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The Poultry CRC is very proud to announce the release of our latest educational resource; an animation detailing the 21-day development of a chick embryo within the egg. This two minute long simulation has been made freely available on YouTube for anyone who wishes to observe this process, and will be especially useful for educators around

By Bob Swick and Reza Barekatain Virtually all modern commercial broiler diets are supplemented with liquid oil or fat. This provides energy, improves the absorption of fat soluble vitamins, provides essential fatty acids and acts as a lubricant and dust control agent in feed processing. There has been renewed interest in the use of full

Professor Phil Hynd at the University of Adelaide is heading up a Poultry CRC project titled In ovo therapeutics to improve gut efficiency and health in the broiler chicken. Utilising a relatively new development in animal science known as ‘fetal programming’, this project aims to develop targeted in ovo therapeutics to accelerate gut development in

Since the commencement of the second round of the Poultry CRC in 2010, seven young people have been awarded Poultry CRC industry internships. The program, designed to encourage graduates into the industry, has been hailed as a resounding success. So much so, that despite the initially allocated places being filled, the program is now being

Welcome to another edition of eChook! In this edition, I would like to highlight the key messages arising from the Poultry CRC’s Ideas Exchange forum which was held between 24-26 September. The Ideas Exchange is our annual gathering where end users, researchers, industry decision-makers, and students meet in a semi-formal atmosphere to discuss major challenges

This process is designed to encourage researchers from our partner organisations to put forward research ideas that encompass frontier science, industry relevance and genuine collaboration. Indeed, every proposal received will be evaluated for its science, utility and fit-for-purpose in the Poultry CRC environment. The Poultry CRC has three Programs, which cover nine Projects. Each Project

Recently, the Poultry CRC sent out an email to key members of the Australian Poultry Industry asking them to identify future capacity gaps in the industry, and ways that the CRC Education Program could help fill those gaps. “We had about a 50% response rate to the email” said Education Manager, Liz Roan. “Some of

For this month’s eChook we asked a number of our students, past and present, to tell us their current and future plans, post PhD. The following four researchers explain, in their own words, how their CRC experience has allowed them to progress their career plans. Dr Kylie Hewson After I completed my PhD in mid-2012,

The Department of Animal and Poultry Science in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan invites outstanding applications for an Assistant Professor tenure-track position in poultry science with specialization in nutrition and management. The successful candidate will join a strong, well established multidisciplinary research team with interests in aspects of poultry

Is this YOU??? Hy-Line Australia is a leading layer breeder.  They require a strong leader to manage and facilitate day-to-day operations at their hatchery facility, located approximately 1.5 hours North of Melbourne near Bendigo, Victoria.  Bendigo is the State’s largest regional centre with over 100,000 residents and extensive services and facilities. This position reports to

Welcome to another edition of eChook. The Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) will fund up to two research projects during the 2013-2014 financial year, each up to the value of $100,000 (AUD) as part of the Poultry CRC Strategic Funding. The aim of the call is to encourage scientists to engage in innovative, fundamental research

Vitamin D is an essential component of vertebrate metabolism; however both Australian and global epidemiological surveys have shown a chronic vitamin D insufficiency in the human population. Vitamin D is essential for good skeletal health, healthy skin and a sound immune system and chronic insufficiencies may cause many diseases including osteoporosis. There are few human

Following on from our successful egg grading game for children, the CRC is pleased to announce the release of a new training tool to teach egg grading skills to adults. Based on the same back-end that powers the iOS Game, Egg Grab’n’Grade, the CRC’s “Egg Grading Simulator” has been written to run on either PC