Adequate water supplies of suitable quality is essential for breeding, growing and processing meat chickens.
The ‘Industry best practice manual for water quality management and sterilisation‘ is a key guide for all chicken farmers and processors.
Water-related research final reports and summaries for the chicken meat industry, funded by the AgriFutures Australia Chicken Meat Program, include:
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- Water security for the chicken meat industry – project overview (PRJ-012274), published June 2020
- Industry best practice manual for water quality management and sterilisation – final report (PRJ-011587), published September 2020
- Effect of an in-shed sprinkler cooling system on temperature, relative humidity, water usage, litter conditions, live weight and mortality – final report (PRJ-010245), published November 2018
Another key industry guide is the National water biosecurity manual poultry production (PDF, 1.83MB), a report commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, published in August 2009.
More information
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- Watch the webinars on water projects
- Download the fact sheets
