Histomorphometric evaluation of small intestinal mucosa of red jungle fowl and commercial broiler from one day to four months of age by Khadim, Khalid Kamil, Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin, Saad, Mohd Zamri

“…New procedure for enumerating the intestinal villi was performed by using the standard paraffin sections, whereby the villi were counted through their cross sections using an image analyzer. …”
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A randomised controlled trial of a Facebook-based physical activity intervention for government employees with metabolic syndrome by Chee, H. P., Abu Saad, Hazizi, Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir

“…Introduction: This study aimed to ascertain the effects of a Facebook-based physical activity intervention on improvements in step counts and metabolic syndrome. Methods: Government employees with metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned by cluster to the Facebook group (n = 44) or the control group (n = 103). …”
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Effects of soil moisture content on groundwater electrical resistivity values in irrigation paddy scheme, Tanjong Karang, Malaysia by Nurmala Sari, Mohamed Zawawi, Mohamed Azwan, Prastowo, Suharnoto, Yuli

“…Further on Chi-square test showed that at soil moisture level of 22.54%, it was the best condition which gave more correct counts of electrical resistivity values compared to well lithology. …”
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Isolation and characterization of Lactobacillus strains as potential probiotics for chickens by Shokryazdan, Parisa, Ramasamy, Kalavathy, Sieo, Chin Chin, Mohamed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu, Liang, Juan Boo, Jahromi, Mohammad Faseleh, Ho, Yin Wan

“…The three L. salivarius strains were then assessed for their ability to tolerate the stress conditions in the GIT and capacity to adhere to the intestinal epithelial cells using in vitro assays of acid, bile and pancreatic enzyme tolerance measured by viable colony counts, and adhesion assay using Caco-2 cell line. …”
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Real-time PCR for detection of fliC gene of E. coli O157:H7 in beef and chicken meat by Mohd Saad, Suria, Abdul Kadir, Adlin Azlina, Ishak, Zamri, Abdul Talib, Mohd Afendy, Lau, Han Yih, Shamsudin, Mariana Nor, Abdul Rahim, Raha

“…A detection limit of 4.71 x 10–2 ng/ μl of E. coli O157:H7 DNA equivalent to approximately 1.4 x 10–2 CFU of E. coli O157:H7 ml–1 based on plate counts was determined. Quantification of E. coli O157:H7 in Australian and Malaysian beef, chicken meat, burger and minced beef from the markets was possible when DNA quantity was as low as 1.0 x 10–2 ng/μl. …”
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Effects of type of packaging materials on physicochemical, microbiological and sensory characteristics of durian fruit leather during storage by Jaswir, Irwandi, Che Man, Yaakob, Yusof, Salmah, Selamat, Jinap, Sugisawa, Hiroshi

“…Microbial analyses showed that total mesophilic bacteria (TMB) and total moulds and yeast (TMY) counts were low, where after 12-week storage TMB and TMY were less than 60 and 140 cfu g-1, respectively. …”
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No compensatory relationship between the innate and adaptive immune system in wild-living European badgers by Sin, Yung Wa, Newman, Chris, Dugdale, Hannah L., Buesching, Christina, Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Annavi, Geetha, Burke, Terry, Macdonald, David W.

“…We also investigated whether LCC was influenced by factors such as age-class, sex, body condition, season, year, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, and intensity of infection with five different pathogens. …”
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Effects of tocotrienols on sperm parameters, testes weight and ultrastructure in Sprague Dawley rats by Lee, Y. J., Khaza'ai, Huzwah, Sukardi, Sabrina

“…The four groups were sacrificed at the end of the six weeks experiment and sperm parameters (motility, viability and count) were measured while sperm ultrastructure was observed via transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Effect of synthetic emulsifier and natural biosurfactant on feed process and quality of pelletized feed in broiler diet by Cheah, Y. S., Loh, T. C., Akit, H., Kimkool, S.

“…No deteriorate effect was observed in hydrolytic rancidity (AV), oxidation rancidity (PV), mold count, moisture content and water activity. However, percentage of starch gelatinization on pelletized feed was significantly (p< 0.0001) improved in both types of emulsifier treated diets. …”
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Physicochemical, microbial and sensory changes of minimally processed durian (Durio zibethinus cv. D24) during storage at 4 and 28 °C. by Voon, Yit Yang, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, Nazimah, Rahmat Ali, Gulam Rusul, Osman, Azizah, Quek, Siew Young

“…The minimally processed durian fruit could be held at 4 °C for 14 days with acceptable microbiological count and without off-odour development. At ambient temperature, minimally processed durian could only be stored for 1 day after which the pulp became acidified. …”
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Histological effects of zinc-supplemented diet in selected organs of male Sprague Dawley rats by Hamzah, Hazilawati, Mohd Zairi, Nurul Huda, Mohamed Mustapha, Noordin, Shaari, Mohd Rosly, Sithambaram, Shanmugavelu, Haron, Nursyuhada, M. Y., Yusnaini

