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Postgraduate / Postdoctoral / Intern Update Congratulations to Kylie Hewson for winning the DAFF Science and Innovation Award for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, sponsored by AECL. Kylie received her award at a dinner at Parliament House in Canberra with her husband, Trent, Angus Crossan, Greg Parkinson and me to cheer her on.

There’s more kudos for Poultry CRC scientists at CSIRO Livestock Industries, with both a veteran and a newcomer winning accolades for their achievements. Poultry CRC Program Manager, Dr John Lowenthal, was one of ten exceptional senior scientists to receive the 2009-10 Newton Turner Career Award. The award, which was established in 2008, is designed to further

Welcome to another edition of eChook. Poultry industry personnel and scientists involved in poultry R&D will come together in Sydney next week for the CRC’s fifth and final Ideas Exchange. This year’s meeting will be held at Manly’s refurbished quarantine station from Wednesday 7th October. The theme for this year is The River of Ideas, reflecting the journey from CRC

Welcome to this special edition of eChook. The Steering Committee of the Poultry CRC II, comprising representatives from the CRC’s seven Essential Participants, has appointed Dr John Lowenthal as Manager for Program 1 (Health and Welfare), Dr Tim Walker as Manager for Program 2 (Nutrition and Environment), and Dr Patrick Blackall (pictured) as Manager for Program 3 (Safe and Quality Food Production).

Australia’s leading poultry vets are helping the CRC develop its suite of affordable and fast DNA-based tests for poultry diseases. The number of CRC-developed rapid diagnostic tests is growing steadily, giving poultry producers around the country access to cutting-edge biotechnology and useful results in hours rather than days. “The PCR-based tests developed by the CRC give the

Postgraduate / Postdoctoral / Intern Update Those who visited the Glenwarrie Partnership egg farm of Narelle and Bede Burke during the PoultryGrad workshop and industry visits will be interested to hear that Bede and Narelle are finalists in the NSW Farmer of the Year competition. They’re also showcasing their eggs at the third annual Regional

A recent Poultry CRC study has shown that broilers raised on fibrous litter are generally more uniform in feed consumption, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) and, most importantly, body weight. This potentially greater uniformity holds the promise of less out of specification birds at the processing plant. Moreen Ali, Laboratory Manager at Inghams, undertook comparative studies of the

Welcome to another edition of eChook. I am delighted that the Poultry CRC has obtained a 7.5-year extension with the $28 million grant from the Australian Government! This grant, together with the cash and in-kind support from our participants, will give the Poultry CRC total resources of nearly $87 million over the next 7.5 years. This

Welcome to this special edition of eChook. The Department for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has informed me that our rebid effort has been successful and we have been awarded 7.5 years funding for a second Poultry CRC. This is excellent news for Australia’s poultry industry and the scientific community working in poultry-related R&D. It is

Poultry CRC research continues to produce significant outcomes for industry, including valuable insights into the genes influencing the virulence of Pasteurella multocida, which causes Fowl cholera (or pasteurellosis). Information gained from a completed CRC project that identified a number of genes which appear to be necessary for the establishment, growth, or reproduction of P. multocida within its bird hosts has been

The Poultry CRC invests significantly in the development of young scientists for the future benefit of the poultry industry, so we maintain a keen interest in their blossoming careers. Now in its seventh and final year, the CRC’s Education Program is well and truly bearing fruit. Several of the CRC’s students and scientists have gone

Welcome to another edition of eChook. Thank you for your messages enquiring about our re-bid interview, which took place in Canberra on 1 July. We faced a panel of six experts who were joined by the chairman of the CRC Committee and the Manager of the CRC Program during the last 30 minutes of the 2-hour

Postgraduate / Postdoctoral / Intern Update Emma Borland has been awarded a Poultry CRC Undergraduate Internship. Congratulations to Emma! Kapil Chousalkar leaves UNE at the start of August to take up a position of Lecturer in the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. Congratulations to Kapil also. Industry Training Update