43 - February 2011

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