The O’Kane Review of the CRC Program
AUSTRALIA - Poultry CRC presents another edition of eChook.

A New Tool in the Fight against Bird Flu
AUSTRALIA - 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.

A Scientific Approach to Bird Welfare
AUSTRALIA - The Australian poultry industries have taken a number of pro-active steps to improve bird welfare, not only because healthy, stress-free birds are more productive but also because farmers are concerned for the welfare of their flocks. One...

Lawyer Fights Farmers on Animal Welfare
AUSTRALIA - A lawyer hired by the federal government to examine Australia's animal welfare strategy says farmers are failing to make sound arguments in support of their practices.

Chicken Farmers React against Celebrity Chef Show
AUSTRALIA - Farmers are crying 'foul' over a new documentary showing TV chef Jamie Oliver slaughtering poultry.

CSIRO Opens Rapid Response Animal Disease Centre
AUSTRALIA - The Federal Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, officially opened CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Diagnostic Emergency Response Laboratory (DERL) at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)...

Third Council Takes Stand against Battery Eggs
AUSTRALIA - Launceston City Council has become the third in Tasmania to ban the use of battery eggs in its catering.

Poultry CRC Wins Prestigious International Award
AUSTRALIA - Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has won the prestigious World’s Poultry Science Association’s Industry/Organisation Award, making it the leading poultry research body in the world.

The Quest for a 'Green' Agricultural System
AUSTRALIA - CSIRO research underway in Central Queensland’s cattle country is investigating whether the integration of trees, pasture and livestock into a single agricultural system will produce greater net returns for producers and the environment.

XIII WPC Report: Huvepharma Adds to Veterinary Pharmaceuticals Range
AUSTRALIA - Huvepharma is adding to its product portfolio of anticoccidials, enzymes and in feed microflora managers with the launch announced this week at World Poultry Congress in Brisbane of a range of veterinary pharmaceuticals for the poultry and...

Poultry CRC: the Leading Global Research Body
AUSTRALIA - This years prestigious Poultry Science Association award has gone to Australia's Poultry Cooperative Research Centre. The award, handed out at the 2008 World's Poultry Congress in Brisbane earlier today, makes Poultry CRC the leading poultry...

XIII WPC Report: "McDonald's leading on Farm Animal Welfare" - Professor John Webster
AUSTRALIA - Professor John Webster a keynote speaker at the World's Poultry Congress and often outspoken critic of the animal welfare standard's of the world's livestock industries identified McDonald's as leading the way with their support for the development...

XIII WPC Report: Genetics of the Modern Poultry Industry
AUSTRALIA - Genetic progress is the main reason that there has been such a spectacular improvements in the performance of both meat and laying birds over the last four decades, writes ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden.

XIII WPC Report: New Role for Poultry Outlined
AUSTRALIA - Top scientists from across the globe gathered in Brisbane yesterday to discuss the current threat to food security and how the poultry industry can help alleviate these strains, writes Jackie Linden, Poultrysite Editor.

XIII WPC Report: Animal Welfare and Environment Launch Congress
AUSTRALIA - Animal welfare and the environment launched the first plenary session of the XIII World Poultry Congress in Brisbane Australia, writes Jackie Linden, Editor ThePoultrySite.

Scientists to Eradicate Food-Borne Pathogen Myths
AUSTALIA - The Australian Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries is set to bust global poultry myths this week, with new research on food-borne pathogens.

Cracks in the Australian Free Range Label
AUSTRALIA - A new survey by consumer group Choice has reinforced the need for stricter labelling and regulation for free range eggs in Australia.

Could Chickens Help Ease Poverty?
AUSTRALIA - Professor David Farrell from the University of Queensland is one of the organizers of the World Poultry Congress being held in Brisbane this week.

Free Range and Stale
AUSTRALIA - A recent test on free-range eggs has revealed that over a third are officially stale in compliance with an international freshness scale.

Authorities Approve Avian Flu Vaccine
AUSTRALIA - CSL has received approval to register Panvax for humans

Stirling Products Signs Term Sheet for Insecticide
AUSTRALIA - Stirling Products has signed an agreement in principle with the private Western Australian company Cocky Smart Pty Ltd for the Australian and international rights to its novel parasiticide for the prevention of flies and ticks primarily...

Mood Nutrients in Eggs may Answer Winter Blues?
AUSTRALIA - According to the latest research from the Australian Egg Corporation Limited eggs may well provide an easy well to beat the winter blues. With the onset of winter in Australia many people may feel the affects of Seasonal Affective Disorder,...

Bioproperties' Tinworth Recognised
AUSTRALIA - RMIT University, Melbourne, has conferred a Doctor of Applied Science honoris causa on David Tinworth.

Food, Health and Nutrition: Where Does Chicken Fit ?
AUSTRALIA - A new report launched in Australian Family Physician Journal says that chicken is loaded with nutrition and not saturated fat.

Gecko in Egg Could Hold Key to Salmonella
AUSTRALIA - A tiny gecko that was found in a chicken egg may hold the key to Salmonella food safety, scientists say.