Poultry Digest June/July 2011

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Alltech’s 27th AnnualInternational AnimalHealth & NutritionSymposium

FifteenthAECLIndustryForum success

Hazeldene’sfirst to adoptRSPCAApprovedbroiler production

FeedSafesupportspoultry producers

PoultryCRC IdeasExchangeseminar

Santrev andForealConstructionsjoin forces

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4 Poultry CRC Ideas Exchange seminar

The Poultry CRC held its Ideas Exchange seminar at the Royal Pines Resort,Broadbeach Queensland in June 2011 under the theme of ‘Bringing us together’.

20 The significance of Alltech’s move to set up algae production

Alltech has once again chosen to revisit a long established raw material commonlyfound in nature and apply leading edge science to help solve the looming crisiscaused by population explosion and the food feed fuel conundrum.

26 Fifteenth AECL Industry Forum success

The bar has been set very high for the 16th AECL Industry Forum in Launceston inNovember, following the ‘best ever’ Industry Forum in Melbourne in May. Feedbackfrom the 117 people who attended the Forum was generally very positive.

32 Alltech’s 27th Annual International Animal Health & Nutrition Symposium

Alltech held its 27th Annual International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposiumat Lexington Kentucky US on May 22-25, 2011. The theme for this year’s eventwas ‘The Game-Changers’.

38 Santrev and Foreal Constructions join forces

Santrev, one of Australia’s largest poultry shed builders, will unite with Queensland-based poultry specialists, Foreal Constructions to create a dynamic team ready toexpand across Australia and the international market.

8 COVER STORy Hazeldene’s first to adopt indoor RSPCA Approved broiler production

Hazeldene’s, which is still a family owned and operated company, was founded by Dickand Mavis Hazeldene 54 years ago near Bendigo in Victoria. Today the ManagingDirector is John Hazeldene and the company is the first in Australia to be providingRSPCA Approved broiler chicken to Coles supermarkets.

28 SPECIAL FEATURE FeedSafe supports poultry producers

In the eight years since the FeedSafe program was launched, all the significant Australianmanufacturers of stockfeed have completed accreditation which provides added security tothe Australian poultry industry.

Diane Donaldson and Karl Lawson fromHazeldene’s.

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The Poultry CRC held its Ideas Exchangeseminar at the Royal Pines Resort,Broadbeach Queensland in June 2011under the theme of ‘Bringing us together’.

Chair of the Poultry CRC II, the Hon.John Kerin in his welcoming address,revealed that after a long career that includedserving as Federal Agriculture Minister inthe Hawke/Keating era, he now foundhimself working in R&D which he found achallenge as he continued up a new learn-ing curve.

“We must continue to invest inresearch, particularly in agriculture, orAustralia, which performs well globally with0.3% of the world’s population and 2% ofpublished research, will get left behind.

“Countries like Finland and Icelandwith tiny populations produce enormousresearch results,” he said.

“We can compete and organisationslike the Poultry CRC will ensure that wedo but at the end of the day any organisa-tion must be measured on the quality of itspeople,” Mr Kerin concluded.

It is worth mentioning that John Kerinstarted life on a poultry farm and is stillinvolved after a long and illustrious careerwith the poultry industry.

Poultry CRC CEO Professor MinganChoct in his address, ‘Progress TowardDelivery’ first reminded delegates that justone good idea can substantially rewardinvestment.

“The Poultry CRC II was set with thetask of helping to provide sustainable andethical poultry production in the face ofsignificant population growth and the possible effects of climate change.

“There will be an ever increasingdemand for high quality protein andregardless of the ‘climate change debate’there are already established climate challenges and the industry has to produceregardless,” Dr Choct said.

“Results must be measured by impactwith identifiable economic, social and envi-ronmental benefits.

“With progress from the first PoultryCRC to CRC II there is more time todeliver benefits in key areas like food safety,new vaccines, egg quality, net energy infeed formulation and a scientific approachto welfare,” he said.

“There needs to be a collaborativeeffort to reach our goals but collaborationmust not be a camoflage for mediocrity: wecan’t just move sideways averaging outexisting cababilities.

“We must work together in a multipronged approach. There a three programs,1. Health & Welfare, 2. Nutrition &Environment and 3. Safe and high qualityfood. There are nine projects with 28 out-puts and 67 defined milestones to achieve.

“Results so far include 10 new PhDstudies and one new vaccine (PMP1)brought to market.

“The focus of the next two years willbe commercial ready transferable ideas andto start consideration of full research proposals (FRP) for the final three years ofCRC II.

“In 2017 the CRC will wind up so wemust think about how weare going tomaintain research beyond the CRC period,”Dr Choct concluded.

Next Research Manager Dr Pat Blackall,who also has responsibility for CRC IIProgram 3, explained the ‘Merit basedselection process’ for research project.

“The selection process was sequentialwith a strong emphasis on merit and over-all reflecting a balance between ‘blue sky’and applied research.

“Of 84 research proposals submitted,56 were approved and referred to the EndUser Committee, then 23 were passed and17 placed on hold,” Dr Blackall said.

“At the FRP level 20 proposals wereapproved and passed to the End UserCommittee which approved 18, placingtwo on hold.

“The conclusion was that the processwas effective if not perfect and that discus-sion workshops added great value to theoverall process,” he said.

Lloyd Thomson, CRC commercialisa-tion and technology transfer managerreported on CRC I outputs which includedseven vaccines and six patents.

He warned of the dangers of losingresources just to administration; “in theEU,” he revealed, “of every $2 millionEuros devoted to research, $1 million goesin admin costs. “Beware of risk aversion,”he added.

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welfare group’s accreditation criteria.“Hazeldene’s is now providing chicken,

marketed as RSPCA Approved, at Colessupermarkets,” the Bush Telegraph said.

Hazeldene’s is an interesting company.Still family owned and operated, it wasfounded 54 years ago by Dick and MavisHazeldene, who though now retired stillattend family board meetings.

Today the company is run by the second generation. John Hazeldene is theManaging Director and Vicki Gaudionruns corporate affairs.

Now members of the third generationincluding Adam Hazeldene, TechnicalServices Manager and Brett Hazeldene,Process Technician, are involved with thegrowing enterprise.

The other key member of theHazeldene’s management team is KarlLawson, General Farming Manager whojoined the company in 2006 after workingin senior management roles in the SouthAfrican poultry industry.

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at the Alltech International Animal Health& Nutrition Conference in LexingtonKentucky, US and had the opportunity todiscuss the Hazeldenes’ views on theRSPCA Approved Farming SchemeStandards for meat chickens.

Karl was very positive about thescheme and the potential of this form ofproduction to gain market share in a welfare conscious market.

“Hazeldene’s also runs free range broiler sheds but retailing through Coles’stores, the RSPCA Approved sheds widenthe range of product on offer.

“At this stage about 5% of our broilerproduction is RSPCA Approved but wecan increase this and plan to do so throughconverting company owned sheds and byusing selected contract growers,” Karl said.

Poultry Digest was invited to visit acompany-owned and operated three shedfarm near Lockwood that was the first tobe converted to RSPCA Approved FarmingScheme Standards.

The 30 years old 300m x 49m shedswere upgraded and set up in accordancewith the RSPCA broiler protocols.

