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On December 7, 2011 VNU Exhibitions Europe Bv and NCC Exhibition Organiser(NEO) held a preview for journalists from around the world for the 10th VIV Asia2011 event to he held at the BITEC conference and exhibition facility, Bangkok,Thailand, March 9-11, 2011.

22 Many issues covered at AECL Industry Forum

The 14th Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) Industry Forum was held atthe Stamford Grand Hotel in Glenelg South Australia on November 23-24 and waswell supported by both farmers and suppliers to the layer sector.

26 Mt Barker free range chicken an RSPCA Must

Russell Blaikie, born son of a farmer and politician in Cowaramup, WA and nowMust Winebar chef and part-owner, knows why farm-fresh food deserves its placeon the menu at his highly acclaimed Perth restaurant and he’s prepared to makepublic his reasons why. Brendan Cant reports.

28 Understanding post-hatch feed restrictions effects on broiler

muscle growth

A Poultry CRC research project being undertaken at The Ohio State University isseeking to improve our understanding of early muscle growth and development inbroiler chickens, and the importance of an appropriate immediate post-hatch nutritional regimen to maximise muscle mass accretion and maintain meat quality.

29 Alltech’s Sel-Plex 1000 now OMRI listed

The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI), a United States body tasked withapproving the organic status of materials, has approved Alltech’s application for Sel-Plex 1000.

32 PhD students’s quest to overcome IBH in Australian broiler flocks

The Poultry CRC is supporting a University of Melbourne PhD student in her questto develop a new vaccine for more effective control of inclusion body hepatitis(IBH) outbreaks in Australian broiler flocks.

33 Food labelling laws must be stronger

The Food Regulation Ministerial Council has received the Blewett report on nationalFood Labelling Law and Policy in Adelaide recently but will not release it. GeneEthics calls for immediate publication and says a delay of many months is unacceptable.

10 COVER stORy Kisstech skidsteer broom cleans up

Designed, developed and now marketed by Kisstech Pty Ltd based at Lethbridge, Victoria,the powered 2.7 m four head rotary broom that fits most skid steer loader units, makesshort and efficient work of one of the worst jobs in the poultry industry – cleaning shedfloors.

Neville Perdrisat, Steve Foreman andRon O’Conner from Kisstech.

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PRODUCT NEWS30 Are you losing out on vital energy savings asks Santrev30 Pfizer introduces new formulation of inovocox against coccidiosis31 Jansen expands its egg collection system


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On December 7, 2011 VNU ExhibitionsEurope Bv and NCC Exhibition Organiser(NEO) held a preview for journalists fromaround the world for the 10th VIV Asia2011 event to he held at the BITEC conference and exhibition facility,Bangkok, Thailand, March 9-11, 2011.

Ruwan Berculo, Project Manager Asia-Pacific from VNU EE and TeerayuthLeelakajornkij, Senior Project ManagerVIV Asia NEO Thailand gave an overviewof key themes and concepts for the event.

“Technology will be a highlight cover-ing crop and feed innovations as well asanimal production and processing advances,which overall will cover the entire foodchain under the event’s continuing ‘Fromfeed to meat’ signature,” Mr Berculo said.

There will be more than 650 exhibitorsfrom 45 countries displaying in three exhibition halls covering 15000 squaremetres, and what organisers claim will bethe world’s largest presentation of suppliersin additives and animal health.

“This record number of exhibitors forVIV Asia 2011 exceeds the 2009 participa-tion of 550 and includes a 25% increase inbooth size for poultry equipment.

“We have created smart solutions formid sized poultry meat processing and egghandling operations,” he added.

At least 50% of visitors to VIV Asia2011 are expected to be involved with thepoultry sector, with the pig and cattleindustry represented.

The event is co-located with AquaticAsia 2011, an independent trade showreflecting the growing importance of aqua-culture in the Asian region.

The organisers have a target of 22,000visitors from more than 95 countries forthe 2011 event.

“We anticipate that around 50% of

visitors will be from Thailand and we areseeing increased participation fromVietnam and India.”

Mr Berculo explained special themesof VIV Asia 2011 including Feedtech-Croptech, LAB@VIV Asia, ChinaVisionsand, ‘New in Town’.

Feedtech-Croptech is a dedicated eventfor the Asia-Pacific milling industries withits own pavilion for exhibitors and its ownconference sessions.

Feedtech-Croptech Asia 2011 Walk is aguided tour for visitors of exhibitors activein milling, processing, storage and handlingat VIV Asia 2011.

“Only a total supply chain approachcan ensure the production of safe foodproducts and laboratories hold a key position in this field as their tests detecterrors early in the process,” the eventorganisers state.

LAB@VIV Asia 2011 is a specialistevent for exhibitors from the laboratorysector to give buyers, suppliers, researchersand opinion leaders the opportunity to dobusiness in a customised environment.

The event is a co-production of UKbased Positive Action Publications Ltd andthe organisers of VIV Asia 2011.

Apart from the display pavilion there isa seminar with papers to better inform labprofessionals and present new products anddevelopments.

On March 7 and 8, the Monday andTuesday before the commencement ofVIVAsia 2011 itself, there are independenttechnical conferences for laboratory profes-sionals – QA in Food Labs Conference onMarch 7 and a mycotoxins conference onMarch 8.

ChinaVisions, focused on the growingChinese protein market, is a event that willconnect key buyers, suppliers and govern-

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ment officials active in the Chinese feed tomeat industries.

The format of the event is a combinedconference and trade dinner focused onnetworking opportunities and will takeplace on March 9 at BITEC.

ChinaVisions is an invitation only jointventure event organised by VIV Asia 2011and Singapore based publishers eFeedlink.

New in Town is an initiative created byVIV organisers offering first timeexhibitors, including small companies withinternational ambitions, a stepping stoneinto the Feed to Meat market.

Visitors will be able to meet potentialnew suppliers at the two ‘New in Town’Pavilions in Halls 1 and 3.

“With 10 successful shows behind uswe aim to look 10 years ahead,” saidTeerayuth Leelakajornkij.

“So we are organising Focus 2021 withRabobank International as part of the official opening ceremony on March 9.

“One of Rabobank’s leading keynotespeakers will outline what they see as afuture outlook on animal production inAsia-Pacific over the coming 10 years.”

Ms Ladda Mongkolchaivivat, NCCVIV Asia General Manager, pointed to thestrong demand for protein coming fromChina and the SE Asian region as the economic recovery quickens.

“New technologies, many of which willbe on display in the trade exhibition andexplained in seminars, will provide answersfor future livestock industry expansion,”she said.

Ms Supawan Teerarat, ExhibitionDirector of the Thailand Exhibition Bureaupointed to the importance of Thailand andBangkok in particular as a commercial hubfor not only the growing ASEAN nationsbut also for South China and India.

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Dr Pennapa Matayompong, a seniorscientist from the Thai governmentdepartment of livestock with responsibili-ties for safety and quality issues, outlinedkey facets of livestock production fromfarm to fork in Thailand.

“Compartmentalisation was particularlyimportant in Thailand’s poultry industryin eradicating endemic disease and address-ing other issues vital to facilitating trade.

“Apart from food safety, quality anddisease eradication issues, animal welfare isa key principal for animal health.

“Traceability, residue control programsin all stages of production were vital tomaintaining exports as well as in thedomestic market.

“Improvement is resource use efficiencyand reducing the carbon footprint of intensive livestock industries had joinedfood safety and quality as a key issue,” DrMatayompong concluded.

Following the VIV Asia 2011 aFeedtech-Croptech Forum featured speakerswhose fields of expertise were also relevantto the ChinaVisions and Lab@VIVAsiaevents.

