Minister to open pig science seminar
Queensland's Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk will open a Pig Science Seminar at the University of Queensland's Gatton College on Wednesday, September 29.
Sponsored by Darling Downs Bacon, the Queensland Pig Consultancy Group, the
Australasian Pig Institute and the Pig Research and Development Corporation, the conference will highlight pig research in Queensland.
Papers will cover areas such as the effects of sorghum ergot on the milk production of sows, the energy value for pigs from new mungbean and chick pea varieties and getting value out of piggery sludge disposal.
There will also be demonstrations and colourful poster displays.
For more information, contact Janet Elliott (telephone 07 5460 1014) or Peter Fearon from the QDPI (telephone 07 4688 1212).
telephone 07 3365 6472).
72 and 74 degrees Celsius for around 15 seconds.
"I also tested two different methods for heating milk - indirect means using outer tubes or direct means involving infusing milk with steam. The second method means water must later be removed from the milk," he said.
"My research showed direct heating yielded the best tasting milk."
Dr Elliott said UHT consumption rates were doubling every four years with increasing numbers of people realising it was far more than something you used when "you went camping".
"UHT milk is very nutritious and convenient with a shelf life of between six and nine months," he said.
The Centre opened in 1998 under the direction of Dr Hilton Deeth to provide research, consultancies, training and extension for solving problems and exploiting opportunities connected with high-temperature processing for the Australian dairy industry.
Funded by the Dairy Research and Development Corporation (DRDC), the Centre has a UHT pilot plant which is unique in Australian public research establishments and its location at Gatton gives it ready access to academic facilities, postgraduate students and milk from the University's dairy herd.
For more information, contact Dr Tony Elliott (telephone 07 5460 1463).
duction Mummy mask or a toga and asking a million questions about the pyramids and what life must have been like for ancient cultures. One group was more fascinated with an ancient child's tombstone than any of the weapons. The child was about their age and they related to this," she said.
The CD-ROM is being sold through the Queensland Education Department.
For more information, contact Associate Professor Dorothy Watts (telephone 07 3365 2633) or Dr Sonia Puttock (telephone 07 3365 2567).
than 100 institutions. Rotary stressed that among the key selection criteria were ?superior curricula and faculty in world affairs, conflict resolution and international studies'."
People wishing to undertake postgraduate study in International Relations and Asian politics can contact the administrative officer, UQ Government Department at telephone 07 3365 2637, email: l.buckham@mailbox.uq.edu.au, or visit the Government Department website at http://www.uq.edu.au/govt/index.html
