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Welcome to another edition of eChook. We attended the CRC Association’s 2009 conference in Canberra last week, where we received the Award for Excellence in Innovation in Education and Training and Public Outreach Activities for Poultry Hub. I would like to thank our Communications Manager, Mr Chris Day, who was instrumental in establishing Poultry Hub using the most

Researchers, Postgrads, Postdocs, Honours & Interns workshop and industry visits The workshops and industry visits went well for Poultry CRC Research Scientists, Interns, Postgrads, Postdocs and Honours students, held in Armidale and Tamworth in May. The workshop commenced with introductions and there was a very wide range of research areas discussed. Kylie Hewson told us

The Poultry CRC’s Poultry Hub is helping to stem the brain drain from agricultural studies at Australian schools and universities. Students and educators from Australia and around the world are using Poultry Hub to help them learn about poultry and poultry production, stimulating interest in poultry science and hopefully dispelling some of the myths and

Increased participation in national certificate qualifications relevant to poultry production is gaining momentum, with one of the CRC-sponsored industry personnel who gained the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment now helping to evaluate the needs of industry personnel in making progress towards these certificates. Suzanne McInerney, from Country Range Farming near Toowoomba, is one of several in

Welcome to another edition of eChook. The Poultry CRC’s application has made it to Stage 2 of the CRC Program Selection Round. It’s a great result and I thank all those who have worked together to get us this far. Stage 2 consists of two parts: scientific peer review of Research Project Proposals (RPPs) by relevant

Poultry CRC scientist, CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Anthony Keyburn, has been awarded the 2008 PhD Prize by the Monash University Department of Microbiology and biopharmaceutical company, CSL for his research on the devastating bacterial chicken disease necrotic enteritis. Working at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) facility, Anthony Keyburn and a team of scientists, led by his PhD supervisors, Rob Moore and Julian Rood (Monash

Postgraduate / Postdoctoral / Intern Update Emma Borland (a CRC Honours Student) reports that her birds have arrived and her project trial is being set up. Emma is also currently writing her research proposal and literature review. A Research Scientists / Interns / Postgrad / Postdoc / Honours Session (workshops and industry visits) will be

One of the Poultry CRC’s original PhD scholarship students is back from an overseas industry internship and teaching the next generation of Australia’s poultry scientists. Bec Forder returned to Australia in February to take up an Associate Lecturer position at the Universty of Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus. “I’m expanding on the findings from my PhD to

Postgraduate / Postdoctoral / Intern Update A Postgrad/Postdoc Session (workshops and industry visits) is currently being planned for May or June (exact dates still to be determined). This activity will be based in Armidale, with industry visits to a hatchery, an integrated layer farm and a feed mill. The format is an afternoon workshop for

The Poultry CRC’s achievements will be showcased at Canberra’s National Convention Centre in May. The route out of the quagmire of the global financial crisis will be the focus of Pathfinders: The Innovator’s Conference, which gets under way on May 26. The formidable line-up of national and international speakers is expected to attract scientists, politicians, senior

Welcome to another edition of eChook. The Poultry CRC lodged its re-bid application this month for a second round of funding to take the CRC through to 2017. The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research will announce on April 24 which applications will progress to the interview stage in Canberra between June 30 and July

The 20th Biennial Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – Australia Conference will bring together animal nutrition experts to discuss issues that are of importance to industry and are at the forefront of research and the development of new knowledge. The 2009 conference marks 32 years since the inception of Recent Advances. Over this time, Recent Advances has developed from a

The issue of wild birds on free range broiler farms was addressed at the Avian Veterinary Poultry Association (AVPA) conference in Sydney in February. Dr. Bruce Remington gave a presentation about the survey that was conducted on Free Range Egg and Poultry Australia Ltd (FREPA) broiler farms in southern Victoria and southeast Queensland. The number of free