Eric Brooks, Senior Analyst witheFeedlink, in his paper ‘Changing how weeat & changing the world’, examined Thaisupply, Chinese demand and the unfoldingstory of East Asian agribusiness.

“Ever time we hear about the risingprice of corn, soy or the meat we buy, newsreports usually trace it back to high importdemand by China or other developingcountries.

“This is 100% true and behind suchmovements lies the story of East Asia’sagribusiness industry,” Mr Brooks said.

“Demand for Asian meat and supplyinputs has been mostly driven by Chinawhile actual agribusiness supply chaintransformation has mostly happened inThailand.”

Apart from the Chinese and Thai feedmeat production situation, Mr Brooksrevealed that countries like Vietnam wererapidly expanding feed imports: a 425%jump in corn imports over the last six yearsand a 1000% rise in DDGS imports since2005.

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“East Asia will lead the world inincome growth, compounded by a large,rising population and further large increasesin meat demand are inevitable.

“Both inside Thailand and across Asia,Thai integrators will accelerate the integra-tion of Asian feed to meat supply chains asThai foreign investment introduces state ofthe art technologies to previously informally(largely semi domestic) run operations.

“China has a scale advantage andquickly adopts leading edge agribusinesstechnologies; the region has all the ele-ments required for a successful agribusi-ness supply chain – except for a domesticsupply of feed inputs,” Mr Brooks said.

Dr Pornsak Hirunpatawong, AreaManager the ISA, Hendricks GeneticsCompany, in his paper ‘Trends and devel-opments in the layer industry and breedingprogram’ identified key trends in majormarkets like the US and EU (and includ-ing Aust/NZ) such as change to alternativesystems, legal pressures on beak trimmingand more regulation on use of antibiotics.

“Other considerations were more by-products, like DDGs as feed ingredientsand longer cycles for parentstock and com-mercial birds,” he said.

“Between 1990 and 2008 the commer-cial layer has gained about 70 eggs mostlydue to genetic improvement and extensionof cycle from 68 to 75 weeks, a parentstock female has gained about 15 to 20 CSfemales.”

Dr Hirunpatawong predicted that by2020, the commercial layer will produceabout 500 eggs: parent stock females willproduce about 120 DOC (cycle of PS until80 weeks of age).

“With the decreased number of commercial day old chicks, and with theincrease of female DOCs produced per PS,

Nigel Horrocks from Positive Action Publications and Dr Sompiss Jullabutradee,Managing Director of G&S Agri Consultant Co., Ltd

the number of PS sold will decrease signifi-cantly and this will result in strong commercial consequences.”

“ISA will perform selection for criticaltraits including liveability, overall egg quality, laying persistency, feed conversionand the egg weight curve.

“Genomic selection in important ISAlines with 60,000 gene markers will resultin more and quicker genetic progress with afocus on previously difficult traits.

“ISA has developed the DNS techniqueto eliminate fishy taint in eggs caused byTMA in layers.

“We have obtained exclusive rights toperform genetic testing against fishy taintin chicken: brown layers, free of this muta-tion are much more flexible to differencesin feed ingredients such as rapeseed and allbrown parent stock are TMA free,” DrHirunpatawong concluded.

Joos Decock, Export Sales ManagerAsia/Oceania of Jansen Poultry Equipmentnext gave journalists an insight into ‘Thefuture of poultry housing’ covering broilerand layer breeders, broilers for meat production and laying hens.

“For broiler and layer breeders modernpoultry housing like Jansen designs offeredautomation leading to both labour costreduction and better quality as well asdelivering food safety benefits and betteroverall hygiene levels,” Mr Decock stated.

“By minimising handling of eggsthrough automatic laying nests and auto-matic collection, birds were disturbed lessleading to more fertile eggs.

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Of the many exhibitors at PIX2010, one that drew a lot of interest fromgrowers was the skidsteer broom attachmentfor cleaning poultry shed floors.

Designed, developed and now marketedby Kisstech Pty Ltd based at Lethbridge,Victoria, the powered 2.7 m four headrotary broom that fits most skid steer loaderunits makes short and efficient work of one

of the worst jobs in the poultry industry –cleaning shed floors.

Cleaning poultry sheds effectively, andbroiler housing in particular, has alwaysbeen a challenging task but modern tunnelshed design with smooth internals andenclosed structure water proof lighting andefficient high pressure water blasters hasmade the task easier.

Cleaning shed floors, in particularuneven rammed earth and clay surfaces, stillpresents difficulties however.

Apart from the basic approach of ashovel and hard manual labour, there arepowered brooms available but until theintroduction of the Kisstech Skidsteerbroom there has not been an effective andfast answer to a the thankless task of efficiently and quickly cleaning shed floors.

Theses facts were well known to RonO’Conner and Garry Baum, good friendsand now the inventors and constructors ofKisstech Skidsteer Broom.

Garry grew up on a farm and ran anearthmoving business before setting up hispoultry shed contact cleaning enterprise 15years ago. w

Trying to keep pace with a growingbusiness and the ever increasing need toimprove the effectiveness of the shed cleaning process was sorely trying Garry’spatience.

“We tried numerous approaches before Irealised the only real answer was to come upwith our own solution,” he said.

Ron, apart from having a good longterm working knowledge of the poultryindustry, loves finding effective mechanicalsolutions to farmers’ problems and prior tobeing involved with the Kisstech SkidsteerBroom had designed a bucket for skidsteerunits that better suited farmer’s needs.

So it was, with a sense of urgency thatthe Kisstech partnership was formed and alittle over three years ago, after clear designparameters were established, a prototype wasbuilt using a ride-on mower as the ‘mule’ forthe powered poultry shed broom.

The B&P Partnership, consists of GarryBaum (owner), Neville Perdrisat (owner)Steve Foreman (subcontractor) and RonO’Connor (subcontractor).

“Though only a three broom unit, theprototype demonstrated to us that we wereon the right track and we then proceededwith the current four broom 2.7 metreKisstech product that is now on the market,” Ron said.

“We had to come up with a robust unitthat could clean difficult areas like shed corners and around the posts that are typicalin older sheds.

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Ron O’Conner (left) and Garry Baum, inventors and constructers of the Kisstech Skidsteer Broom, seenhere at PIX 2010.

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able to clean uneven surfaces typical of clayand dirt floors without damaging them –previous experience using powered barrelbrooms showed up their limitations on thesesurfaces.”

“The unit had to be easy to use, andbecause we use different broom heads forthe range of floor surfaces including roadbase and concrete as well as clay, the task ofchanging broom heads needs to be simpleand quick,” Ron explained.

“Above all we needed to reduce the timeneeded to clean shed floors from aroundtwo to three hours using the manualapproach to less than half and hour with theskidsteer powered broom.”

In operation, the driver of a skidsteerunit simply lowers the broom heads ontothe floor surface and manoeuvres the vehicleas required to reach all areas that need cleaning.

The broom heads are rotated byhydraulic motors linked to the skidsteerspower systems though top quality industrialhigh-pressure hoses.

The Kisstech broom system floats overthe floor surface with the heads angled at 45degrees toward the direction of travel, thusmaximising the contact of the rotating bristles with floor surfaces.

Ron explained that the hydraulic powersystem, including the broom head motors,are similar to that used in typical councilstreet sweeping equipment.

“To cope with the variety of poultryshed flooring material, we offer a range ofbroom heads with polyurethane, combina-tion nylon/steel and wire for wet and concrete floors – basically the drier the floorsurface the lighter the bristles required,” Ronexplained.

“Changing the broom heads takes onlya couple of minutes by undoing, thenretightening a single bolt.”