John Hazeldene, Managing Director

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Karl points out that though upgradedto (combi) tunnel ventilation, older shedsrarely perform as well as new tunnel sheds.

“However, when the sheds are populatedat around 30% less density than theywould be in conventional broiler sheds, theoverall performance and health of the birdsis very good,” he explained.

“There are considerable cost savings inupgrading an existing structure rather thanbuilding new sheds,” he added.

The RSPCA Approved FarmingScheme Standards for meat chickensreleased in January 2010, defines require-ments on stocking density.

“Optimum stocking density indoorswill depend on good management of shedconditions, i.e. temperature, humidity, ventilation and litter condition.

“More space may be required in areassubject to high temperatures and humidityunless appropriate temperature and ventila-tion controls are in place and fully opera-tional,” the Standards state.

“Stocking density is calculated on thebasis of bird liveweight and the floor spaceavailable to the birds in the shed: it mustnot exceed 28kg m2 for naturally ventilatedsheds and 34kg m2 for mechanically venti-lated sheds.

“Translated into birds per square metrethat means we have bird density of 15birds instead of 21.5 per m2,” Karlexplained.

Reading through the RSPCA Standardsrequirements, constant reference is made toappropriate training and competency levelsof personnel at all stages of production.

Karl explains that Hazeldene’s is actuallyincreasing the proportion of companyowned facilities in the rearing process.

“Hazeldene’s has amongst its 600 plusworkforce some very skilled people withlong experience and we thought it wasessential to use one of our own managers,Diane Donaldson, who has worked withthe company for more than 16 years to runour first RSPCA Approved broiler sheds.”

Karl and Diane showed Poultry Digestthe specifics of the protocols required bythe accreditation process.

“The litter has to be at least 50mmdeep so the birds can dust bath and forageas set out in the approved standards.

“The RSPCA does not specificallyrequire the provision of perches but theydo strongly encourage the idea,” Karlexplained.

“The perches need to be easily accessi-ble for even the youngest birds and be of aslat width that fully supports the birds feet.

“The provision of straw bales at a recommended number of 1.5 x 900mm x450mm x 350mm high small bales per1000 birds is recommended and the bales

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Top: Peter, Sue and James Lazenby with Karl Lawson, General Farming Manager forHazeldene’s (second from right). Centre: The 30 years old sheds were upgraded andset up in accordance with RSPCA broiler protocols. Above: Perches are easilyaccessible for even the youngest birds and straw bales are provided.

have to be replaced as the birds break themdown to ensure access to perching space,”he said.

Karl emphasised that they are workingwith the RSPCA both on perch design andperching options.

Melina Tensen, the RSPCA’s ScientificOfficer – Farm Animals, said that herorganisation continues to examine perchingdesign but she also emphasised that strawbale sourcing was critical.

“The bales must be in good conditionand should come from a dry stored sourcein order to minimise risk from mycotoxincontamination,” she said.

Lighting is an important part of the

RSPCA broiler standards which state: “Thelighting system in the shed must provide aminimum period of eight hours of artificiallighting per day (unless birds have access tonatural daylight) and a minimum period offour hours continuous darkness, providedat night in every 24 hour period.

“Light levels in the shed must be suffi-cient to allow birds to be thoroughlyinspected and problems identified.

“No area of the shed must be lit at lessthan 20 lux, except during pick up,” theStandards state.

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advantages over manual catching of birds.“All persons involved in the pick-up

and handling of chickens must be appro-priately trained and competent, and thatthe catching process must be managed toensure that distress or discomfort is minimised.

“No more than four birds must be carried in one hand.”

The four bird per hand method is theone employed at the Hazeldene’s RSPCAApproved sheds.

“Lameness is a serious problem in meatchickens,” the RSPCA states and recom-mends protocols and gait scores to monitorand reduce the problem.

Both Karl and Farm Manager Diane,comment on the fact that the combinationof straw bales, perches and lower stockingdensity all contribute to the birds beingmore lively and active.

When Poultry Digest visited the RSPCAApproved sheds, the birds were just threedays old but already active on both perchesand straw bales.

Karl also speculates that the combina-tion of perching and more space is reducing bone problems and may also lead,when combined with deeper litter, to lessmeat downgrade due to leg, feet and breastburns – another possible side benefit of theRSPCA Standards.

As demand for the RSPCA Approvedbroiler produce sold through Coles super-markets has increased, Hazeldene’s is justabout to commission its first contractgrower that will operate to the RSPCAStandards.

Sue and Peter Lazenby and their sonJames will be running the sheds and thefamily has long experience working inpoultry industries in both the UK and inAustralia.

Peter ran layer, broiler and turkey operations on a farm near Manchester inthe UK and after the family moved toAustralia in 1990, their son Peter hasworked at both Inghams and Barrters.

Now they are in the final stages ofupgrading two separate three shed farmsand as with the Hazeldene’s operatedRSPCA Approved broiler sheds, they haverejuvenated older sheds to combi ventila-tion. They are ideal for the RSPCA’s indoorbroiler protocols.

After arriving in Australia the Lazenbyfamily lived in Sydney for a while, thendecided that they wanted to run their ownpoultry farming operations again.

They conducted a long search to findthe right property, including looking at freerange operations before they settled ontheir current Lockwood set up, Suerevealed.

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While Karl and the Lazenbys were discussing the shed upgrades for RSPCAproduction the topic of equipment supplyand installation came up.

Both were full of praise for the effortsput in by Steve Clohesy, Regional Managerat Stockyard Industries for Victoria, WAand Southern NSW, in providing excellentservice in both the supply and maintenanceof Big Dutchman equipment, includingViper controllers for the recently upgradedsheds.

“Stockyard Industries, as part of itssupply arrangements with us, established awarehouse in Bendigo to ensure that notonly replacement equipment but vitalspares and service could be readily available.

“Being able to quickly fix any equipment problems in both our company-owned and contract grower sheds is vital to

us,” Karl said.“The establishment of our RSPCA

Approved broiler operations is just a part ofour expansion plans,” said ManagingDirector, John Hazeldene.

“This initiative, as well as our freerange broiler sheds located at Murchisonand Sea Lake, is important in being able tosupply a product range consumers want.We will always depend to a large extent onour volume business, which is conventionalbroiler production,” he added

“Our expansion plans have includedthe construction of state of the art incuba-tion, breeder and broiler facilities whichinvolved a multi million dollar investment.

“This not only delivered us security inthe supply of chicks to our grower opera-tions but gave us a boost of 160,000 extrachicks a week.

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and we are well on track to achieve this aim through better manage-ment, biosecurity and feed strategies,” Mr Hazeldene revealed.

The RSPCA, in its Approved Farming Scheme Standards, alsoexpresses concern about the reliance on in-feed antibiotics to main-tain gut health and reduce overall flock mortality.

“The preferred strategy for preventing disease is a combinationof good shed hygiene and farm biosecurity, vaccination, (where available), diet composition and the use of antibiotic alternatives: prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and essential oils, for example.

“Antibiotics must only be administered under veterinary adviceand where necessary to use antibiotics for prophylactic purposes:producers must seek prior approval from RSPCA Australia – the useof coccidiostats is permitted,” the Standard states.

A quick glance at the plans on Karl’s office walls reveals thescope and scale of Hazeldene’s expansion strategy.

“While most integrators in Australia rely on contract growing weare moving toward 65% of our production coming from our ownfarms.

