Fact sheets

These fact sheets have been developed from research projects to provide the latest and best science-based information for the Australian chicken meat industry.

Below is a list of fact sheets now available to download and grouped by topic area.

Biosecurity

• Poultry waste composting guidelines
• Rodent control guidelines summary
• Know your rodent 
• Black rat control
• Brown rat control
• House mouse control

Health

• Very virulent infectious bursal disease (vvIBDV)
• Australian poultry industry disinfectants reviewed for effectiveness against IBDV

Litter management and ventilation

• Selecting bedding material
• Shavings, sawdust, straw and rice hulls
• Assessing litter conditions
• Managing re-used litter
• Potential litter amendments for Australian growers
• Drying and pre-heating litter before chick placement
• Managing wet litter
• Litter tilling
• Introduction to drying litter
• The elements of drying litter
• Circulation fans

Drinker management

• Drinker pressure and height
• Flushing and cleaning drinker lines
• Replacing worn drinkers
• Medium-flow drinker nipples
• Procedure: Adjusting drinker line pressure based on litter conditions
• Procedure: How to measure drinker flow rate

Nutrition

• Australian feed ingredient database

Environment

• The Australian chicken meat industry’s carbon footprint
• Emission reduction technologies and potential use in the chicken meat industry
• Case study for minimising carbon footprint in poultry production
• Top 10 tips to get the best water for your chickens
• How to take water samples

Food safety

• Sanitisers for commercial use in chicken meat production
• Sanitisers can affect Campylobacter survivability in different ways