“We recognise that the KisstechSkidsteer Broom is likely to lead a hard life,so we built the supporting frame from 6mmsteel which is sand blasted, zinc coated andfinished with a 2-pack paint finish.”

Poultry Digest was impressed by theKisstech Skidsteer Poultry Shed Broomwhen we examined it and talked to Garryand Ron at PIX 2010 and we were delightedto take up an offer to see the unit performin typical broiler shed conditions.

In November 2010 we joined Ron andmembers of Garry’s shed cleaning crew at PJBroilers located near Geelong, Victoria.

The four-shed farm, a broiler contractgrower for Turi Foods (La Ionica) consists offour sheds, two of which have been upgradedto full tunnel ventilation and two conven-tional sheds.

The floor surface in the shed beingcleaned at the time of our visit was dirt withsome uneven areas and support posts that

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the cleaning process – it’s not hard to see why Garry’s cleaningcrews love the units so much.

The angled brooms combined with the manoeuvrability of theBobcat reached every nook and cranny of the floor and floor to wallsurface.

Ron’s claim made at PIX 2010 that the Kisstech unit couldclean 360 degrees around supports was well and truly vindicated.

“Not only does the Kisstech broom do a great job it offers OH&S benefits to anyone that is faced with the shed cleaning task asthe time spent in an unfriendly environment is reduced by around600% in a typical broiler shed,” Ron pointed out.

The demonstration is convincing.Discussing the Kisstech Skidsteer Broom over lunch with Ron

and Gary we discuss the further potential for their invention.“Apart from use in broiler and layer sheds we have had interest

from golf course maintenance crews and from other sectors of agriculture wanting to clean sheds and yards,” Garry said.

“We feel that as a result of our own experience and Ron’smechanical abilities we really have come up with a durable productthat in typical poultry industry situations will result in a positivereturn on investment in less than two years.

”The first full scale Kisstech 4 broom prototype was tested forover a year before we went into full scale production and we workedthat unit very hard indeed,” he said.

Kisstech offers a 12 month warranty and full spare parts back-up and the unit is very easy to maintain,” Garry added.

The cost of the basic unit is $15,000 (plus GST) so for operators of farms with six sheds or more it’s a no brainer.

For smaller farms a co-operative approach of sharing a Kisstech

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broom with one or more contract growers in the same area seems asensible strategy.

The Kisstech Skidsteer Poultry Shed Broom demonstrates thatthose within the industry can come up with novel solutions tointractable problems.

The Kisstech broom will not only improve the lives of poultry shedcleaners but also help to improve basic industry biosecurity at a timewhen pharmaceutical options, like antibiotics to maintain poultryhealth standards, may be in the future reduced by either legislation orconsumer pressures.

Also, as the industry moves towards alternative production systems like free range and organics, on-farm cleaning tasks could dic-tate a mechanised approach, as offered by Kisstech, to maintain accept-able cleanliness standards.

Certainly Rod and Garry’s invention has attracted attentionbeyond the poultry industry and early last year the Kisstech SkidsteerPoultry Shed Broom featured on the ABC television program ‘New Inventors’.

Putting poultry industry issues apart, it’s no secret that Australiafaces a labour shortage in many industries.

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DuPont plans to expand its reach in indus-trial biotechnology with its announcementrecently that it will buy Danisco Inc., theCopenhagen-based enzyme and specialtyfood ingredients giant, in a deal worth $6.3billion, DuPont said in a news release.

DuPont, based in Wilmington, Del.,has entered into a definitive agreement forthe acquisition of Danisco for $5.8 billionin cash and assumption of $500 million ofDanisco net debt.

The combination will put DuPont in aposition to better address “global challengesin food production and reduced fossil fuelconsumption,” the company said. Daniscooffers clear synergies with DuPontNutrition & Health and AppliedBioSciences, according to the news release.

The deal must be approved by Daniscoshareholders. That company’s board is recommending the transaction beapproved.

Danisco makes specialty food ingredi-ents including enablers, cultures and sweet-eners, that generate about 65% of totalsales; and Genencor, its enzymes division,represents 35% of total sales.

Danisco and DuPont are already jointventure partners in the development of cellulosic ethanol technology. Danisco hasnearly 7,000 employees globally with operations in 23 countries.

Innovation with Integrity will serve as thetheme for the 20th anniversary of NovusInternational, Inc., which will celebrate thecompany’s milestone throughout 2011.

Celebrations began with events andcustomer appreciation dinners at Asian-Pacific Aquaculture in Kochi, India andInternational Poultry Expo in Atlanta,Georgia.

“Innovation with Integrity has been acentral attribute of Novus culture from thebeginning. Our heritage has been built ondeveloping innovative, science-based healththrough nutrition products for livestock,pets and people,” explained Thad Simons,President and CEO of Novus.

“We are proud of our global networkof employees, customers and partnershipsand excited to embark on a year of celebra-tion with the many people who supportour continued growth and success.

“The company was founded in 1991,and today has employees working in morethan 90 countries, serving more than 3,000customers worldwide.

“Novus has facilities including corpo-rate offices, research and development labo-ratories, and manufacturing operations inmore than 35 countries, as well as officeswith field staff in an additional 60 countries.

“Innovation with Integrity refers to ourcommitment to our clients, the industryand the environment.

“We seek to leverage technology andinnovation to expand the capability of bestpractice agriculture to meet the world’sgrowing demand for food,” he added.

“Our vision to help feed the worldaffordable, wholesome food and achieve ahigher quality of life is always at the fore-front of our thinking.

Novus has planned a number of activities throughout the year to commem-orate its 20th anniversary, including customer appreciation dinners across theglobe, VIP tradeshow events, special customer recognition activities and a galacelebration at the Global Headquarters.

During the rebid process in 2009, thePoultry CRC applied for a ScienceLeveraging Fund (SLF) Grant from theNew South Wales Government and wassuccessful in obtaining $500,000.

This fund was specifically designed tosupport poultry research facilities in NSW-based universities that were partners in thePoultry CRC bid.

At the time of the application, theUniversity of New England (UNE) was theonly university that provided the necessaryinformation enabling the CRC to submitthe application in time.

The CRC, in turn, provided thesefunds to UNE to deliver the Services to theCRC, under the leadership of ProfessorSteve Walkden-Brown and Mr AndrewGasbarri.

This agreement represents a tremen-dous opportunity for the Australian poultryindustry in terms of enhancing researchcapacity and skills development.

The project has a number of objectives,including the establishment of the world’sfirst closed circuit calorimeter facility atUNE, which will be an invaluable resourcefor the nation’s nutrition researchers andaligns directly with the CRC’s focus on NetEnergy research.

Another objective pertains to theupgrading of UNE’s Poultry Research Farmwhich will greatly improve the State ofNew South Wales’ and the nation’s abilityto deliver world-class education and train-ing in poultry science and production.


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Many issues covered at AECL Industry Forum

The 14th Australian Egg CorporationLimited (AECL) Industry Forum was heldat the Stamford Grand Hotel in GlenelgSouth Australia on November 23-24 andwas well supported by both farmers andsuppliers to the layer sector.

Many issues were covered with a focuson sustainability, consumer attitudes andthe move towards better labelling andtraceability protocols.

AECL Chairman Jeff Ironside openedthe proceedings and first up warned of asituation of overproduction in early 2011and suggested that growers should reducethe number of older birds at the earliestpossible opportunity.

Inevitably the topic of a reduction inreturns to free range growers in Novemberwas raised as a portent of things to come.

The first keynote speaker was DrAaron Cowieson, recently appointed to thePoultry Research Foundation at the University of Sydney, who presented apaper “The contribution of microbial phytase to the sustainability of the globalpoultry industry.