“In line with that aim we plan to recruit the best managers wecan find to join us in our expansion,” Karl said.

Though it is fair to state that the long established Hazeldenefamily-owned operation was always going to be successful in itsregion, no matter who the competition were, the recent merging ofBartter Steggles and Baiada probably made the growth ofHazeldene’s a welcome event for major retail groups like Coles.

It is hardy surprising that Coles, Hazeldene’s and the RSPCA areall enthusiastic about their joint efforts to bring to market chickenmeat products that appeal to 21st Century consumers.

All three organisations have ultimately worked well together in ascheme that has suited both their own interests and that of the consumer.

Employing more than 600 permanent and full time employeesand probably another 400 indirectly, the Hazeldene’s operation is avaluable regional asset and its further expansion can only be goodnews for the local economy.

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have made an episode of ‘Silent Witness’seem simplistic, the fault was rectified.

Though the culprit was the feedingshuttle system it was a multi-factorial prob-lem involving feed and lighting regimesand only solved after much ‘on site’ investi-gation: conclusion, some problems can’t besolved by sitting in an office thousands ofkilometers away: get out more often!

Dr Geoff Hinch from the University ofNew England (UNE) gave his paper ‘Newapproaches to assess welfare in free rangelaying hens.’ Dr Hinch stated that “therewas an increasing public perception thatfree range was the best welfare choice andthat there was poor understanding of thevariation in welfare state/production of freerange layers.

“There are now new technologies,(which Dr Hinch outlined), to examinehow birds utilise space and that methodsfor welfare assessment, so far not widelytested in poultry, may help us to betteridentify welfare status and quantify level ofvariation,” he said.

Further speakers in the ‘From outlinesto output’ – snapshots of selected projectssession, included Seyed Ali Ghorashi from

the University of Melbourne whose paper,‘Evaluation of high resolution melt (HRM)curve analysis for detection of multiplestrains in a single specimen’ concluded thatit was a fast and reliable method for straindifferentiation, and could detect mixedinfections (DNA concentration depen-dent). Further, that the method could beused for screening and finally, that sequenc-ing may be used for concentration.

More ‘snapshots’ of important researchfollowed including John Boyce fromMonash University whose paper was,‘Rapid multiplex assay for typingPastuerella multicide isolates’.

Jess Morgan from DEEDI describedher work ‘Characterising population struc-ture and diversification of AustralianEimeria, and Joanne Devlin fromUniversity of Melbourne spoke on a criticaltopic for the poultry industry, ‘Towardscommercialisation of a next generationILTV vaccine and differential ELISA’.

Kylie Hewson, also from the Universityof Melbourne, described more importantwork on vaccines in her paper,‘Characterisation of the dominant subpop-ulations present in the IBV Vic S vaccine’.

Rob Moore from the CSIRO in his

paper, ‘Vaccine against Clostridium perfrin-gens to protect birds from necrotic enteritis’concluded his paper with the statementthat “A first generation efficacious vaccineagainst necrotic enteritis is ready for devel-opment – we need a vaccine manufactureron board.”

In the next session ‘IndustryPerspectives’ Tamworth NSW layer farmerBede Burke described his solution to theproblems of humanely dealing with hens atthe end of their laying cycle.

He came to the conclusion that theonly viable solution from both the eco-nomic and welfare standpoints was todevelop CO2 euthanasing chambers to beused on site rather than loading and trans-porting birds to processing plants.

The next speaker in this session wasJames Kellaway, Managing Director ofAECL and in his paper ‘Egg industry look-ing ahead’ recorded that while the industryhad expanded dramatically in the last tenyears with production up by 38%, con-sumption up by 21% and total egg sales-retail up by 111%, there was serious down-ward pressure on pricing from retailers.

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The significance of Alltech’s move to set up algae production

So just how significant is the move byAlltech to set up algae production andresearch facilities at Winchester, KentuckyUSA?

Well if money alone is a yardstick, a$200 million investment is a fair indicationof the potential Dr Pearse Lyons, Presidentof Alltech and his senior researchers see inalgae-based products.

As with their many yeast based prod-ucts, Alltech has again chosen to revisit along established raw material commonlyfound in nature and apply leading edge science to help solve the looming crisiscaused by population explosion and thefood feed fuel conundrum.

Kelp, the giant of the algae family hasbeen used throughout history as a fertiliser,animal feed source and more recently as abase for cosmetics and medicine (iodine).

But harvesting kelp, as any Jersey,Channel Island, or Bretagne farmer will tellyou, is not for the faint hearted. Also aswith many other of the globe’s naturalresources, harvesting the stuff for humanuse deprives other living organisms in theglobal food chain of their means of survival.

What nature achieves in specific tem-perature sea waters, Alltech plans to achievein its laboratories and production plant byidentifying specific species that meet theneeds of livestock and other industries andcreating relevant products in usable form.

Two of Alltech’s scientific team, wellknown to the Australian intensive livestockand feed sector, Dr Alison Leary, TechnicalManager Asia Pacific and Dr Andy Kocher,Technical Manager & Regulatory Affairs,Alltech, prepared the following explanationof algae and its potential.

The biggest question facing the worldin the next 40 years is ‘how are we going tofeed ourselves’? Particularly as we are nowreaching a point where land and freshwater are becoming limiting.

Are we going to be able to continue toproduce food for ourselves and feed foranimals in the same way that we have forthe past centuries? Given the fact thatmore and more regions around the worldare reporting water shortages on a regularbasis and land yields (crop and grazing)would have to improve by between 50%and 70% to meet the food needs of ourexpanding population, the answer is probably no.

So what can we do? One possibility is

the same organism that originallybought life to earth – algae.

Algae are an amazingly diversegroup of organism made up ofmore than 800,000 differentspecies. The diversity of algae covers not only the nutrients theylive off, but also their size and theproducts of their growth.

Autotrophic algae use sunlightand carbon dioxide through photosynthesis to produce oxygen.Heterotrophic algae, on the otherhand, use sugar and oxygen in anenvironment without sunlight,and produces, as a by-product,carbon dioxide. Algae can be single or multi-celled organismsthat range in size from a fewmicrons (microalgae) to over 200feet in length (kelp).

The advantage of algae overtraditional sources of energy ornutrients is four-fold: structure,growth, composition and sustainability.

StructurePlants grown on land invest a signifi-

cant amount of energy into their structure:leaves, trunk, stems etc.

Plants also dedicate energy to produc-ing a root system to harvest moisture andnutrients from the soil. However, the rootssystems limit the growth of plants in salineenvironments. Algae do not need to investenergy into structure or roots and can growin a range of different water qualities,including fresh, saline and waste water.

GrowthAlgae has adapted to grow extremely

quickly with the potential of producing asmany as a million cells each day from justone algae cell and also growing in all directions, rather than one direction as landbased plants do.

Compared to land plants, particularlygrains, it usually takes a full growing seasonof around 140 days to harvest. This meansthat where land plants can double theirbiomass every 10 days, algae can triple orquadruple their biomass and be harvestedevery day.

If we look at the potential protein produced by one acre of a specific strain ofalgae, Chlorella, and compare that to corn,it would actually take 49.2 acres of corn toproduce the same amount of protein from

corn. And even for soybeans it would take20.9 acres to product the same amount ofprotein as one acre of Chlorella.

