Welcome to another edition of eChook! Following a very successful August during which we received the World’s Poultry Science Association’s Education Award in Salvador, Brazil and launched the revamped Poultry Hub website (poultryhub.org), we have been active in preparing for an even busier September. This month we will hold Ideas Exchange 2012 and also receive

Even with the advances in modern poultry production methodology, up to five percent of all broiler flocks perish prior to reaching processing age. This represents a significant amount of material that must be managed. Until now much of this waste material has been buried in landfill or on farm sites, with potential for detrimental leaching

The official launch of the Southern Star Poultry Alliance will be a feature of the 2012 South Australian Sub-Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association’s Poultry Industry Day (see 2012 SA Poultry Industry day invite). The event, to be held on Thursday 20 September 2012 at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy campus, will kick off with the launch at 10am. Poultry CRC CEO Professor Mingan Choct

After graduating in Veterinary Science at James Cook University, Dr Jodi Hopper has been employed by Bell Veterinary Services, a mixed practice in Bell (near Toowoomba, Queensland). Having expressed a keen interest in gaining experience in poultry, independently attending two AVPA scientific meetings and PIX 2012, Jodi has recently taken up a Poultry CRC industry

POULTRY LITTER BIOCHAR: A MITIGATION STRATEGY FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Waste stream mitigation is becoming an increasingly important factor in any intensive animal production system, especially where the waste itself can be a valuable resource. One by-product of the poultry industry that fits this category is litter. Rich in essential plant nutrients such as Nitrogen

The Poultry CRC now calls for Preliminary Research Proposals (PRPs). In this round of proposals, our priorities are: 1)      Egg quality work related to “development and commercialisation of intelligent sensors of egg freshness”. 2)      “Development of commercially feasible, new products from egg and egg shell wastes”. 3)      Nutrition work related to “testing a net energy

The Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has won the prestigious World’s Poultry Science Association’s (WPSA) Education Award 2012, recognising the CRC’s effort in outreach activities. Poultry CRC CEO, Professor Mingan Choct accepted the award at the 2012 World’s Poultry Congress in Brazil last night. “This is poultry’s equivalent to an Olympic gold medal as it

New Poultry CRC research is aimed at developing a non-invasive test to assess welfare status in birds. The project is led by joint project leaders Drs Tamsyn Crowley and Anthony Keyburn, from Poultry CRC participants, Deakin University and CSIRO, respectively. Anthony and Tamsyn plan to use cutting-edge genetic technology to create a new test, which

Show us your coop! After the hugely popular photo competition last year, the Poultry CRC is running another one! This time we are going to break it into two categories, Open and Schools. We are looking for any images associated with poultry, both in the backyard and down on the farm. In particular we are

The NSW Department of Primary Industries, in collaboration with industry partners, is considering the development of a training and information program for poultry meat growers in NSW. To develop a program which meets the needs and interests of growers we need to know: • If growers are seeking training and skill development opportunities? • What

Welcome to another edition of eChook! The poultry industry is an essential contributor to food security throughout the world. It is also a low emission industry that thrives on efficient utilisation of resources, such as feed and water.  There is no doubt that the poultry industry will lead the way in efficient production of high

A new Poultry CRC project led by Dr Conny Turni will, for the first time, give the Australian duck industry tools to help diagnose and control infectious serositis or New Duck disease. Ducks suffer from this often fatal form of septicaemia, which is caused by a respiratory bacterium, Riemerellla anatipestifer, invading the bird’s bloodstream. Symptoms include

Ms Sarah Weaver, a University of Adelaide PhD candidate, is investigating the role of yolk composition on the development of broiler embryos. With assistance from the Poultry CRC and under the supervision of Professor Phil Hynd, Sarah will compare yolks from broiler and layer birds to determine which compounds are different, and which may be