Dr Cowieson raised the topic of foodsecurity with a rapidly growing populationand suggested that all scientific meansshould be employed to help solve the feedfood situation. “Can we afford to ignorethe potential of GM?” was one of the questions he asked.

“Though agriculture is only responsiblefor 13% of global ‘greenhouse’ gases andonly 5.4% associated with livestock animalsthe industry still has a responsibility tominimise its carbon footprint,” he said.

“Sustainability and trade liberalisationmay well become more significant consid-erations in the coming years.

“Poultry is certainly competitive fromthe sustainability point of view when com-pared to other livestock industries,” DrCowieson suggested.

Moving from environment and globaleconomic issues, Dr Cowieson gave anexcellent guide to phytase, its benefits, limitations and overall significance in poultry diets.

In his conclusion Dr Cowieson statedthat microbial phytase could contribute toeconomically sustainable growth in thelayer by reducing N and P loss from thesystem and improve the industries economicposition.

The next speaker, well known to the

layer industry was Derek Quirke, Directorof the Centre of International Economicswhose report ‘Layer and egg forecasting’revealed that the industry had done excep-tionally well and that free range productionwas the single most significant contributorto growth.

“This year (2010) we have two excep-tionally large pullet placements in themonths of April (1.4 million) and July, significantly higher than in 2009.

“While the industry is expanding it’sthe relative rate of growth that’s important:free range accounts for about 90% of thegrowth and has been growing at 15% ayear,” Mr Quirke said.

“Retail egg sales since 2007 have beengrowing at an overall rate of around 7%with alternative production the standout atclose to 20% and cage eggs growing in linewith population increase.

“After periods of shortage earlier in2010, placements in July look like leadingto oversupply in early 2011 leading toinevitable falls in price,” Mr Quirkewarned.

“I think this situation can be managedby reducing slaughter age of current flocksfrom 80 weeks to 77/78 weeks. I don’tthink that the industry needs to reduceoverall capacity,” Mr Quirke concluded.

‘The Australian egg industry scorecard,fact from fiction’ was the title of theaddress given by James Kellaway, ManagingDirector of AECL.

Mr Kellaway quoted figures from2000-2009 and extrapolated estimates toend 2010 in some cases.

“The Australian population in the2000/2009 period had increased by 15%with bird placements (up to 82 weeks) up34% (2000/2010 45%), egg production bydozens up 33% (up 38% if 2010 included).

“The critical statistic of egg consump-tion per capita had increased by 18% from164 to 193 eggs pp pa 2000/2009 (spotbasis 206 by December 2010).

“The gross value of production hadincreased by 81% 2000/2009 but signifi-cant drops in the value of returns at thebeginning and end of 2010 would notimprove that figure,” Mr Kellaway con-cluded.

AECL Project Manager HeatherPalmer outlined the launch of a new eggstandard for the industry with the aim forit to be operational by April 2011. w

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For those in the industry who are notfully aware of coming Australian EggStandard requirements, or others consider-ing entering the layer sector, contactHeather at AECL on (02) 9409 6905 oremail [email protected] or go to the AECLwebsite www.aecl.org.au

AECL’s Program Manager Marketing,Yelli Kruger, in her address, covered keytopics, ‘Growing the egg category sustain-ably, and marketing awareness and educa-tion’.

Ms Kruger outlined strategies that continue to break down the chloresterolbased resistance amongst some GPs andhealth professionals. The Egg NutritionCouncil website is a key element in thisaim – go to www.enc.com.au

Eugene McGahan from FSAEnvironmental in his paper ‘Challengesand opportunities in environmental

management for the egg industry’ remindeddelegates of increasing consumer interest incarbon footprint issues in food production,also the increasing cost of renewable energy.

“Be aware of new lines of attack againstintensive livestock industries by animalwelfare groups on environmental issues,” hewarned.

Given the increasing relevance of environmental and sustainability issues toall sectors of the layer industry, and in particular free range, Poultry Digest hopesto run Mr McGahan’s paper at length in alater issue in 2011.

Guest speakers from The NetherlandsJob Beekhuis from Ovotrack and MaurikWouters from Nuovo, spoke on the vitaland current topic, ‘Tracking and tracing inthe Australian egg industry’.

“Traceabilty is necessary for protectingyour industry in a media sensitive environ-ment: it supports freedom of choice andbuilds consumer confidence,” Mr Wouterssaid.

“Initiate it yourself before regulatorsforce the issue and use traceability tools formanagement and marketing exercises,” hesuggested.

This was a great paper and we will runit in full with additional product informa-tion in a future issue.

Greg Mills, Livestock Officer, NSWDepartment of Industry Development,based in Moree, outlined nine new industryprojects for 2010/11 including some novelways to communicate with industry usingwebinar podcast, video and QR codes.

Poultry Digest also has to thank Gregfor transposing many of the papers at theAECL forum into presentation slide/audiofiles – beats pen and paper, that’s for sure!

As in the past the 14th AECL Forumwas informative and absolutely relevant notonly to the layer industry but many aspectsof the overall poultry sector.

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Assistant Manager(Production Farms)

Aviagen is the world’s leading poultry breeding company, producingand selling day old broiler breeder grandparent and parent chicks tosupply customers in 120 countries around the world. Aviagen Groupis a global business and we have wholly owned operations in Europe,USA, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and India and joint ventures inEurope, Asia, Turkey and South Africa.

Aviagen Australia is a relatively new part of this global organizationwith grandparent operations (GP), located at Coleambally, NSW.Due to a departmental restructure we are now recruiting two selfmotivated and organized Assistant Farm Managers to assist in the day to day operation of the site.

Reporting to the Production Manager these position are hands onmanagement posts and will play a key role within the existing management team at Coleambally.

Primary duties of the position include:• Enforcing strict bio-security policies set out by senior management• Day to day management of all aspects of a modern broiler breederunit including bird welfare, bodyweight management, feeding practice, drinkermanagement, lighting and ventilation control

• Management of individual flocks to achieve excellent biologicalperformance and the maximum number of clean, fertile hatchingeggs

• Line management responsibilities for permanent and casualemployees, including work planning, staff welfare and development

• Report Repairs and Maintenance requirements• Ensure Aviagen Health and Safety policies and procedures are followed at all times

Skills and experience required:• Excellent bird husbandry skills and poultry management knowledgedemonstrable by past achievements in a similar position of no lessthan 3 years

• Excellent communication skills with well developed interpersonalskills are a must

• Analytical and practical problem solving skills are essential• Excellent Planning, Organisational and Leadership skills• Demonstrated ability to search for continuous improvements• A good level of computer literacy• Applications with a formal qualification in poultry or animal science are welcomed

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. If interest-ed a detailed position description can be emailed to you, contactRebecca Ford directly.

Applications close Friday 11th March 2011. Initial applications arerequired with a covering letter and detailed CV including referee contact details to Rebecca Ford, Aviagen Australia Pty Ltd PO Box1047, Griffith, NSW 2680 or by e-mail to [email protected]

Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position.For advice on obtaining Australian work or residence visas visit theAustralian Immigration Service website.

Russell Blaikie, born son of a farmer and politician in Cowaramup,WA and now Must Winebar chef and part-owner, knows whyfarm-fresh food deserves its place on the menu at his highlyacclaimed Perth restaurant and he’s prepared to make public hisreasons why.

“As a kid growing up on the farm, my father taught me that ifcattle were tense when being loaded for the trip to the abattoir,their beef would most likely not taste as good as it could,” he toldan audience of media and food industry identities during theDecember launch of RSPCA approved Mt Barker Free RangeChicken.

“At the retail and restaurant level, there’s also a good feelingcreated with consumers and diners knowing that animals treatedwell will taste better.

