Efficacy of lactobacilli to normalize production of corticosterone induced by unpleasant handling of broilers by Meimandipour, Amir, Soleimani Farjam, Abdoreza, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Kasim, Azhar, L., Nateghi, B., Rasti, Abdul Manap, Mohd Yazid

“…The three treatments were: (1) non-handled chicks fed basal diet (control); (2) unpleasantly handled-chicks fed basal diet (UH-BD) and (3) unpleasantly handled-chicks fed basal diet supplemented with the probiotic, lactobacilli (UH-BDL). …”
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Gastrointestinal tract morphological alteration by unpleasant physical treatment and modulating role of Lactobacillus in broilers by Meimandipour, Amir, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Kasim, Azhar, A. F., Soleimani, Babak, Rasti, Abdul Manap, Mohd Yazid

“…The following treatments were applied from day one: (1) chicks exposed to normal human contact fed basal diet (control); (2) chicks were exposed to unpleasant physical treatment and fed basal diet (UPT-BD); and (3) chicks were exposed to unpleasant physical treatment and fed basal diet supplemented with Lactobacillus (UPT-BDL). …”
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Ileal endogenous amino acid flow of broiler chickens under high ambient temperature. by Soleimani, A. F., Kasim, Azhar, Alimon, Abdul Razak, Meimandipour, A., Idrus, Zulkifli

“…A total of 90, day-old broiler chicks were housed in battery cages in an environmentally controlled chamber. …”

Effect of soluble probiotic on production performance of Akar Putra chicken by Jawad, Hasan S. A., Idris, Lokman Hakim, Naji, Saad A., Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Kasim, Azhar

“…A total of seventy two 1-day-old Akar Putra chicks were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, each having 3 replicates of 8 chicks. …”
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Physiological response of glutamine and glutamic acid supplemented broiler chickens to heat stress by Olubodun, Joshua Omolayo, Idrus, Zulkifli, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Kasim, Azhar, Soleimani, Abdoreza Farjam

“…Day-old commercial broiler chickens were kept in environmentally controlled chambers and fed (i) basal diet (control), (ii) basal diet + 0.5% Gln+Glu from 1 to 21 days of age. From day 22–42, chicks in one chamber were subjected to 5 h daily heat stress at 34 ± 1°C and the other chicks remain in thermoneutral condition. …”
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Responses of performance and differential leukocyte count to methionine and threonine supplementations on broiler chickens challenged with infectious bursal disease in tropical con... by Maroufyan, Elham, Kasim, Azhar, Hashemi, Seyed Reza, Loh, Teck Chwen, Bejo, Mohd Hair

“…A total of 450 day-old male broiler chicks were assigned to nine groups. Chickens were fed by three graded levels of DL- methionine [NRC (M1), 2 times NRC (M2) and 3 times NRC (M3)] and three graded levels of L-threonine [NRC (T1), 2 times NRC (T2) and 3 times NRC (T3)] from day 1-42 of age. …”
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Change in growth performance and liver function enzymes of broiler chickens challenged with infectious bursal disease virus to dietary supplementation of methionine and threonine by Maroufyan, Elham, Kasim, Azhar, Hashemi, Seyed Reza, Loh, Tech Chwen, Bejo, Mohd Hair

“…Approach: A total of 450 day-old male broiler chicks were assigned to nine groups. Chickens were fed by three graded levels of DL-methionine [NRC (M1), 2 times NRC (M2) and 3 times NRC (M3)] and three graded levels of L-threonine [NRC (T1), 2 times NRC (T2) and 3 times NRC (T3)] from day 1-42 of age. …”
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Efficacy of a locally produced microbial phytase from Enterobacter sakazakii ASUIA273 on body weight and hemato-biochemical constituents in broiler chickens by Islam, R., Ideris, Aini, Kasim, Azhar, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Farhana Yasmin

“…A total of 144 chicks (Cobb) at one-day old were allocated to 4 treatment (T) groups with 12 cages comprising 3 replicates, each cage containing to 12 birds. …”
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Durability of induced heat tolerance by short term heat challenge at broilers marketing age. by Soleimani Farjam, Abdoreza, Kasim, Azhar, Alimon, Abdul Razak, Idrus, Zulkifli

“…A total of 90 day old chicks were reared in stainless steel battery cages and were assigned at random into 18 pens of 5 birds each, with 9 pens containing males and another 9 pens containing females. …”

Impact of daily supplement of probiotic on the production performance of Akar Putra chickens by Jawad, Hasan S. A., Idris, Lokman Hakim, Naji, Saad A., Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Kasim, Azhar

