published - 5 June 2019 Chicken litter supply and disposal options As the chicken meat industry continues to grow at about three per cent per year, the supply, management and disposal of quality litter, or bedding, … Read More bedding, litter Environment
published - 1 April 2019 Current and potential food safety interventions for meat chicken production Reducing the risk of contamination by bacteria that can cause foodborne illness in humans, like Salmonella and Campylobacter, is a high priority when processing chicken … Read More food safety Biosecurity
published - 1 April 2019 National environment planning guidelines As the consumption of chicken meat increases in Australia and more export opportunities become available, the Chicken Meat industry will need to build new or … Read More guidelines, planning Environment
published - 1 April 2019 Chicken welfare and carcass quality during transport The transport of chickens to the processing plant is a necessary part of chicken meat production. However, there are risks to the welfare and meat … Read More transport Welfare
published - 1 April 2019 Electrolyte supplementation to alleviate severe heat stress Meat chickens are highly susceptible to heat stress, particularly during periods of prolonged hot weather events in shed conditions and also during transport. Heatwaves in … Read More heat stress Health
published - 26 February 2019 Gary Sansom Scholar’s research a global game changer for chicken breeding University of Adelaide PhD student Joshua Angove has been awarded the 2019 Gary Sansom Scholarship, supporting leadership in chicken meat research. The Gary Sansom Scholarship was … Read More scholarship Environment, Nutrition
published - 17 December 2018 By Lida Omaleki, Georgie Townsend Researcher spotlight: Lida Omaleki Lida’s project Clouds and Pasteurella multocida is investigating the re-emergence of the poultry disease fowl cholera and how genomic data can be used to investigate … Read More health Uncategorized
published - 22 November 2018 By Steven Walkden-Brown, Georgie Townsend Suitability of litter amendments for the Australian chicken meat industry A normal process of feed digestion in chickens includes the excretion of ammonia in their faeces, which gets mixed into the litter on the floor … Read More litter Environment
published - 22 November 2018 By Marie-Laure Pype, Georgie Townsend Water purification and treatment options – a review As the Australian chicken meat industry increasingly expands into more rural areas, the availability of adequate water supplies of suitable quality becomes more of a … Read More water Nutrition
published - 22 November 2018 By Sandra Sapats, Georgie Townsend Increasing Australia’s preparedness for vvIBDV Australia’s geographic isolation and strict import biosecurity requirements protect our poultry industries from several diseases that impact poultry industries internationally, such as very virulent Infectious … Read More disease Health
published - 22 November 2018 By Pat Blackall, Georgie Townsend Antimicrobial sensitivity testing – a survey of laboratory capacity There are several laboratories that provide a variety of services to the Australian chicken meat industry, which includes the isolation and characterisation of bacteria from … Read More health, the chicken Food safety
published - 15 November 2018 By Wendy Umberger, Georgie Townsend Future market insights for Australia’s chicken meat industry Understanding the current and future opportunities and barriers to continued consumer demands for chicken meat can help inform the planning and development of the industry, … Read More Consumer
