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Ohio State University PhD student Michael Cressman has recently made the move to UNE at Armidale to work within Professor Steve Walkden-Brown’s current litter project (see Sub-project 2.2.3). The Ohio State University represents the only university outside of Australia that is a participant in the Poultry CRC. Michael’s background includes an undergraduate degree in Animal Science from Pennsylvania State University,

Welcome to another edition of eChook! Industry transferable ideas focus of Call for Proposals. Currently, the Poultry CRC’s research is dominated by long-term, blue sky projects, tackling some of the most difficult questions faced by the poultry industry globally. However, it is equally important to help industry solve its immediate challenges. The Poultry CRC’s August

Litter Composting and Viral Pathogen Survival. With an increasing cost of litter material coupled with an increase in public awareness of litter re-use issues (particularly pathogen load), the poultry industry is challenged on how to best manage this potential resource. A previous Poultry CRC project undertaken by Professor Steve Walkden-Brown (project 06-15) at UNE focused

Building on the success of the 28 rapid diagnostic tests transferred to the Australian poultry industry (see project 05-17;  Rapid Tests for Diseases), the Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health of The University of Melbourne, has continued to refine and improve existing tests, and come up with tests for organisms currently not covered. Dr Ali Ghorashi is

Featuring two of our young scientists. The long term prosperity of the poultry industry depends on its people. An education program that ‘would attract and train the new generation poultry scientists and industry leaders’ won the overwhelming support of our industry participants for the Australian Poultry CRC’s bid in 2003. So, how did our education

Welcome to another edition of eChook! First of all, I am delighted to inform you of the appointment of Mr Michael Warner as our new Communications Officer. Mick has worked in the media and is experienced in liaising with stakeholders that have diverse interests. His environmental science degree gives him the background required to translate

Temperature and humidity during egg incubation can affect the long-term leg strength of fast growing meat chickens (broilers). A recent study at The University of Sydney, funded by the Poultry CRC, examined the impact from two differing sets of incubation conditions on early growth rate, bone composition and leg weakness measurements in a pure line broiler breed.

Two bright young vets are off to a flying start in developing their careers in poultry, assisted by an Internship from the Poultry CRC. Both will benefit from the financial assistance that an Internship will bring. James Hannon was exposed to commercial poultry early in life when he spent time on his grandparents’ free-range farm

Producing the next generation of poultry scientists is one of the key features of the Poultry CRC‘s education program. An important aspect is to establish close links between our students and industry, which will encourage engagement of end-users in student research projects. This will have a two-fold benefit: firstly, whilst pursuing frontier science, our students will

The popular Teacher’s Resource Kit developed by the Poultry CRC has now helped educators all over Australia to improve the quality of agricultural science education in hundreds of classrooms, reaching thousands of students in every State and Territory, as well as disadvantaged children in developing countries. Even the US military is using the CRC’s Kit

Welcome to another edition of eChook! In 2011, the Poultry CRC will focus on research and education outputs, including planning to fill the gaps in our programs not covered by our current projects. To this end, we will make a highly targeted call for research proposals later this year. I have four significant events to

The Poultry CRC recently sponsored a trip to a Tamworth egg farm for young science students as part of the University of New England’s (UNE) PICSE (Primary Industries Centre for Science Education) Program. The CRC’s Education Officer, Liz Roan, joined PICSE’s Science Education Officer, Susanna Greig and the students on the excursion to Bede Burke’s

The Poultry CRC is offering a PhD scholarship to study the gut environment of broiler chickens to help improve our understanding of bird performance. The PhD project is part of a overarching CRC project lead by SARDI’s Dr Mark Geier. This project aims to identify microbial and gut-related factors driving bird performance, and includes Dr