Resources

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The Resources section includes information on poultry-related services, educational videos, multi-media, training materials, codes of practice and industry guidelines.

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Contents 1 Training materials 1.1 Backyard / Family / Small-scale / Village poultry 1.2 Broiler husbandry/management 1.3 Layer husbandry/management 1.4 Beak trimming 1.5 Vaccination 2 Downloads, Multi-media, Presentations, Videos, DVDs & CDs 3 Codes of practice / Industry guidelines

Training materials

Backyard / Family / Small-scale / Village poultry

• Family Poultry Training Course
• A Simple Guide to Managing Village Poultry in South Africa
• Show Poultry Handbook for schools

Broiler husbandry/management

• Commercial meat chicken management series
  (8 booklets). NSW Agriculture, Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture. 2000. NSW DPI bookshop:
  • Running the business I. ISBN 0-7347-1070-4. (2000)
  • Running the business II. ISBN 0-7347-1185-9 (2000)
  • Products and marketing. ISBN 0-7347-1186-7 (2000)
  • Feeding practices. ISBN 0-7347-1025-9 (1999)
  • Brooding and rearing. ISBN 0-7310-9883-8 (1998)
  • Hatchery and breeder management. ISBN 0-7347-1183-2 (2000)

Layer husbandry/management

• Commercial layer management series
  (9 booklets). NSW Agriculture, Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture. 2000. NSW DPI bookshop:
  • Running the business I. ISBN 0-7347-1188-3 (2000)
  • Running the business II. ISBN 0-7347-1108-5 (2000)
  • Products and marketing. ISBN 0-7347-1190-5 (2000)
  • Layer management. ISBN 0-7310-5791-0 (1998)
  • Hatchery and breeder management. ISBN 0-7347-1187-5 (2000)
  • Land use, housing and equipment
  • Feeding practices
  • Brooding and rearing pullets. ISBN 0-7347-1023-2 (1999)

• Commercial layer management: Health and Welfare
  (7 booklets). NSW Agriculture, Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture. 1995. ISBN 0-7310-4947-0. See NSW DPI bookshop.

Beak trimming

• Beak trimming training manual.
  Bourke, M. 2002. RIRDC. ISBN 0-642-58491-5; ISSN: 1440-6845. Australian Egg Corporation Limited

• Beak trimming trainer guidelines.
  Bourke, M. 2002. RIRDC. ISBN 0-642-58492-3; ISSN: 1440-6845. Australian Egg Corporation Limited

Vaccination

• Vaccination training manual.
  Bourke, M. 2003. AECL & RIRDC. ISBN 1-920835-10-5; ISSN: 1448-1316. Australian Egg Corporation Limited

Downloads, Multi-media, Presentations, Videos, DVDs & CDs

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  Anatomy of the Chicken Learning Resource
  Anatomy of the Chicken Learning Resource (Merial / Poultry CRC) Interactive educational tool providing basic information on chicken anatomy for secondary school students, undergraduate and postgraduate university students and industry personnel.

• Benchmark Research on the Poultry Industry - Evaluation Report Series Number 11. FSANZ Publication. 2005. Report on the chicken meat industry.

• The Chook Book provides an introduction to home flock management. It has been developed as a guide for the correct rearing and feeding of laying hens.

• Cornell University & United States Department of Agriculture: Avian Diagnostic Sample Collection is a free online resource which teaches people how to properly collect and submit a variety of diagnostic samples in poultry with this comprehensive training video. Developed by leading poultry specialists at Cornell University and the United States Department of Agriculture, this practical guide shows you how to collect samples from live birds as well as how to systemically gather samples during the avian post-mortem examination.

• Food Safety Guide for Queensland’s Egg Suppliers. Safe Food Queensland. 2007.

• Information on eggs and incubation:

• Public Health and Safety of Poultry Meat in Australia. FSANZ Publication. 2006

• USDA Egg Grading Handbook

• Alberta Poultry Research Centre, 2001. Selected handling and teaching techniques used in poultry.
  University of Alberta. Creative Educational Video Inc. Poultry Reproduction: Female. Creative Educational Video Ince. 1020 S.E. Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas 79404, U.S.A. (800) 922-9965, (806) 745-8820. Tape #523. 41 mins. Shows dissection of hens. Creative Educational Video Inc. Poultry Reproduction: Male. Creative Educational Video Ince. 1020 S.E. Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas 79404, U.S.A. (800) 922-9965, (806) 745-8820. Tape #524. 18 mins. Shows dissection of hens.N.B. Male and female reproduction also available as a set from Insight Media http://www.insight-media.com

• It all starts with an egg: The journey of Australian eggs from the farm to the table
  Video/DVD. Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL)/Poultry CRC.

