PhD Scholar – Carria Xie
Carria Xie is a first-year PhD candidate, using novel strategies to investigate how energy and amino acid levels affect broiler chicken performance in male and female birds.
APSS 2025
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium is the premier
avian science conference in Australia, attracting delegates
from right across the country and around the world. This
year our conference will focus on an over- arching theme
of “Enhancing productivity through resilience.”
APSS 2024 Concludes with Record-Breaking Numbers
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) 2024 wrapped up its program in February with a resounding success, marking a significant milestone for joint coordinators, Poultry Research Foundation – University of Sydney and WPSA – Australian Branch.
Bringing Industry Experience into her PhD: Introducing Jojo Wang
Jojo Mengzhu Wang is a PhD candidate in poultry nutrition at the Poultry Research Foundation (PRF) of The University of Sydney. Jojo completed her Master’s degree in ruminant nutrition from Shihezi University in China in 2016.
A Chat with Mr John Harvey, AgriFutures Australia
For this issue of Poultry@Sydney, I was delighted to speak with Mr John Harvey, Managing Director of AgriFutures Australia. AgriFutures Australia is one of 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) that service the Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) needs of Australian rural industries.
The Poultry Research Foundation Welcomes Poultry Veterinarian, Dr Jose Quinteros
Jose is focused on modernising the tools used to prevent infectious viral diseases, such as IBV, as the current prophylactic tools have not been updated in more than 30 years. He also aims to establish a poultry infectious diseases surveillance program to keep track of the constant challenges that arise with the emergence of new pathogens or pathogen variants.
Australian Poultry Science Symposium 2024
The 35th Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) will be held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sydney Hyde Park, between 19-21 February 2024. The central theme of APSS 2024 will be “Frontier Science – Integrating Nutrition, Gut Health and Welfare”.
“Poultry Education Day” for School Students
On the 10th of November 2023, The University of Sydney held the egg-citing open day once again whereby students across all parts of NSW local and further way were invited into the world of poultry.
A Chat with Dr Ron MacAlpine
Dr Ron MacAlpine is a highly respected industry leader and a well-known poultry nutritionist in Australia. It was a pleasure to have a chat with Ron recently.
Recent Poultry Health Studies by the PRF Team
Karen Gao’s project is the first analytical epidemiological study of Spotty Liver Disease, which is a major disease problem in free range egg layers. Christine Clark’s project looked at the novel strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis that caused major disruption to the layer industry in NSW in 2018-2020 and also spread to Victoria and Queensland.