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While the Embrex® Inovoject® vaccination system has revolutionised the control of many diseases in poultry production, largely by making the vaccination process simpler and more cost effective, there remains a specific need for improvements in the quality and magnitude of the immune response of the embryo. Additionally, there are issues with co-administration of some live

Over the past two months, the CRC has run workshops to outline the basic principles of Modified Atmosphere Killing (MAK), accompanied by a complementary session on the composting of dead spent layer hens on-farm. Modified Atmosphere Killing workshops were held in cities in four states (Adelaide, Penrith, Toowoomba and Perth) and featured Drs Peter Scott

Barnhealth are pleased to announce the launch of their new website that has been designed to assist farmers in identifying and eliminating performance barriers, preventing mortalities, and helping sustain or improve production yields. Barnhealth´s flagship solution, DTECT™- laying hens, is a revolutionary web-based tool that helps in learning how to identify issues that affect flock performance

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

The Poultry CRC has teamed up with the NSW Department of Education & Communities (DEC) to produce a number of videos outlining the fundamentals of keeping chicken in schools. A series of nine videos (ranging from less than three minutes to just over seven minutes) has been made available online via LearningNSWDET and Poultry Hub’s

Previous research conducted at UNE by Dr Reza Barekatain and Professor Bob Swick (Poultry CRC Sub-Project 2.1.8) showed that despite a desirable outcome in bird performance and economics of broiler diets containing whole canola seed (CS), these diets were not fully utilised when steam pelleted. Some of the limited digestibility of oil in the seeds

Poultry CRC has commenced three new projects in conjunction with partners The University of Sydney, The University of Melbourne and Queensland’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (QLD DAFF). These projects, which aim to reduce AI risk for the free-range layer sector, investigate a cause of lameness in broilers, and try a new approach to

Poultry CRC will fund up to 10 research projects during the 2015-2016 financial year, each up to the value of AUD100,000, as part of the Poultry CRC Strategic Funding. The aim of the call is to encourage scientists to engage in innovative, applied research to solve problems faced by the Australian poultry industry. The criteria

As sending live spent hens for processing becomes more costly and difficult, egg producers are searching for alternative methods of managing depopulation at the end of lay. The Poultry CRC has responded to this need by commissioning the Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) to manage a project undertaken by industry partner Scolexia, entitled Development and

Dr Kelly Drake from Poultry CRC partner SARDI has, with the aid of a ‘Researcher in Industry’ grant from the CRC, commenced a series of one-week industry placements with egg producers. During this time Kelly aims to: Gain a comprehensive overview of the various issues impacting the layer industry, Gain an understanding of different producers