“…Monitoring of the body weight, feed and water intake were done weekly, and blood collection for complete blood count and plasma biochemistry was done monthly. At the end of the experimentation period, the rats were humanely sacrificed and post-mortem was conducted. …”
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Effect of dietary supplementation of phytochemicals on immunity and haematology of growing broiler chickens by Kamboh, Asghar Ali, Khan, Muhammad Ammar, Kaka, Ubedullah, Mohamed, Elmutaz Atta Awad, Memon, Atta Muhammad, Saeed, Muhammad, Korejo, Nazar Ali, Bakhetgul, Manatbai, Kumar, Chandar

“…A total of 360 1-day-old broiler chicks (Arbor Acres, mixed sex) were randomly assigned to six treatment groups, namely T0, control; T1 and T2, supplemented with 5 and 20 mg of genistein and hesperidin; while T3, T4, and T5 diets contained 5, 10, and 20 mg of genistein + hesperidin (1:4) mixture, respectively, per kg of diet. The white blood cell count was significantly (p < .01) increased in T1, T2, T4, and T5 compared with the control (T0) group. …”
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Comparison of four antibiotics with indigenous marine Bacillus spp. in controlling pathogenic bacteria from shrimp and Artemia by Banerjee, Sanjoy, Devaraja, T. N., Mohamed Din, Mohamed Shariff, Md Yusoff, Fatimah

“…Two representative isolates of the vibrio group, Vibrio alginolyticus VaM11 and Vibrio parahaemolyticus VpM1, when tested for competitive exclusion by a common broth method using the marine Bacillus spp., showed decreased viable counts from 108 to 102 cfu mL)1.The results suggest that the action of the marine bacteria appears to be significant in protecting the host shrimp against pathogenic bacteria. …”
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Reconstruction algorithm of calibration map for RPT technique in quadrilateral bubble column reactor using MCNPX code by Mohd Yunos, Mohd Amirul Syafiq, Anak Usang, Mark Dennis, Ithnin, Hanafi, Hussain, Siti Aslina, Mohamed Yusoff, Hamdan, Sipaun, Susan

“…The iterative reconstruction algorithms is used to generate and calculate the 2600 coordinates of calibration map from the number of photon counts from the ten NaI scintillation detectors. To validate the simulation precision, a spiral trajectory of radioactive particle inside the bubble column region consist of 84 grid point locations of the particle were applied. …”
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UV-C effect on microbial disinfection of pineapple-mango juice blend using Dean-vortex technology by Kamarul Zaman, Amanina Amani, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Mohd Adzahan, Noranizan, Sulaiman, Alifdalino

“…Although UV-C treatment unable to fully disinfect yeast and mould counts in pineapple-mango juice blend, the detection colony was still under the permissible limit (1.26 log CFU/mL). …”
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Mengkaji Ciri-Ciri Jalan Dua Lorong Dua Hala Untuk Keadaan Lalu Lintas Di Malaysia (Skop Kawasan Nibong Tebal) by Suhaimi, Izatil Fadhilah

“…The data for this two-lane-two-directions road will be determined by the help of ‘Metro Count’ programmed to get the traffic value. The distance headways and associated vehicle speed were separated into several categories by vehicle type and then separated into speed classes according to type of vehicle following i.e., car following car, car following heavy goods vehicle (HGV), HGV following HGV and HGV following car categories. …”
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Characterization and bioaugmentation of stranded tar balls in subtidal sediments of marintaman beach Sipitang Sabah by using consortia of locally isolated beneficial microorganisms... by Erma Hani Baharudzaman

“…For CFU, the range of cell counts that suit the treatment was exceeding to 104 with maximum value recorded 5.0 x 107 CFU/ml . …”
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Ecosystem management of the Leopard coralgrouper (Plectropomus spp.) population within the Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area (SIMCA) by Chung, Fung Chen

“…Plectropomus leopardus represents 80% of total count. Plectropomus oligacanthus and P. maculatus mean abundance were relatively low. …”
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Epidemiology of typhoid fever in Gombe metropolitan area of Gombe State, Nigeria by Tawfiq, Umar Abdullahi

“…Weather data from 2015 to 2019 were obtained from Nigeria meteorological agency, fitted to the hospital data, and analysed using Poisson regression to determine their effects on the incidence of the disease. Sum of counts were extracted from the hospital records based on gender, age, and location. …”
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Potential for using climate forecasts in spatio-temporal prediction of dengue fever incidence in Malaysia submitted by Che Him, Norziha

“…These exploratory findings are then more formally investigated using a framework where dengue counts are modelled using a negative binomial generalised linear model (GLM) with a population offset. …”
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