The following presentations from this conference, held on May 25-27 2014 at Gold Coast, Australia, are preceded by short explanatory notes.
1. Building consumer trust and confidence -Greg Mills
This paper looks at the issue of questions about farming production systems and practices. It points to the importance of consumer trust. Such practices must be ethically grounded, scientifically verified and economically viable. This leads to the “Social Licence” to operate. An example given is of the Australian live cattle exports where an undercover video on Australian TV showing port very poor outcomes for the cattle led to the loss of the social licence of the live export industry and rules requiring much greater compliance, extensive reporting and verification.
This is an important presentation which provides food for thought for intensive livestock farming.
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2. UK experiences /real outcomes / more stringent welfare standards – Philip Wilkinson
This presentation from a senior and experienced UK practitioner in the poultry meat industry refers to both poultry meat and eggs and the importance of accreditation schemes and traceability in the UK market.
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3. Mositure management and poultry litter – Alo Mohan
A useful paper on the importance of controlling moisture in litter which can lead to major implications for both welfare and performance issues in the poultry meat industry. It sets out a range of ways in which moisture can enter the poultry house.
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4. Early gut health and litter moisture – Guillermo Zavala
A paper that shows the interconnections between early gut health, litter conditions, poultry barn infrastructure, house ventilation, incubation and hatchery conditions, brooding conditions, water quality and maternal health and immunity.
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5. Optimising on- farm energy use – meat chicken production – E J McGahan
This paper looks at the results of a study on three farms in southern Queensland in 2011-12. The results show a large variation in both electrical and total energy use between farms, and even between sheds on the same farm. It shows there is scope for improvement in this area of the production system.
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6. Studies on odour emissions and the impacts – Mark Dunlop
Odour impacts from meat chicken farms are an ongoing issue for the industry. Why do some farms cause odour impacts while others do not? The key to preventing odour impacts still lies in good farm management practices and maintaining appropriate buffer distances.
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7. Reducing antibiotic use in commercial poultry production – Derek Detzler
Derek Detzler of Hucon Poultry Inc., Canada, started to use coccidiosis vaccines in 2004 to try and reestablish sensitivity to some of the anticoccidials that had lost efficacy. Continuous vaccination along with other natural alternatives led to total withdrawal of all in feed and water medications in 2010.
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8. Vectors and controlling the risks they posed to the disease transmission – Maxcy Nolan
A detailed paper looking at controlling disease transmission risks and the use of an integrated pest management scheme in areas such as the living area of the birds, the interface between that area and the immediate outside environment, a buffer zone of approximately 30m surrounding the house in all directions, and a broader 300m zone surrounding the farm and the greater outside world.
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9. Range management for disease control – Margaret McKenzie
This paper by Dr Mackenzie (Ingham’s Australia) looks at the growth of the free-range market and the importance of range management and the particular risk from wild birds.
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10. Establishing and maintaining the range – Sandra Pegler
This practical paper by a free-range meat chicken grower offers useful comments on range management with an Australian perspective.
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