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By Dr Rider Perez-Maldonado, Queensland Poultry Research and Development Centre April 2001
Financial assistance of $1,400 was received from the RIRDC (Egg and Chicken Meat programs) toward the costs involved for Dr R Perez-Maldonado to travel overseas to attend and to present a scientific poster during a 4-day period at the XXI World's Poultry Congress (WPC) in Montreal, Canada. During the event, a technical meeting was coordinated with Professor Henry Classen and Professional Research Associate Rex Newkirk from Saskatchewan University to discuss and exchange information regarding canola/cottonseed meal research from both Canada and Australia.
This XXI WPC provided Dr R. Perez-Maldonado with up to date information relevant to the development of the RIRDC current research project in canola/cottonseed meals which is being carried out at the Queensland Poultry Research and Development Centre (QPRDC).
This overseas trip also provided Dr Perez-Maldonado with opportunities to discuss several new project proposals with his peers.
The main areas of interest were manipulation of fat quality in chicken meat and poultry eggs, animal welfare issues in laying hens and enzyme research in poultry feed. A major activity included a scientific poster presentation on A Comparison of Raw Soybean Selected for Low Trypsin Inhibitor Activity for Laying Hens on Tuesday 22. The results of this RIRDC soybean research are highly significant to the economics of poultry production in Australia in which substantial savings can be made when incorporating this meal in layer diets.
As a current WPSA Secretary (Australian Branch) Dr Perez-Maldonado was invited to attend three WPSA meetings. The first called the 2nd Meeting of the Branch Secretaries of WPSA was held at 12:00 hours on Tuesday, August 22, 2000 at the Palais des Congrès in Montréal.
Then on Wednesday August 23, the Meeting of the Council and General Assembly of the WPSA was attended. The minutes of these meetings will be forwarded on request. An important WPSA meeting was also attended to discuss the 7th Asian Pacific Federation Conference to be held on October 2002 at the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. Part of the agenda during this meeting was to inaugurate the Efficiency in Extensive Small-Scale Poultry Production Working Group in the Asian Pacific Federation. As an Australian WPSA Council representative, Dr Perez-Maldonado participated in the Election of WPSA Officers for the period 2000-2004. As a member of the Australian WPC 2008 bid, Dr Perez- Maldonado participated in the successful Australian bid that obtained the WPC for Brisbane in 2008. Finally I would like to thank RIRDC for the financial support provided.
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