CompositionThe diversity of algae has already been

discussed and this is certainly true for itscomposition. Algae are the source of a significant amount of genetic diversity witha genome more than twice that of yeast andhave produced more than 15,000 novelcompounds.

The types of industries that are investi-gating uses for algae include biofuels programs, fertilizers/soil conditioners, pollution control, pigments and novel foodproducts, such as vitamins and minerals, oromega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA).

However, to summarise, the ranges ofnutrient densities typically found in algaespecies can include:• Protein: 40-60% typical• Oil: 2-40%• Carbohydrate: 4-70%• Nucleic acid: 1-10%• Rich in vitamins

SustainabilityIn recent times there has been much

debate on the long-term sustainability ofmodern farming technologies.

For example, each acre of grain production also produces 2.5 tons of

The new Alltech algae production and researchfacility at Winchester in Kentucky, US.

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carbon dioxide and can erode up to sixtons of soil. On the other hand, dependingon the type of algae produced it can actuallysequester carbon dioxide, produce oxygenand doesn’t produce any soil erosion.

From a sustainable energy source algaealso have significant benefits. Algal oil hasthe potential to be 50% higher in energythan gasoline, but also burns clean becauseit is not fossilised. The biggest problemfacing the energy industry with respect toalgae is how to extract the energy from thealgae. To produce biodiesel from microalgae,the oil in the biomass must be extracted andthen trans-esterfied.

Extraction of oil from algae is generallydone through chemical solvent extractionsuch as hexane, as used by the soybeanindustry. Press extraction results in loweryields but is a more economical approach.

Newer methods include ultrasonicassisted extraction and extraction usingsupercritical fluids but these are only ideasrather than available technologies at thisstage. None of these technologies are economically viable at this stage, but continued pressure on fuel supplies is likelyto force development.

Growth systems for algae productionThe two different types of algae,

heterotrophic and autotrophic, have verydifferent production systems due to theirdifferent growing conditions.

Autotrophic algae use inorganic carbonalong with sunlight and carbon dioxidethrough photosynthesis to survive andgrowth. They then release oxygen.

Heterotrophic algae on the other handuse organic carbon sources like glucose andoxygen, but do not need sunlight andrelease carbon dioxide.

Examples of autotrophic systemsinclude ponds/raceways, photo-bioreac-tors/tubes and bags. All of these systemshave their advantages and disadvantages,generally around the risk of contamination,ability to control conditions and yield, capital cost required, development of technology and complexity of the opera-tion.

Key raw materials for autotrophic sys-tems include carbon dioxide (possibilityfrom power plants or fermentation processes)and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassiumsources (potentially from chicken waste,fish waste, pig waste, fermentation waste).

Heterotrophic systems all tend to bequite similar, being closed systems andtherefore sterile, controlled and highly productive systems, although they do also

tend to have higher capitol and runningcosts.

Harvesting techniques usually require atwo stage water removal process. The initialprocess of removing water includes decanting,flocculation, filtration, froth floatation orcentrifugation, with the last one being themost popular.

The second phase usually involves aspray or drum drying process to get theproduct to 90% dry matter. Sun drying is acheaper option, but the process is difficultto control and subject to the weather.Freeze drying can be used if the product isto maintain some viable algae in the driedform as inoculants.

Alltech Algae FacilityThe newly purchased Alltech Algae

facility contains a combination of the twotypes of algae, heterotrophic andautotrophic.

The majority of the production will beheterotrophic based on four 265,000 litrebioreactors.

However, heterotrophic productionalso releases carbon dioxide so in conjunc-tion with the heterotrophic algae produc-tion there will also be autotrophic produc-tion to scrub the carbon dioxide produced.

At Alltech’s 27th Annual InternationalAnimal Health & Nutrition SymposiumDr James Pierce, Associate Director ofResearch at Alltech and Adjunct Professorin the Department of Animal and FoodSciences, University of Kentucky spoke inthe Poultry Session, May 23, 2011.

‘Progressive Nutrition: applications foralgae in human & animal health – Whyand where we could use algae’ was his topic.

“Most research and popular press havefocused on the potential of algae as arenewable energy source.

“Instead the focus of my presentationwill be on the potential of algae to producefunctional animal ingredients.

Algae provide opportunities to producefats, proteins and carbohydrates with manynutritional and health applications withinan efficient biological platform,” he said.

“The growth rate of algae is 30 timesfaster than terrestrial plants and they can beharvested in as little as 1 to 10 days.

“It is estimated that there are morethan 800,000 species of algae that producemore than 15000 novel compounds.

“Four algae gene are of particular inter-est to Alltech for their potential to producepigments, antioxidants, and proteinsinclude Anthrospira, Dunaliella, Chlorella,

and Haematococcus,” he explained.“Anthrospira contain 55-60% crude

protein on a dry matter basis and havebeen used in the secondary treatment ofeffluent from a methane generator to recovernitrogen, carbon and other nutrients: theirprotein has high biological value and isvery heat stable.

“Chlorella are rapidly growing, singlecelled green algae that offer tremendouspotential for both food and energy production.

“While they contain up to 45% protein that is heat sensitive, they can be anexcellent source of omega-3 fatty acids.

“Dunalleilla are known for high antiox-idant and high beta-carotene contents andare routine used in the manufacture of cosmetics and dietary supplements.

“Haematococcus are freshwater algaethat are a good source of astaxanthin, a pigment used in both poultry diets andaquaculture, world wide,” he said.

“Livestock and poultry producers arepositioned to take advantage of this renew-able, traceable protein, fat and carbohy-drate source.

“Algae are truly at the very heart of thefuture of energy and agriculture and thekey to building a sustainable future for ourplanet,” Dr Pierce concluded.

Top: Dr Alison Leary, TechnicalManager Asia Pacific and Dr JamesPierce, Assoc Director of Research,Alltech.

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The bar has been set very high for the 16th AECL Industry Forumin Launceston in November, following the ‘best ever’ IndustryForum in Melbourne in May.

Guest speakers, including University of Queensland Professorof Food Security, Michael D’Occhio, and Associate Professor FrankZumbo from the UNSW School of Business Law, discussed issuessuch as food security, the duopolies, the politics of eggs, new technologies, substitution and the New Zealand egg industry.Feedback from the 117 people who attended the Forum, which washeld over two days, was generally very positive.

Special guest Kerry O’Keeffe provided a light hearted look atthe state of Australian cricket at the end of day one.

His presentation set the tone for a lively industry dinner at theMelbourne Aquarium, attended by about 100 egg producers andassociate members.

AECL Chairman Jeff Ironside said there was a record numberof producers and associate members at the ‘best ever’ IndustryForum, held at Melbourne’s Stamford Plaza on May 25 and 26.

“I was very pleased that so many people attended. “It is important that we get as many producers as possible along

to share new and relevant information about the industry. Therewere some great speakers at this Forum, who provided valuableinformation to further strengthen the industry,” Mr Ironside said.

“But there was also the networking, the opportunity to find

common ground on the issues at play, a bit of fellowship and enjoy-ing each other’s company at the Melbourne Aquarium. I look for-ward to seeing as many people as possible at AECL’s 16th IndustryForum in Tasmania in November.

“I would also like to add that as a not-for-profit organisation,the support and sponsorship associate members provide to ourindustry is very important and I hope this continues long into thefuture,” he said.