“They feel that they can consume their meat with a feeling ofconfidence and that’s good for my business that people feel theycan eat food with integrity.

“I don’t try to overwork the product and I get a great pleasurefrom working with suppliers, such as Mt Barker Free RangeChicken, which has quality and animal welfare in mind, if, for noother reason, than it simply tastes good,” Mr Blaikie said.

On a less serious note, he said he’d heard a rumour that MtBarker chickens were now not only enjoying the comforts of haybales, dust baths and natural perches, but also flat screen televisions.

“But this would rate as cruelty with the way the Ashes cricketis going,” he joked.

Mt Barker Free Range Chicken General Manager, MarkRintoul, after acknowledging the initiative and effort of colleagueand Milne Agrigroup General Manager of MonogastricProduction, David Plant, said the company had opened its doorsto the RSPCA because the owners had always had a priority of notselling meat that an animal had to suffer for.

“We’re always looking to enrich our animals’ lives and we’rereceiving a lot of positive consumer feedback, which we appreciateand welcome,” Mr Rintoul said.

“People want to know where their food comes from and howit’s been grown. In short, they are interested in its provenance.

“There’s been a cultural change in our food habits and con-sumers now expect us to have very high standards,” Mr Rintoulexplained.

Becoming RSPCA Approved was the next logical step for thecompany, which enjoyed a strong reputation in WA as a producerand supplier of humane food.

“We joined the RSPCA Approved farming scheme because wewanted someone independent, an organisation with a reputationthat consumers trusted,” Mr Rintoul said.

“We wanted credible certification that could give extra assurance that what we’re doing is good quality farming and ourchickens are true free-range and enjoy a more natural life.”

According to RSPCA Australia President, Lynne Bradshaw, MtBarker is a leader in its industry and in animal welfare and theRSPCA was delighted to have them on-board as its first chicken

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meat producer.RSPCA Approved Farming aimed to get as many as possible

of the 461 million chickens produced in Australia every year outof conventional systems and onto farms that better met behav-ioural and welfare needs.

RSPCA research shows that 60% of Australians would preferto buy humanely farmed chicken and with one in four groceryshoppers mistrusting food labels, reliable certification like thatprovided by the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme was moreimportant than ever.

Mt Barker poultry are free to roam during the day, shelteredat night, fed natural grains and raised on natural pastures within a50km radius of Mt Barker, a few hours south of Perth in WA’sscenic Great Southern.

According to the company, all staff involved in producing andhandling the chickens are required to act humanely and offer ahigher level of animal welfare than required by law.

The Mt Barker brand guarantees consumers are buying quality,naturally grown chicken, free of artificial hormones and antibioticgrowth promotants.

Mt Barker Free Range Chicken and turkeys (also RSPCAApproved) are available at selected WA butchers and retailers.

Products include: Fresh whole chickens and turkeys in bags;barbecued chickens in bags; prepared trays of chicken and turkey,packed for retail, including breast fillets, thigh fillets, wings, tenderloins and a variety of other packs; value added chicken andturkey products, including sausages, marinaded chicken portions,schnitzels and kebabs; ready to cook meals, made with dicedchicken and fresh ingredients.

Top: (LtoR) Mt Barker GM Mark Rintoul, LynneBradshaw, Australian President RSPCA and RussellBlaikie, Must Winebar Chef. Above: (LtoR) Mt Barkerfree range growers,Tom and Narelle Riggall, MarkRintoul, Melina Tensen, Scientific Officer FarmAnimals, RSPCA and David Plant, Agrigroup GM ofMonogastric Production.



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Understanding post-hatch feed restrictionseffects on broiler muscle growth

A Poultry CRC research project beingundertaken at The Ohio State University isseeking to improve our understanding ofearly muscle growth and development inbroiler chickens, and the importance of anappropriate immediate post-hatch nutri-tional regimen to maximise muscle massaccretion and maintain meat quality.

As per capita consumption of poultrymeat continues to rise worldwide, broilerbreeders and producers are looking to max-imise growth, especially of the breast muscle, which is the most economicallyvaluable part of the carcass.

Modern commercial broilers have avery rapid period of growth after hatch.The current bird is ready for marketbetween 38 and 42 days of age, with theembryonic period of development lasting21 days.

After hatching, including while theyare being handled and shipped, youngbroilers, or poults, will absorb their yolksac, which contains nutrients. Relying onthe yolk sac for immediate post-hatchnutrition makes the handling process easierand more convenient.

Preliminary studies have shown thatfeed restriction during the immediate post-hatch period and relying on the yolk sacappear to suppress the satellite cell (a muscle stem cell responsible for all post-hatch muscle growth in birds and

mammals), leading to intramuscular fat inthe breast muscle.

“Intramuscular fat in the breast willimprove taste and juiciness,” explained theProject Leader, Professor Sandra Velleman,“but the consumer buys breast meatbecause it is reasonable in price, easy toprepare, and most of all, is a lean meatproduct. The breast meat is desired becauseit is low in fat.”

“The other consequence of inhibitingthe satellite cells is that the overall structureof the muscle can be modified and thesemodifications are usually not good. Oftenthere will be muscle degeneration or othercharacteristics that could negatively impactmeat quality.”

Economically, increasing muscle massaccretion, especially the breast muscle,whilst maintaining meat quality, is criticalin maintaining consumer costs at a reason-able price and profit for the poultry indus-try. In the United States, for example, everypercentage point of improvement in breastmeat yield is worth over $300 million tothe broiler industry.

“It is important to develop feed regimens that maximise genetic potentialfor breast muscle yield and quality while maintaining skeletal development,” saidProfessor Velleman.

“The rapid growth post-hatch is associ-ated with tibial dyschondroplasia, ascites,

et cetera,” said Professor Velleman. “One ofthe goals of producers is to allow the skele-ton to develop with a slower growth andthen it is believed the muscle will catch upby a process called compensatory growth.”

“I’m not a believer in compensatorygrowth, which is what lead to my researchon nutritional effects on satellite cells. Ourinitial studies have shown that if you inhibit the cell type responsible forposthatch muscle growth when it has itsmaximal activity, it will not reactivate inthe same fashion later on. What we are try-ing to identify is how to maximise musclegrowth and development without compro-mising the other goals of the industry.”

Professor Velleman, winner of the pres-tigious Poultry Science Association EvonikDeGussa Achievement Award in 2009, andthe International Woman of the Year in1992-93, has worked in the area of avianmuscle biology for over 30 years, and hasalready shown that alterations in the nutri-tional regimen will change breast muscledevelopment, yield, and affect meat quality.

The Poultry CRC funded project willinvolve a number of experimental diettreatments and is scheduled to run untilJune, 2013.

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The Organic Materials Review Institute(OMRI), a United States body tasked withapproving the organic status of materials,has approved Alltech’s application for Sel-Plex 1000.

This approval makes Sel-Plex 1000 thethird product Alltech has listed withOMRI.

Since 1993, Sel-Plex 1000 has been astandard organic selenium source in animaldiets around the world. Dueto the recent OMRI listing,Sel-Plex 1000 can now beincluded in all organic feedingprograms across the UnitedStates and is approved for usein organic farming.

“Alltech is committed toregistration and upholdingregulatory values in marketsaround the world,” said SteveTraylor, Global Director ofRegulatory Affairs.

“With a dedicated focusto standard and specialisedregulatory issues, Alltech canoffer our customers the peaceof mind that they can use aproduct that is not only well


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Coles dropfree rangeegg price

researched, but one that has gone throughthe proper channels and is declared safe forsale. We offer high quality, traceable solu-tions that can be incorporated in a varietyof feeding programs.”

