Current Research Programs

• Two year AECL funded project on "Salmonella control in commercial layer flocks".
• Australian Poultry CRC project on "Effects of incubation differences on broiler chicken skeletal integrity".
• Meat and Livestock Australia project on "Strategies to identify and develop bioactive peptides in meat and bone meal (MBM)".
• RIRDC Chicken Meat project "physiological and nutritional approaches to alleviate heat stress in broiler chickens".
• RIRDC New Animal Industries project "Efficient, environment and bird friendly duck production".
• AECL funded project "Corticosterone concentration in egg albumen being determined as a non-invasive measure of stress in hens maintained in different housing systems".
• RIRDC Chicken Meat project investigating the "Effects of steam pelleting temperatures and grain particle size/texture on the performance of broilers offered sorghum-based diets".
• Collaborative AECL project with University of Melbourne on "The welfare of laying hens in cages" along with a study on "The importance of rearing environment, space and nests for haying hens in cages".
• Commercially funded project “Phytate-free nutrition” to assess the effect of phytate on mineral, energy and protein metabolism in poultry.
• Commercially funded project “Exogenous enzymes for poultry” to assess the effect of various carbohydrases, proteases and phytases on the digestibility of poultry diets.
• Commercially funded project “Effect of yeast products on poultry nutrition and gut health”.