88 - May 2015

CRC Program Front and Centre of Australian Government’s Industry Policy The Cooperative Research Centres Program Review conducted by Mr David Miles AM has now been released. The report contains 18 recommendations, all of which have been accepted by the Australian Government. From our point of view, it is a very good report. It restores industry

Feathers constitute between eight and 10 percent of chicken live weight, and currently Australian poultry processors produce somewhere in the region of 86,000 to 111,000 tonnes of feather waste annually. The majority of this is rendered for animal feed application, with a return of less than one dollar per kilogram. With about 90 percent protein

Productivity increases in the poultry industry are becoming more difficult and the safe and effective delivery of vaccines and therapeutics is a key challenge. Improvements in the effectiveness of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics ultimately result in reduced reliance on antibiotics and chemicals in poultry production. Production of new-generation poultry health products and diagnostics, in collaboration

Through the Poultry CRC ‘Researcher in Industry’ grant, SARDI research scientist Dr Kelly Drake is undertaking a series of week-long industry placements with egg producers to obtain an understanding of the issues currently facing the Australian egg industry. Kelly’s second placement (20 – 24 April, 2015) was with Pure Foods Eggs, the largest producer of