“Selenium is an essential nutrient forboth animals and people, and plays a critical role in metabolism, normal growth,reproductive health, and immunity,” said

Alltech President and Founder, Dr PearseLyons.

“Because of its specific organic form,Sel-Plex selenium is better absorbed andretained by the animal. Sel-Plex providesselenium in nature’s form – the safestform.”

“Sel-Plex is also the only FDA reviewedform of organic selenium, and is the firststrain specific form of organic selenium tobe EU approved for all species (Strain:Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060).

Coles has cut the price of itshome brand free-range eggprices by at least 18% to getcustomers to switch fromcaged eggs.

The supermarket giant’ssurveying revealed that 95%of its customers would switchto free-range if the price werelower. Coles also announcedit would phase out its ownbrand of caged eggs by 2013.

The retail egg market inAustralia is worth $1.5 billion, with more than 345million dozen eggs producedlast year by more than 300egg farms. According toAECL, free-range eggs accountfor just over a quarter of alleggs produced in Australia.



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“A combination of 40 years industry knowledge and experience hasenabled Santrev to initiate some of Australia’s key poultry housingdevelopments, for example the smooth skin shed,” said Santrevpartner Luke Trevanion.

“Santrev has conducted some recent research into the energyefficiency of ceiling sheds and as a result, has identified that therecan be a significant improvement by an alteration in the design andtype of insulation used,” he said.

“One area of potential improvement that Santrev identifiedwas heat transfer or loss via the purlins and trusses, the effects ofwhich can be identified on the thermal image shown here.”

“This image was taken in the Victoria winter. “Note the dark (cold) lines of the purlins and trusses, which

denote heat loss,” Luke suggested.“In the Australian summer, poultry shed roofs can reach 60

degrees centigrade and this radiant heat can travel through thepurlins and into the poultry house, creating hot spots across theceiling area and diffusing heat into the poultry house.

“In making improvements to this area, Santrev has taken asomewhat different approach to ceiling insulation.

“In short, Santrev uses a more efficient type of insulation andemploys an alternative method of installation.

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Pfizer Poultry Health is offering US poultry producers a new formulation of an in-ovo vaccine against coccidiosis.

Inovocox EM1 is specially formulated to fight coccidiosis - theintestinal parasitic disease with an annual estimated global economicimpact exceeding $3 billion. The new formulation accompanies thevaccine Inovocox - launched in early 2009 - as the first and onlycoccidiosis vaccines specifically licensed and designed for in ovoadministration.

Both vaccines contain Eimeria acervulina and E. tenella but,unlike its relative, Inovocox EM1 contains only one strain of E.maxima, meaning there is a reduced risk of disturbing the entero-cytes of the midgut and a lower incidence of necrotic enteritis.

“Inovocox EM1 is the optimal choice for environmental or management conditions that make it challenging for coccidiosisvaccines to be successful,” according to the company.

“In addition, Inovocox EM1and Inovocox are the only coccidiosis vaccines approved by the USDA to be co-administeredin ovo with Marek’s and bursal disease vaccines.

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The MultiFlex Elevator is used totransfer eggs from multiple tiers to a crossconveyor or egg collection table, such aswith a 2-tier laying nest (Premium+, XLand LayMaxx) and VolMaxx communelayer cage and poultry houses with multiplefloors or multi tier Comfort aviary or nestsystems.

The elevator can easily over-bridge differences in height; without having to useelaborate conveyor systems.

According to Jansen the advantagesinclude:• Unique egg carrier, with minimal contactbetween egg and carrier. Therefore thechance of star cracks and cracked eggs pluscontamination are greatly reduced. • The egg transfer between the egg belt andthe MultiFlex Elevator ensures a smoothtransition of the egg unto the elevator. Theegg transfer also separates shell-less eggsand expells any possible dirt into the dirtcollection tray situated underneath. • At both the entry and exit unit of the elevator a unique curve guiding system is implemented. This prevents eggs frombeing bounced into each other. This is animportant characteristic, which preventsstar cracks and cracked eggs. • The integrated dirt collection tray under-neath each transfer and exit unit, whichcollects dirt and shell-less eggs, is easy toremove and clean. • The elevator takes up a minimum ofspace. Because of that more of the house’sfloor space can be used to house morebirds. • The elevator is nearly maintenance free.The chain mechanism for example, hasbeen designed to be self-tightening, whichkeeps maintenance to a minimum. It alsohas a long operating life time, high efficien-cy and a very low break-down level.

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PhD student’s quest to overcome IBH in Australian broiler flocks

The Poultry CRC is supporting aUniversity of Melbourne PhD student inher quest to develop a new vaccine formore effective control of inclusion bodyhepatitis (IBH) outbreaks in Australianbroiler flocks.

Penelope Steer, who grew up on asheep and cattle property in central westernQueensland and graduated from TheUniversity of Queensland with a Bachelorof Applied Science in Rural Technology,majoring in Animal Science, has beenawarded a CRC scholarship to help complete her PhD, which will focus on thedevelopment of a new single or dualserotype vaccine.

Penelope joined Associate ProfessorAmir Noormohammadi, Head of AvianMedicine at The University of Melbourne’sSchool of Veterinary Science, and his teamas a research assistant conducting a projecton detection and typing of FowlAdenoviruses (FAdV) in the Australianpoultry industry.

According to Associate ProfessorNoormohammadi, Penelope’s researchbrought about a novel diagnostic test andstrain identification technique for diseases

caused by FAdV in the poultry industry.“This test is currently in use in our

laboratory as a routine test and has revealedthat outbreaks of IBH in Australia arecaused by two strains of FAdV, 8b and 11,from different serotypic and speciesgroups,” he said.

“Given the lack of cross-protectionbetween serotypes 8b and 11, protectionagainst outbreaks of IBH in Australianbroiler flocks may require a vaccine thatincorporates both of these FAdV serotypes.

“Penelope started her PhD project inmy group earlier this year, with her mainaim to develop a serotype-specific serologi-cal assay for FAdV, assess the efficacy of thecurrently available FAdV vaccine againstthe newly identified FAdV-11, with an ultimate goal of developing a combinedFadV-8b and 11 vaccine.

“Penelope has a broad range of skillscovering advanced molecular biologicaltechniques, protein expression, virologicalmethods and cell culture.

“She is very enthusiastic to learn aboutpoultry diseases and enjoys contributing toroutine diagnostic work, including post-mortem procedure, in our laboratory.”

It was following a stint in Londonworking for Schering Plough on a coccidio-sis vaccine that Penelope decided to focuson animal disease research.

“Based on key findings from anRIRDC funded IBH project, which concluded that IBH outbreaks inAustralian broiler flocks are the result ofinfection with FAdV-8b, which is the sameserotype as the current FAdV vaccine, orFAdV-11, my PhD will focus on develop-ment of a new single or dual serotype vaccine,” said Penelope.

“In the initial stages of my project,during plaque purification of the viruses,the suite of diagnostic PCR tests developedat the APCAH laboratory as part of aPoultry CRC funded project will beemployed to confirm the pure virus stocksare free from contaminating pathogens.”

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Novus appoints head of new south Asia region

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Dr Vaibhav Nagpal

Well known feed industry specialist, DrVaibhav Nagpal has recently been appointed a Sales Director for the newlycreated World Area of South Asia forNovus Animal Nutrition (India) Pvt Ltd.

He received his degree in VeterinarySciences in 1993 from HaryanaAgricultural University located at Hisar,India and then Masters in VeterinarySciences in Microbiology (specializing inVirology) from the Indian VeterinaryResearch Institute, Izatnagar, India in1996.

Dr Nagpal has more than 14 years ofrelevant and practical sales experience inAsia Pacific and also technical support forfeed quality.