The next Forum will be held at Country Club Tasmania inLaunceston from November 23-24 . To book, please contact AECLon (02) 9409 6901.

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It is now eight years since the FeedSafe program was launched by the Stock FeedManufacturers’ Council of Australia.

Since this time all the significantAustralian manufacturers of stockfeed havecompleted FeedSafe accreditation. Thisprovides added security to the Australianpoultry industry through the supply ofpoultry feeds that meet minimum qualitystandards. In recent years FeedSafe hasadded the requirement for feed mills tohave HACCP to minimise the feed relatedrisks for poultry, human health and trade.

John Spragg, the Executive Officer ofthe SFMCA says that “over 90% of com-mercial feed sold within Australia comesfrom FeedSafe accredited feed mills”.

He also says that “it is important thatpoultry producers check to make sure theirfeed supplier has completed FeedSafeaccreditation”. All accredited feed mills arelisted on the website www.sfmca.com.au.The FeedSafe program is based upon aCode of Good Manufacturing practice thatprovides the minimum standard feed millshave to meet. The Code has been endorsedby State and federal chief vets through thePrimary Industries Ministerial Code.

Mr Spragg says that “feed mills arerequired to complete an annual audit, thistakes place at every mill and is done byindependent food safety auditors”.

The FeedSafe audits look at the sitesHACCP plan, storage and mill hygiene

and cleaning programs, systems of approv-ing suppliers, training of staff, confirmationof the qualification and experience of nutritionists, use of medications, the man-ufacturing process, sampling and testing.Added to this is the mills capacity to trace-back should a supply problem occur withproduct recall initiated.

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FeedSafe is equally as important toother smaller users of stock feed to protectthe health and welfare of livestock, includ-ing aquaculture, sport and companion animals such as horses, and a diverse rangeof ‘specialty’ animals from alpacas andostriches to rabbits and mice.2. Protect the safety of human food, specifically meat, eggs and milk.

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FeedSafe procedures are designed toreduce the risk of contaminants in rawingredients, during manufacture and in thestorage of finished feeds.3. Protect the domestic and internationalreputation of Australia’s livestock industriesas being clean and free from contamina-tion.

Collectively the domestic and inter-national markets for Australian meat,milk and eggs are worth many billions ofdollars. International markets are partic-ularly sensitive to chemical residues and dis-ease, and these markets could be easilyjeopardised by just one positive findingin animal products – contamination thatcould potentially be traced back to stockfeeds.

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With respect to Salmonella, thegreatest risk in feed supply is the pur-chase and use of raw materials that con-tain Salmonella. There is laboratory datashowing that Salmonella is more com-monly present in animal protein mealssuch as meat meal, poultry meal and fishmeal. Salmonella can also be found insoybean and canola meals. All of thesemeals are heat processed and do not con-tain Salmonella as they leave the cookingor oil extraction process.

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PIX 2012 to join with Australasian Milling Conference

Bede Burke is new Chairman ofstate’s egg group

Planning is already well underway for PIX2012, to be held fromSunday 20 to Wednesday 23 May 2012 at the international standard Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre,Broadbeach, Queensland.

“PIX is now recognised as the Premier Australian PoultryIndustry Conference and Trade Exhibition,” said Ron Jenner,President, PIX Association.

“This year we are excited to announce that we will be combining with the Australasian Milling Conference, bringing delegates from the stockfeed and flour milling industries togetherwith us. As a result, we anticipate that more than 850 delegateswill attend. We will also be welcoming delegates from the nearbyAsia Pacific Region, including New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,Asia and Fiji.

“PIX2012 includes the industry’s largest, most extensive tradeexhibition in Australia, an exciting social program and numerousworkshops, including our highly successful full-day tunnel ventila-tion workshop for broiler growers.”

A comprehensive, world-class lecture program by renownedinternational and local speakers includes two days of meat chicken,egg and general industry presentations as well as sessions for breeder, hatchery, meat processing and free-range and organic production systems.

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The program is streamed into chicken meat, egg production, freerange and organic, feed milling, and processing, so there will be topics of interest for each and every delegate.

Workshops on numerous special interest areas, including hatch-ery, breeders and tunnel ventilation will also be on offer. For the moretechnically-minded, the Australasian Veterinary Poultry Associationwill be holding a scientific meeting in conjunction with PIX. All arewelcome to attend this event.

At PIX2012, the trade show will be bigger and better than everbefore, with over 6300m2 of floor space, allowing more than 100exhibitors to demonstrate their latest products and equipment incomfort.

“In fact, the trade show has come to be seen as a must-do eventfor suppliers to the poultry industry,” said Mr Jenner.

“Sponsorship of PIX is always welcome. With sponsorship, yourbusiness will receive regular exposure throughout the four days of theevent and will ensure that you are recognised as a significant andenthusiastic supporter of our industry,” Mr Jenner explained.

“Let’s not forget the social side of PIX. It’s a great chance for youto catch up with old friends and acquaintances, meet new ones, andenjoy the hospitality that the PIX conference and Queensland’s GoldCoast have to offer.

“So lock in your calendar for the May 20-23, 2012. You can visitour new and exciting website and register your interest and keep upto date with our progress. Or email us at [email protected] for further information, or to enquire about sponsorship or trade showopportunities.

“We look forward to seeing you at PIX2012,” Mr Jenner said.

Tamworth producer Bede Burke has been elected Chairman of theFarmers’ Federation state egg committee.

Mr Burke, from Glenwarrie Farm and the Chairman of theNationals’ local branch, won his spot after a record number of delegates attended the AGM in Sydney recently.

Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson, who counts Mr Burkeas a friend and one of his most committed election campaign supporters, said he was delighted with the result.

“Bede is highly respected within the industry and has been astrong regional advocate over many years,” Mr Anderson said.

“He comes in at a time when the egg industry is enjoying solidgrowth in the consumer market, but also at a time where strong lead-ership is needed to meet the growing demands of animal welfare.”

Mr Burke said he was honoured to be elected to the role andwould focus on ensuring best practice in animal health, welfare andbiosecurity.

“It’s important to make sure that we stay ahead of the game andwork closely with all stakeholders, including the RSPCA, NSW FoodAuthority and the Egg Food Safety Scheme,” Mr Burke said.

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Though best known for its species specific drinker systems,Lubing also manufactures high pressure fogging systems operating at70 Bar to ensure complete evaporation and efficient cooling.

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Alltech held its 27th Annual InternationalAnimal Health and Nutrition Symposiumat Lexington Kentucky US on May 22-25,2011.

The theme for this year’s event was‘The Game-Changers’.

On the May 22, delegates had theopportunity to visit Alltech’s algae produc-tion plant at Winchester Kentucky. Algaewas to be a recurring theme throughout theconference and is without doubt going tobe the ‘next big thing’ for this dynamiccompany.

At the opening session on May 23,more than 2100 attendees from 72 countries packed the main lecture hall.

After the official opening byLexington Mayor Jim Gray and USCongressman Ben Chandler, Alltech’sFounder and President Dr Pearse Lyonsawarded the Alltech Medal of Excellence toDr Inge Russell, Professor, Heriot-WattUniversity, Edinburgh Scotland andAdjunct Professor, University of westernOntario, Canada.

