42 - December 2010

Welcome to the final eChook for 2010. A year has passed since the Poultry CRC secured funding for another seven and a half years. During the year, we have properly set up all the necessary governance and management processes, approved 21 research projects, and commenced most of our education activities. The Poultry CRC now has 32 participants, including more

The search for effective egg washing techniques to improve the appearance of eggs and associated food safety is a key objective in a new Poultry CRC research project being conducted at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). A Research Scientist at SARDI’s Food Safety Research Program, Dr Damian May, is working with the Project Leader, Dr Margaret Sexton,

Poultry CRC researchers at CSIRO and The Ohio State University (OSU) are working on a collaborative project to improve industry’s ability to control the gut levels of Campylobacter in meat chickens. Campylobacter is a major cause of human gastro-intestinal illness. It’s estimated that there are around 220,000 cases of Campylobacter per year in Australia, with 50,000 of these being linked to poultry. On the

Poultry CRC PhD student, Adam Sacranie, has submitted his thesis on feed constituents and feeding practices in broilers, and their effects on gut motility. “Gut motility is basically two-pronged,” said Adam, who did his Masters and PhD at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, New South Wales. “It involves reflux and transit rates, and the ramifications on

During the rebid process in 2009, the Poultry CRC applied for a Science Leveraging Fund (SLF) Grant from the New South Wales Government and was successful in obtaining $500,000. This fund was specifically designed to support poultry research facilities in NSW-based universities that were partners in the Poultry CRC bid. At the time of the application, the University of New