He joined Novus in September 2007 tolaunch Feed Quality Division in AsiaPacific.

He was predominantly working onimproving the efficiency of the feed millsand feed hygiene until his recent promo-tion to lead the rapidly developing southAsia business.

According to Dr. Nagpal “the future ofNovus in south Asia looks very positive and

exciting, through organic growth, acquisitions or technology partner-ships.”

To ensure Novus helps to meet thisgrowing regional demand for animal protein, Dr Nagpal has expanded theIndian sales, marketing, technical, customer service/logistics and produc-tion teams to better service customersand provide them sustainable solutionsto help improve their production efficiencies.

US Department of Agriculture scientistshave developed a new vaccine againstNewcastle disease in poultry.

The new vaccine was formulated usingpart of a virus that is similar to the wild-type Newcastle disease, and improves onthe old vaccines by reducing the sheddingof the virus from infected birds to healthybirds.

In addition, the vaccine reduces themortality and severity of NDV symptomsin poultry.

The majority of other NDV vaccinesused in the US were formulated based onthe version of the virus isolated in the1940s, according to Agricultural ResearchService microbiologist Qingzhong Yu.

However, since then new strains haveemerged that are genetically different,necessitating the formulation of a newer,more effective vaccine.


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Cobb opens state-of-the-art tennessee hatchery

New DVD offers guide to flockinspection, chicken post-mortem

The new $14 million Cobb hatchery – using the latest energy saving technology — has been officially opened at Lafayette,Tennessee, USA.

The hatchery has been developed to supply the growingdemand for Cobb parent stock in the United States, and will ultimately be supplied with hatching eggs from 27 breeder farmsbeing constructed in conjunction with local farmers.

The opening was performed by Stan Reid, Cobb Vice Presidentof sales and marketing, before more than 140 guests from the localcivic and business community and from the poultry industry.

“We are excited to be in Lafayette and are happy that thisinvestment will bring more than 35 jobs to the community,” saidStan Reid. “We want to be good neighbors and look forward tobecoming part of the community.

“I would like to thank the state, county, and city officials whowere involved in bringing Cobb to Tennessee. This state-of-the-artfacility will support our ongoing growth as we expand productionto meet domestic and global demand.”

The hatchery will begin producing parent stock in January andwill have an output of more than 600,000 chicks/week when at fullcapacity later next year. It will be hatching predominantly the fastfeathering Cobb500 and the Cobb700.

The complex, which includes a quality assurance and office

facilities, will initially employ 35 people who have been undergoingtraining at the Cobb hatchery in Kentucky.

Cobb has worked closely with Lafayette city and county officials,and state economic development groups, in choosing the hatcherylocation.

The Mayor of Lafayette, J Y Carter, said that from their firstdealings they were impressed with Cobb, describing the company asa ‘class act’, and that the government officials have never wavered intheir support of the project.

After the official opening the guests had lunch at the hatcheryand then toured the facility, seeing how the design incorporatesstate-of-the-art heat biosecurity and also recovery systems to saveenergy and reduce the carbon footprint.

A single-stage design was chosen to aid biosecurity and tempera-ture profile settings. Incoming fresh air passes through micro-filtersand ultra-violet light to supply the entire hatchery.

The heat recovery system – one of the first in a US hatchery –will save 35–40% energy usage and is expected to pay for itself inwell under two years.

Heat is recovered from the developing embryos and recycled towarm the incoming hatchery air, which requires little or no extraheating. As an additional benefit, the warmed water in the heatexchanger returns to the chiller.

A new DVD, produced by the Poultry CRC, offering a step-by-stepguide to conducting an on-farm flock inspection, followed by birdselection and detailed post-mortem of a chicken, is finished andready for distribution.

The 20-minute DVD can be used as a learning aid to help veterinary and animal science students and poultry professionals toidentify normal flock environments and healthy chicken anatomy.

In the DVD, veterinarian Dr Peter Scott shows how to performan on-farm inspection, followed by selection of birds. He then performs a step-by-step post-mortem, identifying important parts ofa bird, specifically showing what is normal.

According to Poultry CRC Education Officer, Liz Roan, bybeing able to recognise what a normal bird looks like, people will beable to identify when a bird shows a departure from normality.

“Although the DVD doesn’t replace an avian veterinarian,” saidLiz, “it does provide people with a useful guide to identifying clinical signs where something is abnormal and gives them a meansof describing it more accurately to their vet. Basically, it gives peoplea clue about what to look for.”

“Free copies will be sent to CRC partners, and we are negotiat-ing with a distributor so others can purchase copies.”

The Poultry CRC’s production of poultry industry trainingmanuals for use in the VET sector also includes a series of books onCommercial Layer Management.

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Fifth Annual Kemin Poultrysummit held in Atlanta

Poultry CRC PhD student, Adam Sacranie,has submitted his thesis on feed con-stituents and feeding practices in broilers,and their effects on gut motility.

“Gut motility is basically two-pronged,” said Adam, who did his Mastersand PhD at the University of New England(UNE) in Armidale, New South Wales. “Itinvolves reflux and transit rates, and theramifications on bird performance.

“My thesis looked at how feed constituents affect retention time, passagerates, and reflux of digestion and theknock-on influence with broiler perfor-mance.”

Adam graduated from the University ofEdinburgh in 2002 with a Bachelor ofScience (Honours) in developmental genet-ics, before completing his Masters at UNEon the occurrence of reflux in broiler chick-ens. He is now exploring the possibility ofa post-doctoral position in Europe orAustralia, but he’s also keen to considerpursuing a more commercially-focussed

opportunity in the poultry industry, possibly in Europe or Asia.

“I wouldn’t mind a change of pace,something completely different to what I’vebeen doing the last few years. A bit of travel, maybe,” said Adam.

The Poultry CRC provided the bulk ofAdam’s research grant, along with a top-upscholarship so he could complete his PhD,as well as a travel scholarship for a three-month exchange at the NorwegianUniversity of Life Sciences.

“My time in Norway was a wonderfulopportunity that certainly injected me withenthusiasm for poultry research,” he said.“I’ve always felt invigorated being involvedin animal production, especially an area asdynamic as the poultry industry. I believefood security is one of the most importantissues facing the world in the foreseeablefuture. I’m in the business of contributingto a solution to this problem. Poultry isclearly the most viable production animalin terms of carbon footprint, water usage,

feed efficiency, land usage, and so on. It’s acheap, healthy source of protein.”

“The CRC has always been very supportive, especially Professor MinganChoct, who’s not just been there for me ina professional capacity, but as a mentor andI look forward to maintaining strong linkswith Mingan and the CRC.”

“”I’ve enjoyed my time at UNE. It’sbeen great to part of a really active poultryresearch group, headed by my supervisor,Professor Paul Iji. I’ve been exposed to several other poultry projects which hasadded to my experience.”

Industry experts discussed feed safety issues, programs and changingregulations at the 5th Annual Kemin Poultry Summit held recentlyat the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

A panel discussion featuring three industry experts was moderatedby Kristi Krafka, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, QualityAssurance and Quality Control for Kemin AgriFoods NorthAmerica. Panelists included: Richard Sellers, American Feed IndustryAssociation; Chuck Hofacre, D.V.M., M.A.M., Ph.D., University ofGeorgia College of Veterinary Medicine and Merrill Bishop, Cobb-Vantress, Inc.

“Feed safety has received much attention in the past year withseveral high profile incidents and many new regulations,” saidKrafka. “Today’s panel discussion was a unique opportunity to learnfrom experts in regulatory, research and feed production how newregulations will impact the industry and what additional measuresshould be taken to ensure the continuing safety of animal feed.”

Richard Sellers is the Vice President of Feed Regulation andNutrition for the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) inArlington, Virginia.

