In 2022, the Australian chicken meat industry tasked AgriFutures Australia and its Chicken Meat Program with commissioning and managing the industry’s first materiality assessment. The materiality assessment aimed to show which topics – issues, risks and opportunities – were of greatest importance to the industry and its stakeholders, and to inform sustainability efforts across the…
Wild birds come into contact with backyard chicken flocks more frequently than people realise, creating a pathway for pathogens to transmit back and forth, according to new research from the University of Georgia in the US. Such pathways increase the risk for spill-over events that can threaten the health of all these groups – wild…
November 2022 poultry industry headlines: SA and NSW scoop egg industry awards Ideas Exchange indicates poultry industry future Chickens fed hormones or steroids More veneration than consumption Funds and support for Vic’s flood affected Aussie Pumps here to help Free online biosecurity course for meat chicken growers Victorian egg farmers dinner Applications extended for AgriFutures…
A chicken processing plant needed aeration to reduce odours associated with its wastewater treatment system. aerators The plant had a large 350,000-litre tank with in-flows exceeding four megalitres per day. The owners also wanted a system that was easy to maintain and safe for operators. Engineers at the plant selected a Venturi aeration system that…
Leaders from Australia’s livestock industries have witnessed how travellers to and from countries such as Indonesia are exposed to more than 20 biosecurity touch points, enhancing the biosecurity wall protecting Australia from exotic animal diseases, according to a press release from Australia’s meat sector, including Meat and Livestock Australia. The behind-the-scenes inspection of Sydney’s International…
After seven long years in development, Australia’s poultry standards and guidelines document has been published and includes some welcome – and long overdue – recommendations for improvements to the welfare of hundreds of millions of birds. The standards are yet to be endorsed by state and territory agriculture ministers and ideally, will underpin state and…
October 2022 poultry industry headlines: EFA award finalists announced 2022 World Poultry Congress focused on industry quality AI grain assessment for improved returns Countdown to Ag Day Eggs are excellent wherever you are Subway Meats does its bit for chook welfare Personal meat import ban Ag minster approves AgriFutures roadmap Bird hygiene the Aussie way…
Spotty liver disease is an emerging disease in extensively housed poultry. It’s most commonly seen in free range layer hens but has also been reported in broiler breeders. The signs of disease are variable, ranging from low bird mortality with minimal impact on production to a sudden onset of significant mortality with a reduction in…
Alltech has released data from a new meta-analysis – published in Poultry Science – that demonstrates the impacts of mycotoxins on broiler productivity and the positive effect of yeast cell wall extract supplementation during a mycotoxin challenge on the performance, livability and environmental sustainability of broiler production. The first study of its kind in boiler…
In late July, Poultry Hub Australia had the pleasure of hosting 15 eager PhD students at Poultry Grad, which was held in Geelong, Victoria. We started day one with talks from Mark Dunlop from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland, Kat Matthews and Megan Craven from Deakin University and Matt Hilliar from Turosi.…