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To date, Poultry CRC research has resulted in four patents, each of which may enhance or radically change Australia’s and, potentially, the world’s poultry industries. The four patents, Modulating production traits in avians, Antimicrobial peptides, Novel avian cytokines, and Novel toxin, are currently entering, or close to entering, the Patent Cooperation Treaty phase of their prosecution. “Some of our most exciting technology is

Several of the Poultry CRC’s research projects have wrapped up recently, including Professor Glenn Browning’s projects on Chicken Anaemia Virus vaccines at The University of Melbourne, CAV vaccines and Genomic approaches to novel vaccines. Glenn has transferred the pre-master seedlot developed during the work to Bioproperties Pty Ltd for assessment as a potential vaccine candidate. Steve Walkden-Brown’s project on New diagnostics at the University

A world-first discovery made by a Poultry CRC PhD student working at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong has poultry scientists worldwide taking a fresh look at the devastating bacterial disease, necrotic enteritis. In a paper published on 8 February in the respected ‘open access’ international journal PLoS Pathogens, PhD student Anthony Keyburn and a team of Australian scientists outline the

A workshop to help researchers navigate the registration processes for vaccines and other poultry health products has been held by Bioproperties Pty Ltd, an SME manufacturing animal vaccines in Australia. Before new vaccines for layers or meat chickens are released, they need to pass through the stringent demands of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Welcome to another edition of eChook. The Review of the National Innovation System, incorporating the CRC Programme, will deliver a Green Paper to Government by 31 July 2008. This Green Paper will then be released to the stakeholders for comments. The Government will develop its response in the form of a White Paper towards the end of 2008.

Wednesday, 21 June 2006 The Australian Poultry CRC and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries have started a collaborative project to address the issue of safe and sustainable re-use of chicken litter across production cycles. The new project will deliver hard scientific data that will help the chicken meat industry manage an important resource (bedding

The Poultry CRC has organised a meeting for early June to discuss the best ways to transfer to industry data from its work on establishing the base-line of various layer production systems. Project 04-37: Layer production in cage and alternative housing systems compared production outcomes, including welfare, egg production, egg quality, bone strength and blood

Reducing the risk of Marek’s disease, reducing free-range mortality and improving feed conversion ratios are some of the latest practical outcomes being transferred to industry by the Poultry CRC. A concise, two-page information sheet detailing these best-practice strategies and other practical benefits is now available as a download from Poultry Hub, the Poultry CRC’s online poultry

An on-farm light trial at an egg farm in Young, NSW, will compare beak trimmed birds with non beak trimmed birds under commercial conditions. Part of a Poultry CRC project looking at alternatives to beak trimming, the aim of the trial is to compare egg production, feather cover, injuries and mortality of 1000 non beak trimmed

The Queensland FarmBis Forum, which marks the completion of the Targetted Industry Initiative Project, was held in Brisbane last month. It was attended by representatives of all the projects, as well as members of the State Planning Group, and representatives from the AgriFood Industry Skills Council, the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Work Relations,

Australian poultry producers are benefiting from a range of rapid, cost-effective diagnostic tests previously unavailable in Australia thanks to a Poultry CRC project being undertaken at The University of Melbourne. According to the project leader, Dr. Amir Noormohammadi, the industry has been very happy with the vastly improved turn-around time for test results as well as the

Poultry Industry Training The Queensland FarmBis Project is now completed and the final report submitted. However, there will be Project Evaluations conducted by the FarmBis State Planning Group during April and May to make sure that all project outcomes are fully captured. As an extension of the Queensland FarmBis project, a total of 11 egg

An advanced microbiological technique that provides a “snapshot” of the bacterial population in the chicken’s gut is being used to determine the right balance of bacterial species for the bird’s gut health. The research behind the development is part of a Poultry CRC strategy to enable the fine tuning of diets through a better understanding