Charles (Chuck) Hofacre, D.V.M., M.A.M., Ph.D., is theDirector of Clinical Services in the Department of Population Healthat the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Merrill Bishop is the Director of Feed Operations for Cobb-Vantress, Inc., where he is responsible for the milling operations atCobb Siloam Springs, Arkansas feedmill as well as the purchasingand auditing of feed suppliers for four additional Cobb complexes inthe United States and Brazil.



the Asian market was explained, where contamination of raw mate-rials, particularly with heavy metals, for products like Bioflex has thepotential to affect the function of Phytase in diets, quite apart fromthe toxicity of heavy metals themselves.

Up to 33% of raw materials are rejected by Alltech because theyare below required standards, journalists were told.

Next was an informative session at the Betagrow Science Centerhosted by General Manager Dr Rutjawate Taharniklaew.

Betagrow, established in 1967, is now the second largest inten-sive livestock integrator in Thailand and has formed joint ventureswith numerous Japanese multi-nationals to supply part preparedfoods and more recently has moved into Vietnam and China.

Betagrow is a prime example of a Thai based company in anideal position to grow through technology transfer as well foodproduct sales, into emerging markets.

The Betagro Science Center (BSC) established in 2005 is anational science and technology organization that is self governingand focused on R&D with sophisticated lab analysis services thathas expanded from serving just Betagro to offering its considerablecapabilities to other organizations.

Currently 20% of its workload is contracted externally.BSC employs 16 researchers including two with PHDs and

others with masters degrees. There are 30 internal staff with an inde-pendent sales and marketing team.

Apart from lab analysis work typical of food safety assurance andexternal standard compliance, BSC is involved with better productand genetic development through advanced biotechnology.

Developing a premium market egg with improved nutritioncharacteristics for the Betagrow Group is a typical project for BSC.

Other initiatives undertaken by Betagrow include improvedfeedmill technology in emerging markets like Cambodia and Laos,Dr Taharniklaew explained.

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The VIV Asia 2011 Journalist Program included visits to key organ-isations involved with Thailand’s growing intensive livestock sector.

With export markets around the world and increasingly inemerging economies such as Vietnam as well as China, it isThailand’s considerable technical expertise in all aspects of meatproduction that continues to drive growth in this most vital part ofthe Thai economy.

Along with producing quality poultry products competitively,food safety and innovative raw material are key factors in industrygrowth and sustainability.

These achievements highlight the Feedtech-Croptech andLAB@VIV Asia themes that are an important facet of the overallVIV Asia 2011 event.

First was a visit to Alltech’s Biotechnology facility at theThailand Science Park Convention Center, Patumthani, whereextensive research undertaken by Dr Keith Filer commencing in late2006, particularly on Allzyme SSF, has progressed to the pointwhere it promises to become a vital resource for controlling feedcosts and improving nutrition as feed raw materials increase in costin line with demand from expanding markets in Asia and elsewhere.

The Alltech team of researchers at their biotech facilityexplained progress with Allzyme SSF is the integration of raw materials like DDGS, palm kernel, rice bran, cassava pulp, cornmeal and sorghum into poultry diets.

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The final visit was to the Thai FoodGroups feedmill and lab facilities atSupanburi about 150km from Bangkok.

TFG is the third largest integrator inThailand, is involved with pig and poultryproduction and currently focuses on thedomestic rather than export market.

Dr Chisaks Boonprasopthanachote,Deputy Managing Director of TFG andPresident of the Thai Broiler BreederAssociation, explained his companies historyand operations to journalists.

TFG is a diverse group that apart frombeing involved in all aspects of poultry andpork production operates feed mills, ananimal health business and distributes farmequipment.

The recently expanded feed mill catersfor the diverse needs of intensive livestockindustries delivering both bulk and baggedfeed to its own and outside operations.

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The room housing NIR equipment wascertainly busy as would be expected whendealing with the variety of raw materialsused in feed preparation.

Thailland’s well established position asa leader in both food production andfood/feed technology will serve it well as itfurther engages with growing economieslike Vietnam as well as China and India.

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Next Mr Decock moved onto cagedmeat production broilers which he predictedwere the way of the future in many grow-ing markets.

He revealed that such installationsalready in use demonstrated key benefitssuch as improved meat quality, betterhygiene, reduced antibiotic use and logicallyless disease.

“These cage broiler sheds offerimproved management opportunities andmaximise use of floor space,” he said.

“In a typical floor tier system capacityis 2.7 to 3 times higher than in a conven-tional tunnel shed where birds grow on theground:up to two more flocks a year ensuremaximum profit.

“Meat quality in our cage broiler system is improved as damage to bothchickens feet and breast meat throughdirect contact with manure, as often occursin floor based rearing is almost completelyeradicated,” he stated.

“Alternative housing for laying batterycages has consumer appeal in Europe andOceania where animal welfare concerns areimportant considerations.

“Closed houses with modern ventila-tion systems reduce disease risk like avianinfluenza.

“Modern advanced poultry housingoffers better food safety, better overallhygiene levels, benefits through automationand finally better quality meat and eggs,”Mr Decock concluded.

The final session was devoted toLAB@VIV Asia 2011 and the first speakerwas Nigel Horrocks from Positive ActionPublications (PAP) International FoodHygiene

PAP is a key company in the AMNEHGroup which is also strongly focused onthe animal production and food safety

sectors. Other businesses in the AMNEHGroup include Northern HygieneLaboratories Ltd, which is one of thelargest independently owned UKAS accred-ited food testing laboratories in the UK;Nigel Horrox Veterinary Services, whichprovides specialist poultry veterinary servicesin the UK, and an international poultryhealth and food safety consulting business.

With the benefit of his first hand experience, Mr Horrocks gave journalistsan insight into lab testing procedures andprotocols in demanding markets typical ofthe EU and major retailing chains.

“Key challenges,” he stated “were theneed to achieve rapid results consistantwith the fact that ‘the more you look for,the more you find’, also accuracy vs thenumber of samples.

“It is a 24/7 job requiring competentand dedicated staff and there are always differing accreditation issues particularly inrelation to the various supermarket chains.

“Interpretation of results by customerscould be an issue and legal considerationshad potential to add to complexity,” hesaid.

“Like many things exporting compa-nies were always lead by consumer drivencustomer demand,” he concluded.

Dr Sompiss Jullabutradee, ManagingDirector of G&S Agri Consultant Co.,Ltd, defined consumer need basically, “tobe able to eat safely with no health effectsin both the short and long term”.

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v CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 risk, constantly monitor their operations,be transparent and willing to communicateany suspicion as well as accepting thirdparty audits.”

She went on to explain the differentfood safety standards Thai livestock indus-tries complied with and the necessity to doso, particularly in regard to export markets.

“Emerging hazards include zoonosisand disease mutation in livestock and theneed for traceability improvements alongwith effective recall and risk communica-tion.

Her conclusion featured some of thesevere consequences suffered by food indus-tries globally when failures occurred infood safety and traceability, particularly indeveloped markets like the US and Europe.

Mr Horrox concluded this session byreminding journalists of the QA in FoodLabs Conference on March 7 and a myco-toxins conference on March 8 prior to theVIV Asia 2011 start on March 9,2011.

The 10th VIV Asia 2011 promises tobe a major event covering a lot moreground for the poultry industry in bothterms of size and scope.

The fact that many exhibitors’ and visi-tors’ plans to attend the VIV Europe exhi-bition were interrupted by an Icelandic volcano has meant that even more effort isbeing devoted to the VIV Asia 2011 event.

Those interested in attending the eventshould go to the website www.vivasia.nland study the comprehensive informationon that site. n


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