She was awarded the 2011 Medal ofExcellence for her work in advancing theareas of biotechnology and fermentation ofyeast and algae, and the contribution thoseadvancements have made to the productionof feed, food, beverages and fuel.

“Dr Russell also deserves recognitionfor her commitment to educational programs in agriculture and to developingtalent among student researchers,” DrLyons said.

In her paper ‘What I see ahead - fromyour own personal gene chip to addingyears of wellness to your life’, Dr Russellreviewed the advances in human healthlikely to be influenced by biotechnologyand other developments.

“Your genome determines many ofyour innate food likes or dislikes, and electronic media such as Facebook andiPhone apps will deliver unprecedented andimmediate back ground on food choices.

“Consumers will look at food choicesbased on nutritional benefits for their personal genome,” Dr Russell concluded.

Dr Lyons then announced Alltech’sfirst Humanitarian Award and the inaugur-al winner was Ireland’s now famous tenorRonan Tynan.

Born with a disability that eventuallylead to the amputation of both legs, RonanTynan was a competitive equestrian andbecame an orthodepic surgeon before, in

his thirties, training to become an interna-tionally successful opera performer.

On top of this he won eighteen goldmedals as a disabled athlete and as a discusthrower still holds nine world records.

As Dr Lyons commented “two out ofthe three would have been good enoughfor me!”

Famous in the US for his performancesat the Yankee Stadium, Ronan Tynandemonstrated on the opening day of theconference his fabulous skill as not only atruly great tenor but a great raconteur.

Expanding on the Game Changerstheme, Dr Lyons outlined six key elementsthat would truly be game changers in helping to solve the feed fuel and globalpopulation growth dilemma.

“They were,” he said “fibre – not corn,no antibiotics, programmed nutrition, feedto the genetic potential, algae – the farm ofthe future and finally – be a leader.”

In his address he said “From pro-grammed nutrition to algae innovation tonew media, the technological revolutionpresents a world of great opportunities forthose who embrace ‘The Game Changers’.”

In conclusion Dr Lyons recalled theleap into the unknown he took in settingup Alltech and advised those present to“take a chance, what does it matter if youfail? Take the chance and aim high.”

Besides packing plenty of science andmotivation into the daytime conference sessions, Alltech, and its founder in particular, love to throw a party.

So it was on the night of the May 23delegates joined the locals at the KentuckyHorse Park, home of the Alltech Arena andthe 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Apart from the great country music,the fact that Alltech owns its own brewery,Kentucky Ale and now its own source offabulously tender and tasty Alltech Angusbeef, all combined to make for a greatnight out.

On May 24, in the General Sessionafter Dr Inge Russell and Dr Mark Lyonspresented Alltech’s Young Scientist Awards,Tom Standage, the Business Editor of theEconomist presented his address, ‘An ediblehistory of humanity’.

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Shortly after this mind expandingpaper, Tom Standage joined Ben Self (BlueState Digital – the team that designed apresidential campaign for Barak Obamathat raised $500 million online), and HansJohr (corporate head of agriculture atNestlé and director of the SustainableAgriculture Alliance (SAI) for ‘The GameChanger Debate’.

This debate was chaired by AidanConnolly, Vice president, Alltech.

There were lots of take home messagesfrom this panel of stellar expertise.

“Waste of food through unnecessarycrop losses compounded by waste of foodby consumers should be areas of furtherexamination in answer to the problem of agrowing population and potential shortageof raw materials,” Dr Johr suggested.

“Those with full bellies don’t tend togo in for revolution,” he added.

Of direct interest to Australian poultryfarmers is the critical situation developingaround the US corn crop.

The United States is the world’s largestexporter of corn (maize) and its farmershave to supply not only the huge US pigand poultry sectors but also the ethanolsector – now accounting for up to 40% ofthe total crop.

As the world’s intensive livestock andfood industries turn to other sources ofgrain, including wheat, global feed pricescan only rise.

In the debate and during subsequent

questions all, three panelists were near certain that the US ethanol mandate washere to stay and not only for reasons of fuelsecurity. Iowa (the corn state) is benefittinghugely from the US ethanol mandate andholding that particular state in any USpresidential contest is vital.

Commonsense would dictate that over-all on a global basis it would be easier tofind alternative energy sources for motorvehicles than alternative sources of rawmaterials for human and animal nutritionbut, because of the vagaries of politics andglobal economics, that’s not going to happen.

Which brings us to the first of DrLyons game changing suggestions, ‘Fiber –not corn’.

If the views of the ‘Game Changers’panel are to be taken into account, DrLyons is correct in putting the need toreduce the world’s reliance on corn at thetop of his wish list.

On the final day of the symposium inthe general session Dr Pearse Lyonsreminded the audience that, “our time isnow, and we must keep in mind theimportance of the topics discussed duringthe conference and take action”.

“I challenge you to be the game chang-ers in our industry: you have the technolo-gy, you have the support and you have thecamaraderie,” he said.

Dr Mark Lyons, director of NorthAmerica, Alltech presented on ‘GameChangers: The 7th step for the health andvitality of mankind’.

“There is a sea change taking place inour industry as food and healthcare are at

odds as the cost of both spiral out of control,” he emphasised.

Director of Worldwide Research forAlltech, Dr Karl Dawson extolled the benefits of programmed nutrition wherelivestock could be bought to market in lesstime with lower cholesterol levels that tast-ed better yet grew with less feed.

Declan Coyle, AndecCommunications, Dublin explaned ‘TheGreen Platform’, a state of mind demon-strating how each individual can take con-trol of their own lives to be their owngame changer.

He explained that to be a game changeryou need to recognize your power tochoose one of two platforms: the negative,



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Alltech founder Dr Pearse Lyons concluded the conference by announcingexpansion plans involving new facilitiesaround the world including New Zealand.

Alltech, after 31 years of operations hasbeen a phenomenal success story. It sitswell in the world’s top ten animal healthindustry suppliers and it is still climbingthe ladder.

The company’s sales turnover in thelast year was more than $500 million andwith an annual growth rate of 20-25% ison track for a $billion turnover by 2014.

Alltech operates in 128 countries with31 strategically placed manufacturing andresearch facilities: it employs more than2300 in its global networks.

The three core competencies of Alltech,peptides, solid state fermentation and natural yeast fermentation have taken it toa $500 million company and its latestinvestment in algae based production willno doubt boost it to a billion dollar giantby 2015.

Alltech has not only created productsto improve the effeciencies profitability andsustainability of livestock industries, it hasgenerated a huge amount of valuableresearch into animal nutrition that goesway beyond just its own products.

This year alone Alltech has published45 peer reviewed scientific articles and presented over 350 papers on its researcharound the world.

It has always supported young scientists

at all levels of study, from kindergartens inits home state of Kentucky to PhD students around the world.

In an industry that many may view asbeing boring, staid and just purveyors oflow profile commodities, Alltech has estab-lished a brand that connects ‘frontiers ofscience technology’ to vital feed and foodindustries.

It has used its resources to createbranded consumer products like KentuckyAle and more recently rye whiskey.

Alltech angus beef is raised on farms inKentucky using the company’s nutritionalstrategies and is achieving ever growingsales volumes through enthusiastic consumer acceptance.

In supporting the World EquestrianGames Alltech will undoutably increase its

profile both within the US and overseas.Overseas it has established Café

Citadelle – coffee grown in Haiti, as a wayfor that troubled country to get back on itsfeet after numerous natural disasters.

