48 - August 2011

  Avian Health Online is an interactive online course for veterinarians working in the global poultry industry. Presented by The University of Melbourne, in collaboration with the Poultry Diseases Research Center, University of Georgia, USA, a Postgraduate Certificate in Avian Health can be completed with 1 year part-time study (Units 1 & 2), while the Masters in Avian Health

The Poultry CRC now calls for Preliminary Research Proposals (PRPs). In this round of proposals, the CRC is calling for projects ranging from 6 to 18 months, focussing purely on transferable or commercialisable ideas. The Poultry CRC is not a funding body and applications are not open to researchers from non-participant organisations. Your Proposal(s) must aim to

Welcome to another edition of eChook. In this edition, I would like to explain why we’re calling for research proposals that focus on industry transferrable ideas in this year’s funding round. The call for Proposals will be announced this week. Achieving increased productivity within the Australian poultry industry is becoming more difficult due to increased

Poultry CRC welcomes two new students, Mrs Marta Navarro Gomez and Mr Jim Shini, whose PhD studies will focus on food safety and fatty live haemorrhagic syndrome, respectively. Both projects are aimed at providing practical solutions to the poultry industry, which is a vital aspect of the Poultry CRC’s mandate. Marta and Jim are enrolled at

Its official! Eight years on from the initiation of a (then Australian) Poultry CRC project led by Dr Peter Scott (03-12), our industry partner Bioproperties has received Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) registration for Vaxsafe® PM (strain PMP-1). This live attenuated vaccine has been developed for the control of fowl cholera in chickens due to infection with virulent homologous or heterologous strains

The Poultry CRC has recently added another young scientist to our list of CRC supported students. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Aaron Cowieson from The University of Sydney, PhD candidate Ms Sonia Yun Liu is working on enzyme feed additives aimed at improving overall poultry feed efficiency. Ms Yun Liu has completed a Master’s degree in food