Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0667562

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0667562

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nutrition in the Gouldian finch - developing an optimal 'life-history diet'. Native Australian birds such as the budgerigar, cockatiel, cockatoo, zebra finch and Gouldian finch dominate the pet trade with tens of millions kept across the world. Currently these birds are fed inadequate diets based on a few generic seeds (of European origin). Our study will investigate the nutritional needs of the Gouldian finch and the nutritional content of native Australian seeds, ultimately designing an optimal diet that will dramatically improve the health of these captive birds. We will develop a new product based on Australian plants, which are adapted to growing in even in the poorest soils and climates in Australia and which will form the basis of a new commercial crop for domestic and international markets.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-04-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $240,250.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Nutrition | Animal Husbandry | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Animal Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Native vegetation | Livestock not elsewhere classified | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Husbandry | Animal Nutrition | Animal Production | Biological sciences | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Livestock not elsewhere classified | Native vegetation

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