Without doubt the raw energy ofAlltech R&D, combined with productmarketing has created detractors who arejust as often imitators.

Alltech can without doubt ‘talk thetalk’ but just as certainly they ‘walk thewalk’. Its investment in the recentlyupgraded algae plant and associated laboratories at Winchester Kentucky isaround $200 million.

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Poultry Mills Take-up FeedSafeAccreditation

There are now a number of feed millsthat manufacture layer and broiler feeds fortheir internal company use that havebecome FeedSafe accredited. These mills donot sell feed and have decided to becomeFeedSafe accredited as it provides a practi-cal means of demonstrating their qualityassurance compliance to their egg andpoultry meat customers. Because FeedSafeis an independent audit and the mill isdemonstrating it meets a national feedmilling standard, compliance is being seenas a marketing benefit by these companies.

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India’s poultry consumption is expected togrow 30% by 2014-2015, making thecountry a net poultry importer by thattime, according to Research and Markets’‘India Agribusiness Report Q2 2011’.

A growing middle class and risingincomes will lead to 34.4 million metrictons of poultry being consumed by 2015,according to the report. Connected to thisgrowth, corn consumption is also expectedto increase by 30% by 2014-2015, drivenby the increase in animal feed demand.



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Santrev, one of Australia’s largest poultryshed builders, will unite with Queensland-based poultry specialists, ForealConstructions to create a dynamic teamready to expand across Australia and theinternational market.

The company announced that as ofJuly 2011, Foreal Constructions will ceasetrading and many of Foreal’s experiencedemployees are being hired by Santrev.

“This amalgamation will see SantrevPty Ltd, already Australia’s number onepoultry house builder, increase its capacityto service customers across Australia,” saidLuke Trevanion, CEO of Santrev.

“Securing Deran Weale, Patrick Fordeand their construction teams, is a goodopportunity for us. They are well respectedin the market and will help us continue ourgrowth.

“Our customers are very loyal and havebeen prepared to fit in with our productionschedule. The additional crews will help usbring forward jobs.”

Coming together in order to expandnationally and increase international oppor-tunities is a natural progression for the twoentities who maintain a mutual esteem foreach other.

“We are very pleased that our cus-tomers will be well supported by this join-ing of forces and feel that we are going tocontribute our experience in expanding agreat Australian company,” Deran Weale ofForeal Constructions said.

“Santrev is very strong in the marketand the company builds great sheds. Thework they are doing overseas, exportingAustralian expertise, is inspirational.”

“We have great respect for Deran

Weale and Patrick Forde. I think that wewill work well together. Santrev has welldeveloped systems and processes that willensure we maintain fast build times andexcellent quality,” said Mr Trevanion.

“The integration of these two promi-nent businesses will bring a powerhouse ofexperience to the table.

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Deran and Patrick formed a solidfriendship at University of Queenslandwhere Paddy was studying Animal Health.After completing a building apprenticeship,Paddy worked in the industry, building andinstalling equipment in poultry, dairy andpiggery sheds throughout Queensland andinto New South Wales.

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Deran and Paddy formed ForealConstructions in 2006 and their combinedexperiences quickly cemented Foreal as aninnovative market leader in a very competi-tive industry where experience is paramount.

Considering the wealth of industryknowledge that the joining of Foreal andSantrev garners, it seems internationalexpansion is imminent. When asked aboutthe international prospects, Luke said “Yes,it is very exciting. We have been promotingSantrev to the international market forsome time now. We always knew it wouldtake a fair amount of time to get estab-lished but we have been really pleased withhow quickly opportunities are progressing.We are finding our Australian-designedsheds are right at the front internationallyin terms of quality, climate controllability,build times and price.

“Initially we began travelling overseasin order to be sure we stayed at the leadingedge of developments but we came torealise that what we have developed overthree generations of building poultry shedsis at the cutting edge. We are being pulledby customers over there who want theSantrev Shed.”

“In this era of ever increasing imports,it’s pleasing to see our Australian companylooking to reverse the trend. Santrev hasbeen a solid backbone to the Australianpoultry industry for a very long time. Theaddition of the Foreal Constructions teamwill help keep this iconic Australian poultrybuilder going from strength to strength,”Mr Trevanion concluded.

Danish ventilation conquers Namibian market

SKOV has entered into an agreement tosupply complete Combi-Tunnel ventilationsystems to a farm with 53 poultry housesin southern Namibia.

In addition to ventilation systems,SKOV is also to supply production controland farm management systems. The orderwas landed in collaboration with PeninsulaPoultry Appliances Ltd., SKOV’s dealer inSouth Africa.

“For many years, South Africa hasbeen an important market to SKOV. Afterlengthy negotiations, we have succeeded inlanding an order from the neighbouringcountry, Namibia,” said Arne Overgaard,SKOV A/S, in charge of sales in Africa.

The farm, which is owned by NamibPoultry Industries Ltd., is to have 53 houses, of which six will be for rearingstock, 12 for parent stock and 35 for broilers. When the farm is completed, itwill have a capacity of 250,000 broilers aweek.

“It was important to the customer toinvest in the proper equipment as well as tosecure optimum consultancy services.Thus, the farm will feature every aspect ofsophisticated technology in ventilation,production control and farm manage-

ment,” said Mr Overgaard.The farm in Namibia will be one of

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“The customer has decided to establisha wireless network for all its house comput-ers so that production can be controlledand monitored through the FarmOnlinemanagement program from a central loca-tion,” Mr Overgaard continued.

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The Australian Competition andConsumer Commission has decided toallow Western Australian broiler chickengrowers to collectively bargain with theirprocessors.

The ACCC has previously authorisedsimilar collective bargaining arrangementsfor chicken growers in Victoria, SouthAustralia and Tasmania.

The Western Australian BroilerGrowers’ Association sought authorisationto collectively bargain following the deci-sion by the Western Australian governmentto repeal the Western Australian ChickenMeat Industry Act 1977. The collectivebargaining arrangements provide a frame-work through which the WesternAustralian broiler chicken industry canchoose to negotiate grower contracts.

“The ACCC considers that collectivebargaining can provide an effective mecha-nism for the WABGA’s members toimprove their input into the terms andconditions of their contracts with proces-sors,” ACCC chairman Graeme Samuelsaid. “The collective bargaining arrange-ments are also likely to generate sometransaction cost savings.”

The WABGA’s arrangements are vol-untary for all parties.

Authorisation provides immunity

from court action for conduct that mightotherwise raise concerns under the compe-tition provisions of the Competition andConsumer Act 2010.

Broadly, the ACCC may grant anauthorisation when it is satisfied that thepublic benefit from the conduct outweighsany public detriment.

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Scientists at Aberystwyth University inWales are developing a system to identifyminiscule traces of faecal contamination onchicken carcases in abattoirs that can causedeadly food poisoning outbreaks.

The Improved Food Safety initiative –a Collaborative Industrial Research Projectundertaken by the University’s Institute ofBiological, Environmental and RuralSciences (IBERS) – aims to develop a natural additive to poultry feed that willresult in ultra-violet fluorescence of faeces.

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The poultry session on May 23, 2011 wasconducted under the theme of ‘Poultry-Beyond Efficiency: opportunity for thelowest cost white meat and improvednutritional profile’.

