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Project Details
Name |
On farm nutritional strategies to improve the profitability of ostrich farm |
|---|---|
Summary |
unknown |
Program |
New Animal Products |
Research organisation |
The Minister for Agriculture, Food & Fisheries acting through South Australian Research & Development Institute |
Objective summary |
Reduce feed costs for ostriches in the finisher stage by utilising least cost high fibre diets Establish the use of an innovative pasture crop and ostrich rotation system to reduce cost of feeding ostriches Establish suitable dryland pastures as alternative to lucerne for ostrich grazing Improve feeding management techniques to improve skin quality and meat quality of ostriches Improve the feed conversion ratio of ostriches by demonstrating value of supplementing diets with fibre digesting enzymes Establish a sustainable farming system for grazing ostriches |
Corporate goal |
unknown |
National priority |
Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries |
Rural priority |
Productivity and adding value |
RIRDC goal |
NAP-Develop new opportunities |
Principal researcher |
Phil Glatz, phone (08) 8303 7786 |
Research manager |
Julie Bird, phone unknown |
Admin contact |
Adrienne Twisk |