Brown at UNE funded by Poultry CRC - 615)
- Re-use of chicken litter across broiler cycles – managing the food-borne pathogen risk (Chinivasagam at QDPI&F funded by Poultry CRC - 516)
[edit] See also
- People
- References
- Poultry Research and Teaching Unit (PRATU) - UNE
- Australian Researchers' Mobility Portal