On of the speakers, well known tomany in the Australian poultry and feedindustries was Dr Stephen Collett, nowClincal Associate Professor at the PoultryDiagnostic & Research Center (PRDC)College of Veterinary Medicine, Universityof Georgia, USA.

Prior to taking up his current post in2004, Dr Collett was director of AlltechInc, North American Poultry Division.

His topic was ‘Game Changers inintestinal health – Confronting the challenges of runting/stunting and antibi-otic free programs’.

“In order to confront any challenge infood animal production, it is necessary todistill the issue down to what precisely is itthat can be cost effectively addressed,” DrCollett said.

“The common denominator in‘Runting and Stunting Syndrome’ (RSS)and antibiotic free production is destabili-sation of the gut microbiota.

“In the UK and European Union theterm ‘disbacteriosis’ was adopted todescribe the aberration in intestinal micro-biota that coincided with the removal ofin-feed anti-biotics and the subsequentemergenge of non specific enteritis and wet

litter problems.“While the emergence of these enteric

challenges has been attributed to theremoval of in-feed antibiotics, surprisinglysimilar microbiota destabilization occurs inRSS challenged birds, although in this casethe initiating cause is thought to be viraldamage to the intestinal lining.

“How then can such different etiolo-gies have the same outcome?” Dr Collettasked.

“Interestingly, the phenotypic expres-sion or community output, of the intestinal microbiota contributes to birdperformance.

“The intestinal tract, and more specifi-cally the caeca, serves as a stable bioreactorwhich sustains a complex web of nutrientsubstrate conversion facilitated by secretedenzymes and resident organisms.

“The stability of the intestinal micro-biota is consequently governed by theamount and type of substate.

“As with any hindgut-fermenter thechicken caeca is designed to support organ-isms that aid in digestion of the non-digestible components of the diet, butunfortunately, such conditions are verysuitable for may of the common entericinhabitants that are potential pathogens.

“An oversupply of nutrient to thehindgut rapidly changes the compositionof the microbiota, since the resident organ-isms are able to shift from steady-state to

exponential growth phase.“Potential pathogens such as

Clostridium perfringens gain competitiveadvantage under such circumstances andrapidly dominate the microbial community,thus compromising intestinal health,” DrCollett said.

“Efforts to nurture and stabilise afavourable intestinal microbiota haveshown promise in addressing the negativeimpact of both RSS challenge and in-feedantibiotic removal.

“While there are several opportunitiesand product options to achieve this, thereare three simple intervebtions that havedemonstrated particular promise.

“By seeding the hatchling gut withfavourable orgamisms (All-LacXCL), feed-ing these organisms with an appropriateorganic acid (Acid-Pak 4Way) and weedingout the unfavourable competitors with atype-1 fimbriae blocker (Actigen), it is possible to improve performance by accelerating the evolution of, and manitainthe stability of a favourable intestinalmicrobiota,” Dr Collett concluded.

Dr Steve Collett

All commercial poultry farmers, processors,those in associated industries or anyonelooking at joining the industry are welcometo attend the NSW Poultry Field Day to beheld at the Sydney Showground,Homebush on September 14, 2011.

There’ll be trade displays includingshed construction, equipment, machineryand other related suppliers. Also work-shops, presentations, government agenices,consultants and industry organisations.

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free range production by 347% and barn laid by 160%.Overall he was cautiously optimistic given the fact that eggs were such a

versatile and convenient food product.Michael Leahy, National Livestock Operations Manager, Baiada Poultry,

outlined key challenges facing the chicken meat industry over the next fiveyears. “Land, people, legislation and lifestyle changes were the key issues,”he said.

“There would be more free range, the product would have to stay or bemore affordable and finally while there was consumer demand for organicproduction, this involved huge welfare issues,” he concluded.

Peter Brown, Farming Manager of Pepe’s Ducks in his address –‘Research and Education needs of the duck industry’ predicted a continuedrise in duck meat consumption, largely driven by demand from Asian com-munities, but cautioned that lack of training and trained staff could be aserious impediment to the growth of the industry in the future – moreresearch in the sector was needed he said.

In the ‘Mind to Money segment’ Lloyd Thomson in his second address,“From Ideas to IP’ posed the question Ideas – what is their value?”

“Bare ideas have little value and the most valuable IP in the world is atrade mark – not just the patent,” he said.

Rima Youil R&D Manager at Bioproperties next gave an update on‘Fowl Cholers vaccine – 8 years on’.

She described Vaxsafe PM trials in some detail and also some of theproblems, and subsequent solutions, in using Vaxsafe in turkey flocks.

On the final day of the seminar in the ‘Education and training, casestudies session’ Liz Roan, Education Officer at the Poultry CRC, spoke onthe success of the teachers’ resource kit and the vital industry awareness thatit creates for the Australian poultry industry in schools and TAFE collegesacross the country.

Though the kit is designed for Australia only one has reached KhostProvince in Afghanistan where it has become a prized item of immense

value to teachers and students alike.Angus Crossan, Program Manager R&D at AECL next

outlined the aims of AECL’s VET (Vocational EducationProgram) in providing a national program of quality training(Certificate 111) in poultry production.

Yelli Kruger, AECL’s Marketing Manager described the‘All About Eggs program’ where a team visited schools withthe aim of creating awareness of eggs as a valuable andhealthy food source amongst primary school children.

In the final session, CRC Operation, Liz Roan describedchanges and updates to the CRC’s Poultry Hub website.

Michael Warner, the CRC’s new CommunicationsManager, introduced the ‘Smartsheet’ program introducedfor the purposes of project management.

The final presentation was delivered by Tugrul DuraliPhD research student and broiler manager at Red Lea.

Fresh from his recent trip to broiler farms in GeorgiaUSA, Tugrul outlined the prospects created by Alltech’s algaeresearch and what makes the vast poultry industries of theUS tick – more of this in the next issue of Poultry Digest.

CRC CEO Minghan Choct gave the summing upaddress. “The poultry industry was,” he stated “an excitingand dynamic contributor to the nation’s food security andhealth.” He also emphasised the value of face to face meetingand discussion in an increasingly faceless world of communication. n

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• Workshops/presentations, on ventilation, energy use etc

• Government agencies/consultants/industry organisations

Pre –registration required up until Tue 13 September 2011 To register attendance or book a site please contact: Peter Cashman | 0428 882 178 | [email protected]

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“The Ercolino is manufactured byCiemmecalabria, Italian specialist in thedesign and manufacturer of poultry loadingmachines. Up until now they were probablybest known in Australia for their chickencatching machinery,” said Doug Peters,Managing Director of Imexco, theAustralian agent for the Ciemmecalabria poultry handling product range.

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“The hydraulic ‘Quick Hitch’ mecha-nism allows for easy attachment andchange of loading tools such as forks (1.2or 1.8 metres), loading bucket or sweeperunits.

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“Operator comfort and a driving posi-tion that allows for maximum precision inloading and unloading tasks.

“The multi function joystick is used forgear selection and to control boom arms:

indicating lights confirm the correct modesand functions selected while on the lefthand side of the cab are steering modeselector, sound system and climate controlfunctions, company information reveals.

“The Ercolino loader unit fills the gapon poultry farms between the larger, bulki-er and more expensive telehandler loadersand smaller less capable or versatile skidsteer units,” Mr Peters concluded.



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