The Chicken litter screening tool is a database of bedding and litter materials for the Australian chicken meat industry. It details the beneficial properties, potential hazards and risks associated with different litter materials, and allows the user to search materials by litter type, suitability or by a keyword search. There is also detailed information with links to scientific papers for many of the litter options.
This search tool is for anyone in the chicken meat industry, research or education who wants information about the different bedding and litter options.
Please let us know what you think about the tool, your experience of using different litters or if we’ve missed anything by emailing Chicken litter screening tool team.
More information
The following publications are the two key information sources used to develop the tool.
- PRJ-010655: Review of fresh litter supply, management and spent litter utilisation
- PRJ-011589: Best practice litter management manual for Australian meat chicken farms. Download the final report or read the online version.
Acknowledgments
Eugene McGahan – Integrity Ag & Environment
Mark Dunlop – Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Claire-Marie Pepper – Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
The Chicken litter screening tool was developed as part of the Training and extension for the Australian chicken meat industry project (PRJ-011920) and is modelled on the AgriFutures screening and risk assessment tool (PRJ-0011935), both AgriFutures Australia funded projects.
