Research

A novel nutritional strategy to improve feed efficiency and decrease abdominal fat pad in meat chickens fed low crude protein (CP) diets has been recently completed by Dr Nishchal Sharma from the University of New England. His research project has highlighted the role of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) and betaine in low CP diets fed to

A study conducted by Natalie Mendes to investigate the nature and direction of the relationship between complex rearing environments, activity, leg health and ranging behaviour of meat chickens has been completed. The project aimed to improve meat chicken welfare by determining the potential of environmental complexity during rearing and outdoor range access to increase activity

Poultry Hub Australia has recently signed off the final round of grants that we have awarded this year. We would like to thank all those that submitted a project and congratulate those that have been successful and encourage others to keep up the great ideas. This year for a project to be considered it was

Antibiotics are widely used for the prevention, control and treatment of diseases and bacterial infections in human and animals. It is also widely used to boost growth in livestock, including chickens. However, the rise in “superbugs” or antibiotic resistant bacteria, linked to antibiotic use in animal feed in recent years, has resulted in pushback, including

PHA Project 018 – 422 A healthy gut has always been essential for good well-being. Even 2500 years ago, Hippocrates said “All disease begins in the gut”, and poultry are no different. Gut integrity sits at the core of gut health research to support health and growth in poultry. Enterocytes are intestinal cells that form

Poultry Hub Australia, in conjunction with Agrifutures Chicken Meat Program and Australian Eggs, is offering two $500 Undergraduate Research Scholarships in 2020! The supervising researcher must: • Agree to involve the student on a 2020 poultry research project for a minimum of 18 hrs and no more than 30 hrs • Ensure all the appropriate approvals have

Poultry Hub Australia in conjunction with AgriFutures and Australian Eggs are hosting a Meet the Media Forum. The forum will be a moderated panel discussion with Q&A where three working journalists from TV news, print/online and radio discuss what they do, and what they’re looking for in stories. Talking to the media is a good

  Poultry Hub Australia, in conjunction with AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program and Australian Eggs are holding two Media and Communications Training Masterclasses. The Masterclasses will be facilitated by Science in Public over two half days with a maximum of six researchers within each masterclass. The Media and Communication Training Masterclasses will help you find the

Poultry Hub Australia (PHA) is proud to announce the opening of a new high tech research facility at the University of New England. This facility is the first of its kind and was made possible with the financial help of both PHA and Feedworks. The shed is fitted out with both a precision feeding robot

Contributed by: Ashley England, Sarbast Kheravii, Kosar Gharib-Naseri and Shubiao Wu In recent years researchers have found it difficult to source sexed day-old broiler chicks for research purpose. This is due to the change in genetics of current commercial broiler breeds resulting in feather sexing no longer available. This has forced many researchers to use

Contributed by Dr. Nishchal K. Sharma In poultry nutrition, water is the most important nutrient for the overall health and performance of birds yet less focus has been on water compared to the other nutrients. In animals, water is used for the metabolism of nutrients, regulation of body temperature, digestion of food and elimination of