• Hatchery to Home: An overview of the Australian chicken meat industry
  DVD. Australian Chicken Meat Federation (ACMF).

• Egg quality problems: causes and solutions.
  Roberts, J.R. and Ball, M. 1999. UNE & RIRDC. 16 mins 20 secs. Australian Egg Corporation Limited.

• Poultry Reproduction: Female.
  Creative Educational Video Inc. Creative Educational Video Ince. 1020 S.E. Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas 79404, U.S.A. (800) 922-9965, (806) 745-8820. Tape #523. 41 mins. Shows dissection of hens.

• Poultry Reproduction: Male.
  Creative Educational Video Inc. Creative Educational Video Ince. 1020 S.E. Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas 79404, U.S.A. (800) 922-9965, (806) 745-8820. Tape #524. 18 mins. Shows dissection of roosters.

• Virtual Chicken is a 3-D animation of the reproductive system of a hen, showing the formation of an egg as it passes through the oviduct. Viewers will see and explore the oviduct and follow the path of the egg. (Auburn University)

• Poultry Health and Diseases.
  Elsevier International. Available from: Annemieke Wanningen, Marketing Coordinator Readers Market , Reed Business Information , International Agri- & Horticulture, P.O. Box 4, 7000 BA Doetinchem, The Netherlands, Hanzestraat 1, 7006 RH Doetinchem, The Netherlands, Phone +31 314 358 216, Fax +31 314 340 515, Email: mailto:Annemieke.Wanningen@reedbusiness.nl, http://www.AgriWorld.nl http://www.WorldPoultry.net , http://www.PigProgess.net http://www.AllAboutFeed.net

• Basic Animal and Human Body Systems.
  DVD / 270 min /2003 /#54AP896 US$649. Available from Insight Media http://www.insight-media.com

• Basic Poultry Reproduction.
  DVD / 51 min / 2003 / #54AP2954 US$159. Available from Insight Media http://www.insight-media.com

• Chicken: From Eggs to Takeaway.
  DVD / 25 min / 2004 / #54AP1241 US$199. Available from Insight Media http://www.insight-media.com

• Egg Production.
  DVD / 46 min / 1991 / #54AP2942 US$149. Available from Insight Media http://www.insight-media.com

Codes of practice / Industry guidelines

• Egg Packaging Environment Strategy, MyPak Packaging - Environmentally friendly egg packaging solution
  Free download from: Egg Packaging Environment Strategy and click on "Environment Strategy"

• Model code of practice for the welfare of animals - domestic poultry
  Free download from: CSIRO Publishing

• Model code of practice for the welfare of animals - land transport of poultry
  Free download from: CSIRO Publishing

• Land Transport of Poultry: Model Code of Practice - PIMC. 2nd ed. (2006) 14p P $25.00. 0643-93605. (PIMC). http://www.theruralstore.com.au/

• Occupational Health and Safety Risk in the Poultry Industry - The Facts.
  Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety, Farm Health & Safety. 2005.
  Free download from: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation or Farmsafe or purchase hard copy from: RIRDC (see RIRDC Publications list p30)

• Requirements for the Egg Industry in the 2001 Welfare Code

• Code of practice for the manufacture of egg products
  Free download from Australian Egg Corporation Limited

• Code of practice for shell egg production, grading, packing and distribution
  Free download from Australian Egg Corporation Limited

• Code of practice for biosecurity in the egg industry
  Free download from Australian Egg Corporation Limited

• Egg labelling guidelines
  Free download from Australian Egg Corporation Limited

• Australian standard for construction of premises and hygienic production of poultry meat for human consumption
  Free download from Australian Chicken Meat Federation

• National biosecurity manual contract chicken meat farming
  Free download from Australian Chicken Meat Federation

• Australian National Farm Biosecurity Manual: Poultry Production