47 - July 2011

Welcome to another edition of eChook! The Poultry CRC held its annual Ideas Exchange 2011 event recently and showcased its research projects displaying frontier science, and educational initiatives spurring the enthusiasm of the poultry industry. One important aim of this event was to offer a platform where researchers, students, industry experts, board members and management staff could

Developing effective delivery of biologically active molecules to the maturing egg embryo is the focus of research being undertaken by Dr Tim Mahony at The University of Queensland. This is a collaborative project (sub-project 1.3.2) between the Poultry CRC, The University of Queensland and DAFF (formerly DEEDI). “During the first round Australian Poultry CRC, we were focused on the development of a new more

The Poultry CRC asked Ms Kylie Hewson to provide an update on her PhD. What follows is her personal account of her research activities to date, in her own words. It gives us an insight as to the different directions a PhD can take you, what can be achieved within the poultry industry and the opportunities available to young

Poultry CRC supported Postgraduate Student (USyd) Mr Tugrul Durali attended the Alltech 27th International Health and Nutrition Industry Symposium at Lexington, Kentucky (US) in May 2011. While there he also participated in a Fieldale Farms broiler farm visit to see chemical free broiler production on a vegetarian diet, following this with University of Georgia Poultry Diagnostic & Research Centre presentations about poultry

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED – WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED MONDAY 12 SEPT!!! In the interest of sparking your creative and artistic side, and as a cheeky way of gathering images for our ever-growing database, the Poultry CRC has decided to run another photo competition. The theme of this competition is Nutrition and Environment, so in addition to images of poultry