Please find below the list of papers relating to chicken meat production that were given at the 2012 PIX Conference in May, 2012. The papers highlighted in bold text are those deemed likely to be of most use to PIANZ members.
The PIANZ office holds the full programme of papers, which are available to members on request.
- Saving money and maintaining performance in brooding – Mike Czarick
- Management and maintenance of cool pads and fans – Peter Matthews
- Efficiency and performance of tunnel ventilation fans – Mark Dunlop
- Factors affecting floor/litter quality – Brian Fairchild
- Does the development of improved welfare standards impact on bird and enterprise productivity? – Kevin de Witte
- How genetic improvements impact on management and husbandry – Dominick Elfick
- The RSPCA Farming Scheme: Balancing animal welfare, consumer expectations and commercial reality – Melina Tensen
- Primary Production and processing standard explained – Marg McKenzie
- Managing Campylobacter – Pat Blackall
- Odour emissions and nutrient accumulation of free-range chicken meat farms in Queensland – Grant Brown
- Life cycle assessment of chicken meat production – Stephen Weidemann
- On-farm energy usage studies – Eugene McGahan
- Grower options for spent litter management – Steve Weidemann
- Platinum Brooding: A new concept in brooding chicks – Stewart Ritchie
- Water sanitation for meat chicken farms – Tim Wilson
- Mortality composting methods – Kevin Wilkinson
- A snapshot of the health of the Australian meat chicken flock – Chris Morrow