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New Device to Detect Woody Breast Have you ever noticed shiny white stripes running parallel to the meat fibres in your chicken breast meat? If so, you’ve stumbled upon what is known as woody breast. The white-striping, which the chickens suffer as a form of muscular dystrophy, causes the meat to be more than twice

New chicken meat scholarship to honour industry champion Gary Sansom The Gary Sansom Postgraduate Scholarship is named in honour of Gary Sansom who passed away in March 2017. Mr Sansom was a long-standing supporter of programs encouraging new people in to the chicken meat industry and championed several communication and training initiatives vital to the

Net energy for laying hens  Bob Swick, Shubiao Wu and Shahram Barzegar The poultry industry is a major consumer of energy in the form of grains, protein meals and fats. Is there a way to use more of this energy for egg production instead of lost as excess heat? Researchers at University of New England

Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference The Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference Organising Committee is pleased to announce the 1st Australian Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference (AVAMS18) will be held at the Novotel Twin Waters, Sunshine Coast QLD from 11th to 13th November 2018. The Office of the Australian Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian livestock industries and other animal health stakeholders are planning an

Ministerial visit and education funding for Poultry Hub Australia Last month Poultry Hub Australia (PHA) was able to meet with the Australian Agricultural Minister the Hon. David Littleproud. It was a great opportunity to discuss PHA’s plans for the future and how we are implementing a training and education program for the poultry industry. The

SMART Farm inspiration for the chicken meat industry The AgriFutures™ Chicken Meat Advisory Panel paid a visit to the University of New England’s (UNE) SMART Farm from 26-28 March to gain inspiration and learn about new innovative agtech initiatives being developed and used on farm. The visit was part of the AgriFutures™ Chicken Meat Program

Data Visualisation – Improving Communication Techniques   Poultry Hub Australia, Australian Eggs and AgriFutures Australia – Chicken Meat Program, are developing ways to improve the communication between researchers and industry. Extension of research outputs is acknowledged as an inherently difficult aspect of the R,D&E spectrum and one way to help improve extension and adoption is

PIX Young Industry Delegate Sponsorship The PIX Committee would like to offer industry travel grants aimed at encouraging young delegates from both Australia and New Zealand to experience all that PIX has to offer including the presentation program, trade show, social functions and workshops. This sponsorship is intended to open doors for those who are

PIX 2018 Gary Samson Broiler Workshop This year’s workshop will be focusing on the thermal neutral zone of the Broiler—or the “sweet spot” for the bird that optimises their welfare and performance—and how this basic requirement for life dictates how we manage every stage of broiler management. We will be exploring what signals the birds

    Call for Preliminary Research Proposals PoultryHub Australia Industry Research Funding (Australian applicants only)   PoultryHub Australia (PHA) will fund a number of research projects, as part of PHA’s Industry Research Funding. The aim of the call is to encourage scientists to engage with industry and work together to develop innovative, applied research projects

Give Chickens Whole Grain and Feed 100 Million People   Adding whole grains to chicken food boosts meat production efficiency and could improve global food security. It’s also likely to be good for backyard chickens, says Sydney scientist Amy Moss.   Amy’s research at the University of Sydney’s Poultry Research Foundation, found that replacing some

Online nutrition database to reduce feed costs A new online nutrition database promises to deliver increased accuracy and flexibility in formulating least-cost feed and increased precision when using supplemental feed enzymes. The interactive database contains the non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) content of all feed ingredients fed to poultry in Australia and has been developed at the

Poultry Pre-Employment Training Program With chicken production expanding in South Australia there is a growing need for staff at many levels of the industry. Identifying suitable farmhand staff, and putting them through basic training, is a challenging and time-consuming task for owners, and managers of broiler farms which has been recognised by the Baiada Contract