News published on October 21, 2011
On Wednesday 14 September, the NSW Farmers Association held its annual Poultry Field Day at Sydney Showground's Howie Complex. Chief Executive Officer of the Poultry CRC, Professor Mingan Choct, joined Educati...
News published on July 20, 2011
Developing effective delivery of biologically active molecules to the maturing egg embryo is the focus of research being undertaken by Dr Tim Mahony at The University of Queensland, in a collaborative project ...
News published on April 5, 2011
A recent study at The University of Sydney, funded by the Poultry CRC examined how temperature and humidity during egg incubation can affect the long-term leg strength of fast growing meat chickens (broilers)....
News published on September 11, 2009
A recent Poultry CRC study has shown that broilers raised on fibrous litter are generally more uniform in feed consumption, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR) and, most importantly, body weight. This potentially grea...
News published on August 29, 2008
A Poultry CRC researcher based at the Australian Centre for Poultry Immunogenomics is using emerging biotechnologies to detect avian influenza across a range of bird species. Viral diseases such as avian influ...
News published on April 25, 2008
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 bir...