66 - March 2013

Welcome to another edition of eChook! Firstly, I’d like to congratulate Sonia Liu for winning the Poultry CRC Student Presentation Award at the recent Australian Poultry Science Symposium. Sonia Yun Liu is undertaking her PhD in poultry nutrition at the University of Sydney under the auspices of Professor Aaron Cowieson. Secondly, we will highlight our

Dr Pat Blackall, Principal Research Fellow with Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (at The University of Queensland), manages the Safe and Quality Food Production program for the Poultry CRC. This program’s major challenge, as its name suggests, is to maximise food quality and safety for consumers of poultry products. Food safety is a

The Poultry CRC is thrilled to announce that after many months of hard work, we have an app in the iTunes store! Titled Egg Grab’n’Grade, our newest learning resource is available as a FREE download within Australia. Egg Grab’n’Grade illustrates the different types of eggs that are removed on a grading floor. Egg Grab’n’Grade shows how

Postgraduates, Post-doctorates and Interns from the Poultry CRC gathered recently in Melbourne for the CRC’s annual PoultryGrad workshop. Held over two and a half days, this year’s event featured classroom sessions from renowned Australian science communicator Julian Cribb and site visits to Ridley Agriproducts Feedmill and the Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis) manufacturing facility. From