RIRDC Projects and Results

Completed Projects & Research in Progress

Archived Research in Progress reports

Current projects

Crusader improving efficiency & structure of the meat rabbit industry in Aust.

Redclaw Selective Breeding Program

Selective breeding programs for game bird and ratite farming

Evaluation of potential projects

Commercialising native freshwater turtle production in South East Queensland

Re-invigorating NSW prawn farms through the culture of Mulloway.

Optimizing genetics, reproduction and nutrition of dairy sheep and goats.

Carbon Reduction Benchmarks & Strategies: New Animal Products Supply Chains

Marron Production Enhancement

Viral and endogenous retroviral detection and characterisation in crocodiles

Emu Oil and prevention of intestinal damage

Improving the production efficiency, welfare and processing of commercial ducks

Completed projects

Husbandry and genetic strategies to improve hide quality of ostriches

On farm nutritional strategies to improve the profitability of ostrich farm

Production implications of trace element concentrations in crocodile eggs

Commercial Silk production practices for an Australian sericulture industry

Crusader - a commercial breeding program for meat rabbits in Australia

Identifying and Utilising Genes for Disease Resistance and Doe Health for t

Exploring the commercial potential of sheep milk

Commercial safari hunting of Australian exotic wild game: extension and com

Declawing training manual

Crocodile pen design

Genetic improvement of dairy sheep

Farming and marketing goat and sheep milk products

The continued development of artificial insemination technology in alpacas

Improving reproduction and genetics for game birds and ratites

Linkage mapping and QTL analysis in saltwater crocodiles

Adding value to new animal product (NAP) supply chains: part 2

Runtism and survival in captive saltwater crocodiles

Feasibility study for establishing a snake farming industry in Australia

Requirements for NAP Traceability Systems: A Scoping Study

The abattoir processing resource for New Animal Products in Australia

Increasing human consumption of kangaroo meat

Nutritional requirements feed ingredients and feeding systems for farmed crocs

Efficient environment and bird friendly commercial duck production

A review and feasibility study of brain phospholipids extraction

Captive breeding of Hawksbill turtles

Catostylus mosaicus anutoimmune stimulant

Identify the factors affecting the anti-inflammatory levels of emu oil Stg 1

Bactronophorous thoracites health promoting product

Innovative manufacture, installation of value adding process for farmed rabbits

Investigating the epidemiology of Chlamydia in farmed crocodiles

Emu Oil and Gastrointestiral Disease

Alpaca Meat Cuts and Specifications Brochure

Tracking crocodile skin defects - from farm to product.

Management strategies to reduce ostrich chick mortality

Commercial development of export markets for emerging skin industries phase 2

Feasibility study sustainable use of native mammals in the Aust Pet Industry