Food Safety & Poultry Health
A workshop held May 11 & 12, 2005 in Ottawa identified a number of research priorities to be pursued by the poultry industry. A subset of these priorities deals with the impact of poultry health and diseases on food safety and quality. The CPRC and its member organizations sent out a call for research applications in October 2005 using the following priority list:

  1. New and rapid diagnostic testing for food-borne bacteria (on-farm and in product)

  2. Ability to eradicate pathogens (particularly in breeder and layer flocks)

  3. Development of new vaccines and treatments for disease

  4. Creation of markers to differentiate birds exposed to a disease from those that have developed antibodies to a vaccine

  5. Identify methods of disease transmission

  6. Preparedness for disease outbreaks (including bird depopulation and disposal)

  7. Effects of toxins/bacteria on bird and human health

The CPRC hosted a workshop in September 2006 at the University of Montreal. The bjectives of this workshop were:

  1. To amend the priority list in the area of Food Safety & Poultry Health, if necessary, to reflect current and emerging issues in the Canadian poultry industry.

  2. To receive updates on research under the avian gut microbiology (AviMicroNet) program

  3. To identify challenges, opportunities and priorities relating to food safety and poultry health research

  4. To maximize Canada’s return on investment in food safety and poultry health research

To date four projects have been funded within this program area. The subject areas covered are: immunization of broiler chickens against necrotic enteritis, immune responses to avian influenza virus in the chicken, development of RNA interference constructs against avian influenza virus, and novel multivalent vaccines for avian health. A second Call for Letters of Intent in this priority area is scheduled for April 2009.

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