Poultry Industry News: Australia
Monday, May 06, 2013
Pressure to Lift Poultry StandardsAUSTRALIA - Australian and New Zealand primary industry ministers will consider increased regulations and enforcement measures over battery hen production, following a push by ACT Greens minister Shane Rattenbury....
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Future Leaders Flock to PoultryGrad 2013AUSTRALIA - Postgraduates, Post-doctorates and Interns from the Poultry CRC gathered recently in Melbourne for the CRC’s annual PoultryGrad workshop. ...
Chickens Just as Busy as Easter BunniesAUSTRALIA - Although Easter is usually synonymous with the chocolate egg, it seems chicken eggs are also in huge demand this weekend....
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Poultry CRC Launches iTunes AppAUSTRALIA - The Poultry CRC has announced that after many months of hard work, it has an app in the iTunes store. Titled Egg Grab’n’Grade, this newest learning resource is available as a FREE download within Australia....
Inghams Sacks Workers for Cruelty to TurkeysAUSTRALIA - Inghams sacked five workers on Friday, 22 March, for beating turkeys as they were prepared for slaughter....
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Spotlight on Poultry CRC’s Program 3: Safe and Quality Food ProductionAUSTRALIA - Dr Pat Blackall, Principal Research Fellow with Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at The University of Queensland, manages the Safe and Quality Food Production programme for the Poultry CRC. ...
Monday, March 25, 2013
Egg Grading Game to Enhance Public Appreciation of IndustryAUSTRALIA - Poultry CRC congratulates Sonia Liu for winning the Poultry CRC Student Presentation Award at the recent Australian Poultry Science Symposium. ...
Friday, March 22, 2013
Future Leaders Flock to PoultryGrad 2013AUSTRALIA - Postgraduates, Post-doctorates and Interns from the Poultry CRC gathered recently in Melbourne for the CRC’s annual PoultryGrad workshop. Held over two and a half days, this year’s event featured classroom sessions from renowned Australian...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Chicken Farmers Seek Legal Protection Against Animal ActivistsAUSTRALIA - Victorian chicken farmers sick of raids by animal activists want their properties protected by tougher laws....
Monday, March 11, 2013
Ingham Poultry Bought by Private EquityAUSTRALIA - Poultry giant Ingham Enterprises has been sold to global private equity firm TPG....
Friday, March 08, 2013
Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Western AustraliaAUSTRALIA - The Australian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza at Henley Brook in Western Australia....
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Australia's Total, Export Earnings Forecast to Rise AUSTRALIA - The latest forecasts from ABARES indicate rising output in both the crop and livestock sectors in 2013-2014. Exports earnings are expected to rise for a number of products including barley and beef and to fall for canola, wheat, rice, sorghum,...
Monday, March 04, 2013
RSPCA Has Reservations about Coles' Free-Range Egg PushAUSTRALIA - Coles has already removed home-brand caged eggs from its shelves, and says it's taken the initiative in clarifying stocking densities for free-range egg production in Australia....
Friday, February 22, 2013
CRC Studies Pathogenicity of Newcastle DiseaseAUSTRALIA - The Poultry CRC continues to attract exemplary PhD candidates. One of its latest recruits, veterinarian Dr Jemma Bergfeld (based at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory, AAHL) is set to unravel the mechanisms underlying Newcastle...
New Drug Developed to Combat Flu PandemicAUSTRALIA - CSIRO scientists have helped to design a new drug to safeguard against epidemic and pandemic flu strains – as published in "Science"....
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Down on the Farm with SalmonellaAUSTRALIA - Poultry CRC researcher, Dr Kapil Chousalkar at The University of Adelaide, has recently commenced a project investigating the dynamics of Salmonella shedding on commercial cage layer farms....
Chickens Roast in Alice Summer HeatAUSTRALIA - Extreme temperatures this summer have proved fatal for much of Central Australia's chicken population. ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Spotlight on Poultry CRC’s Program 1: Health and WelfareAUSTRALIA - Dr John Lowenthal, based at CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Science’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory, manages the Poultry CRC’s Health and Welfare program. This program is set to deliver wide-ranging benefits to the Australian poultry...
Monday, February 18, 2013
Good Health, Welfare Management Key for SustainabilityAUSTRALIA - In its latest edition of eChook, Poultry CRC highlights its Health and Welfare program. This is the largest Program and it covers vaccines, diagnostics, therapeutics, delivery systems for bioactive materials, and poultry welfare. The Program...
Assistance for Flood-affected Queensland ProducersAUSTRALIA - The Federal and State Governments have announced a boost in assistance to Queensland primary producers and businesses that suffered extreme damage as a result of ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald....
Monday, February 04, 2013
More Rural Investment Demanded for Western AustraliaAUSTRALIA - The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers), as part of its 2013 State Election Key Issues, wants to see increased investment into rural and regional community services....
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
PhD Candidate to Unravel Broiler Acute Paralysis SyndromeAUSTRALIA - Veterinarian Dr Brendan Sharpe is our most recent Poultry CRC supported PhD candidate, having recently commenced at the University of New England (UNE). ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Former Poultry CRC Student Reducing Fear in HensAUSTRALIA - Dr Lauren Edwards undertook her PhD, titled Human-animal interactions in the laying hen, with support from the first round Australian Poultry CRC (2003-2009) under the supervision of Professors Paul Hemsworth and Grahame Coleman....
Monday, January 21, 2013
Practical, Logical Look at Antimicrobial ResistanceAUSTRALIA - The Australian government took a very significant initiative in 1998 by establishing the Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR)....
Friday, January 18, 2013
School Students Get a Taste of PoultryAUSTRALIA - Across this school holiday period, twenty year 11 and 12 students from around the North West Region of NSW were offered an Industry Placement Scholarship through the University of New England Primary Industry Centre for Science Education (UNE...
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