70 - August 2013

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

As our food production methods become increasingly scrutinised by a well-informed public, the poultry industry must be proactive in engaging with the wider community about our farming practices. As part of keeping the trust, confidence and ‘social licence’ of our society, industry must display a competent workforce, whose methodology is consistent and supported by impartial