ABOVE: Conventional cage eggs have the least risk of being impacted by disease. Photo: Klaus Nielsen In July 2023, a joint meeting of the federal and all state agriculture ministers is expected to endorse an updated version of the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry. This document applies to all industries that work…
ABOVE: The Fook Wong chicken name comes from a merging of the Chinese words ‘fook’ meaning happiness and ‘wong’ meaning to feel royal. Australia’s taste for specialty poultry is undergoing a transformation with home-grown Asian-inspired chickens, cockerel and game birds making their way into more restaurants, retail spaces, and home cooks’ kitchens than ever before.…
ABOVE: The age of broilers has a significant effect on how well they digest and absorb energy-yielding nutrients and amino acids. meat The age of broilers has a significant effect on how well they digest and absorb energy-yielding nutrients and amino acids. The capacity of the digestive tract to digest and absorb nutrients is limited…
July 2023 poultry industry headlines: Oz safer than ever with new industry traceability tools Poultry Hub Australia onwards and upwards Egg industry stalwarts retire from family-run farm When two roosters are on same menu Egg Farmers of Australia Industry Recognition Awards Tickets on sale for AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award gala dinner ACMF’s new deputy…
June 2023 poultry industry headlines: Poultry industry veteran Dr Vivien Kite retires Project completed and new staff welcomed AMIC announces workforce program Gen Egg active on many egg forums Chickens and eggs come home to rooster A chat with Australian Chicken Meat Federation CEO Poultry shed clean up education Aussie Pumps turns thirty Australian…
ABOVE: Scientists versus farmers – lab-grown meat could soon be legally sold in Australia, but it’s not without opposition. After a Sydney company’s application to produce quail, Australia’s food regulator is deciding whether laboratory-grown meat can be sold to consumers. In a Sydney warehouse, with no animals, producers are trying to grow enough meat to…
ABOVE: While the researchers were able to replicate necrotic enteritis for research purposes. Their next challenge lies in fully understanding how clostridium perfringens infects poultry and causes its devastating effects. Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine are working to develop a vaccine for necrotic enteritis, a devastating disease that causes enormous…
ABOVE: Staff will care for the turkey poults during their mandatory 13-week stay in quarantine. Australia’s state-of-the-art avian quarantine facility is filling the role of midwife to nearly 3000 turkey poults in Victoria. The team at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Post Entry Quarantine facility in Mickleham together with industry experts have nurtured…
May 2023 poultry industry headlines: NSW Farmers Egg Committee update Meeting Commissioner for Modern Manufacturing Quarantined turkey poults nearly ready to fly the coop Sleep cycle of three billion dollar birds matters Colourful caged hens debate Success in replicating poultry disease key to prevention Egg production better in extensive environments AMR in Aussie chicken…
ABOVE: A new video produced by Humans of Agriculture showcases what higher animal welfare standards look like on Australian free range and conventional chicken farms under the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme. HUMANS of Agriculture has produced a new video featuring some Australian Chicken Meat Federation members, which showcases what higher animal welfare standards look like…