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| Larissa Beale, Pork CRC supported University of Queensland post-grad, presents at the APSA 2011 student workshop. |
Her presentation (‘Probiotics successfully limit the severity of post weaning diarrhoea’) scored 81.14 (out of a possible 100) and was the only one in the Top Five which was assessed by all seven judges.
Best First Time Presenter was University of Adelaide post-graduate, Alice Weaver, for her presentation ‘Feeding gilts high fibre diets prior to mating improves oocyte quality’.
Dr Jo Pluske’s Poster (‘Sourcing cereal feed grains for pigs: what are the views of the supply chain?’) won the best poster award, scoring 55.00 (out of a possible 70)
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Alice Weaver, Pork CRC supported University of Adelaide post-grad, presents at the APSA 2011 student workshop.
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The importance of encouraging young people to join the research ranks that support the industry was summed up by Pork CRC Chairman, Dr John Keniry, during his A.C. Dunkin Memorial Lecture at the 2011 APSA Conference.
During the six year life of the first Pork CRC, it had supported 50 honours students, 23 PhD students and five post-doctoral researchers.
“They will form the nucleus of young researchers and production management personnel that will carry the industry forward in future years,” Dr Keniry said.
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Graeme Crook and Sue Merry, both of
the Pork CRC, helped judge posters at APSA 2011. Best poster was won by Dr Jo Pluske.
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“This process resulted in many new researchers coming into the industry and bringing with them knowledge gained from research in other industries that has proved very worthwhile for the pork industry,” he concluded.
In the new CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, an educational component has been built into all four programs.
The seven person judging panel comprised Dr Dave Cadogan of Feedworks, Dr Roger Campbell, Mr Graeme Crook and Ms Sue Merry, all Pork CRC, Mr Tony Edwards of Ace Livestock Consulting Mr Dave Henman of Rivalea and Dr Pat Mitchell of APL.
There were 24 presentations and 29 posters eligible for the Pork CRC Awards and the top five results in the Presentation and Poster categories were:
