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ThePoultrySite Latest News
Friday, May 02, 2008
Ozzie Opinions Urged on Transport Welfare AUSTRALIA - The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) is urging North Queenslanders to have their say on proposed Australian Standards and Guidelines for the Welfare of Animals for the Land Transport of Livestock.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Microflora Optimises Bird Performance AUSTRALIA - 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.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Rapid Diagnostics Makes OZ Poultry Fly AUSTRALIA - 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.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Eggs: The Sign of Fertility AUSTRALIA - A new study confirms that men require a source of folate in their diet in order to keep their sperm healthy. According to nutritionalists, eating egg based diets, such as quiche, fulfil the daily requirements ideally.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Aussies Quietly Confident on Food Safety AUSTRALIA - A consumer confidence survey has touted that 65 per cent of Australian believe that food safety has either stayed the same or improved over the last year. But of those foods of concern 17.9 per cent still had doubts on the safety of raw poultry...
Friday, March 28, 2008
Wood Shavings, Robust Guts and Marek's Disease AUSTRALIA - A Poultry CRC-funded epidemiological survey of Australian broiler flocks has indicated that one of the protective factors against Marek's Disease virus may be the use of wood-based litter.
Friday, March 14, 2008
AACT: Pitt Hides Beneath Shell of Deceit AUSTRALIA - Claims made in defence of a battery hen farm, which is at the centre of Salmonella outbreak and allegations of animal cruelty, have been branded as untrue and delusional by opponent Shane Dalgleish, Spokesperson for Against Animal Cruelty...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Giant Turbine Installed on Chook Farm AUSTRALIA - Nichols Poultry in Australia plans to install a giant wind turbine to blow itself into the future of environmental sustainability.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Taking Broiler Cruelty to Government TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - The Tasmanian Greens, an Australian political party, have proposed a 'Restructure and Re-brand' make over on the national battery hen farming system. They plan to air their opinions in a house of assembly bill.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Poultry CRC Introduce Improved Welfare Standards AUSTRALIA - New National Animal Welfare Standards for the Chicken Meat Industry have been developed and are now being made available to industry. Now, a new Poultry CRC project builds on an earlier RIRDC project A Welfare Audit for the Chicken...
‘The Good Egg’ AUSTRALIA - In October 2007, the Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) commissioned the most comprehensive nutritional analysis of Australian fresh shell eggs ever undertaken.
Poultry Enquiry Refused AUSTRALIA - Primary Industries Minister David Llewellyn has declined to call an inquiry into animal welfare or salmonella concerns at Pitt's poultry farm despite calls in Parliament yesterday to do so.
Poultry Consumption Rising in Australia AUSTRALIA - A recent survey has revealed that Australia's annual per capital poultry meat consumption is set to rise by more than one kilogram per head per year, to 40.5kg by 2012-13.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Environment and Livestock Find a Single Voice AUSTRALIA - With climate change and greenhouse gas emissions two of the biggest issues facing agriculture Meat & Livestock Australia has bolstered its ‘green’ credentials by employing one of Australia’s leading experts in the field.
Animals and the Next Great Social Justice Movement AUSTRALIA - Increasing concern for animal welfare and consumer demand for organic and free range products— backed up with stricter food labelling requirements—is, according to this story, likely to trigger the next great social justice movement in Australia,...









