Country Profiles: Australia

Estimated rural poultry population
Very few

Institutes and Organisation

• University of Queensland
  John Francis Virology Laboratory
  School of Veterinary Science,
  P.O. Box 125 Kenmore, Queensland 4069
  Tel 61 7 33655740
  Fax 61 7 33655600
  Email hosvetsci@uqg.uq.edu.au
• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
  PO Box 157, Canberra, ACT 2601
  Tel 61 2 6217 0500
  Fax 61 2 6217 0501
  Email aciar@aciar.gov.au
• AusAID, The Australian Agency for International Development
  GPO Box 887, Canberra. ACT 2601
  Tel 61 2 6206 4000
  Fax61 2 6206 4880
  Email infoausaid@ausaid.gov.au

Current and recent projects

• “Investigations into the control of Newcastle disease in village chickens” ACIAR Project Number AS1/96/96

Key Personnel based in Australia
Dr John Copland, Animal Sciences, ACIAR, Canberra copland@ACIAR.gov.au
Emeritus Professor Peter Spradbrow p.spradbrow@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Dr Joanne Meers j.meers@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Dr Mary Young
John Francis Virology Laboratory
School of Veterinary Science
University of Queensland

Key Personnel based in Mozambique
Dr Rosa Costa, Director
Dr Belmira Mata, Head of Vaccine Production
Dr Robyn Alders, Project Manager robyn@tropical.co.mz
National Veterinary Research Institute
P.O. Box 1922, Maputo, Mozambique

Funded by ACIAR and AusAID

• “Improving capacity to control Newcastle disease and duck plague in village poultry”. Viet Nam Australian development cooperation program CARD program.

Australian Activity Director
Dr Joanne Meers, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland
j.meers@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Viet Nam Activity Director
Professor Tran Dinh Tu, NAVETCO, 29 Nguyen Dinh Chieu St,
District 1 Ho Chi Minh City navetco@hcmc.netnam.vn

• “Development of a Newcastle disease vaccination programme for village chickens in rural Bhutan using locally produced thermostable vaccine”

Chief Investigators in Australia
Dr Joanne Meers j.meers@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Emeritus Professor Peter Spradbrow p.spradbrow@mailbox.uq.edu.au
John Francis Virology Laboratory
School of Veterinary Science
University of Queensland
PO Box 125, Kenmore, Qld 4069, Australia

Chief Investigator in Bhutan
Dr Chamling Rai rvec@druknet.net.bt
Royal Veterinary Epidemiology Centre, PO Box 155, Serbithang, Bhutan

Funded by AusAID

• Enhancing the contribution of livestock within smallholder mixed farming systems in the Philippines ACIAR ProjectASEM/97/41

Chief investigator in Australia:
Richard Clark
Queensland Department ofPrimary Industries
Tel 0418 730 005
Richard.Clark@dpi.qld.gov.au

Chief Investigator in the Philippines:
Alberto Taveros
College of Veterinary Medicine
Leyte State University
ataveros@yahoo.com

• “Controlling Newcastle disease in village chickens in southern Africa”
  A project to be funded by AusAID and to commence June 2002

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