“…A total of 72 day-old Akar Putra chicks were reared for 12 weeks and randomly assigned to three dietary treatments (24 chicken/treatment), with 3 replications for each (8 chicken/replicate). …”
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Effect of varying ratios of dietary calcium and phosphorus on performance, phytate P and mineral retention in Japanese quail (Coturnix cotnurnix Japonica). by Kasim, Azhar, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Loh, Teck Chwen, Sheikhlar, Atefeh

“…There were pronounced differences (P < 0.05) in body weight gain of chicks among treatments at second and third week of age. …”
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The effect of methionine and threonine supplementations on immune responses of broiler chickens challenged with infectious bursal disease by Maroufyan, Elham, Kasim, Azhar, Hashemi, Seyed Reza, Loh, Teck Chwen, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Davoodi, Homa

“…Approach: A total of 450 day-old male broiler chicks were assigned to one of the nine dietary treatments. …”
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Effects of non-antibiotic feed additives on performance, tibial dyschondroplasia incidence and tibia characteristics of broilers fed low-calcium diets. by Houshmand, A., Kasim, Azhar, Idrus, Zulkifli, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Meimandipour, Amir, Kamyab, A.

“…A completely randomized design, with six treatments and five replicates of five chicks per each was used. Experimental treatments were: (i) Basal diet containing recommended level of calcium (0.9%) as control treatment (Ctrl), (ii) low-calcium (0.67%) diet without any additive (LC), (iii) low-calcium diet + probiotic (2g/kg diet), (iv) low-calcium diet + prebiotic (2g/kg diet), (v) low-calcium diet + synbiotic [mix of probiotic and prebiotic (each 2g/kg diet)], (vi) low-calcium diet + organic acid (1.5g/kg diet). …”
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Partial ablation of uropygial gland effect on carcass characteristics of Akar Putra chicken by Jawad, Hasan S. A., Idris, Lokman Hakim, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Kasim, Azhar

“…This study evaluated the effect of partial uropygialectomy (PU) on carcass traits of male and female Akar Putra chickens. Sixty chicks of each sex were evenly distributed into 5 treatment groups with 3 replicates per group containing 4 males and 4 females each, and reared for 12 wk. …”
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Effects of nonantibiotic feed additives on performance, nutrient retention, gut pH, and intestinal morphology of broilers fed different levels of energy. by Houshmand, M., Kasim, Azhar, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Idrus, Zulkifli, Kamyab, Abdolreza

“…A total of 640 one-day-old male and female broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 8 treatments. Each treatment consisted of 4 replicate floor pens of 20 birds each. …”
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Effect of fermented rice bran, bio-converted byproduct on performance of broiler chickens. by Khin, San Mu, Kasim, Azhar, Ideris, Aini, Saad, Che Roos

“…About 3 weeks feeding trial using 96 days old, male broiler chicks (Cobb) was conducted to evaluate the potential of fermented rice bran, residue from phytase production on performance of broiler chicken in comparison with untreated rice bran. …”
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Effects of rough handling on short chain fatty acid production and gastrointestinal pH in broilers and modulatory role of Lactobacilli by Meimandipour, Amir, Farjam, Abdoreza Soleimani, Houshmand, Mohammad, Kasim, Azhar, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Abd Manap, Mohd Yazid

“…The influence of stress due to rough handling (RH) on gastrointestinal tract (GIT) environmental pH, concentration of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and modulatory roles of two Lactobacillus strains was investigated in broiler chickens. Equal number of chicks was randomly assigned to one of the following treatment groups; (i): no handling + basal diet (control), (ii): RH and + basal diet (RH-BD), (iii): RH + basal diet supplemented with 107 CFU of each Lactobacillus strain per gram of feed (RH-BDL). …”
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids enrichment alters performance and immune response in infectious bursal disease challenged broilers. by Maroufyan, Elham, Kasim, Azhar, Ebrahimi, Mahdi, Loh, Teck Chwen, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Zerihun, Hailemariam, Hosseni, Fatemeh, Goh, Yong Meng, Soleimani Farjam, Abdoreza

“…Methods A total of 300 day old male broiler chicks were assigned to four dietary n-3 PUFA ascending levels as the treatment groups (T1: 0.5; T2: 8.0; T3: 11.5; T4: 16.5) using combinations of tuna oil and sunflower oil. …”
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Effect of xylanase and cellulase supplementation on growth performance, volatile fatty acids and caecal bacteria of broiler chickens fed with palm kernel meal-based diet by Ahmad, Sharmila, Kasim, Azhar, Mohd Noor, Mohd Hezmee, Samsudin, Anjas Asmara @ Ab Hadi

“…Seventy five day old male Cobb broiler chicks were randomly allocated to three dietary treatment groups receiving T1 (20% PKM-based diet without enzyme), T2 (20% PKM-based diet with xylanase) and T3 (20% PKM-based diet with cellulase). …”
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