Dr. V.Ravindran
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Position(s)
- Director (Education, Postgraduate Research, Poultry Nutrition)
Qualifications
- BAgrSc (Hons), MSc (UK), PhD(USA)
Areas of expertise
- Poultry nutrition - with emphasis on nutrient metabolism,
- Feed enzymes
- Feed evaluation
- Amino acid availability
- Nutrition of the newly hatched chick
- Management of gut flora in poultry.
Specific Interests
- Food and Feed Evaluation
- Bioactive Food and Feed Ingredients
- Poultry Nutrition
Recent Publications
- Thomas D. V., Ravindran V., (2008). Effect of cereal type on the performance, gastrointestinal tract development and intestinal morphology of the newly hatched broiler chick. The Journal of Poultry Science, 45, 46-50.
- Cowieson A. J., Ravindran V., (2008). Effect of exogenous enzymes in maize-based diets varying in nutrient density for young broilers: Growth performance and digestibility of energy, minerals and amino acids. British Poultry Science, 49, 37-44.
- Selle P. H., Ravindran V., (2008). Phytate-degrading enzymes in pig nutrition. Livestock Science, 113, 99-122.
- Cowieson A. J., Selle P. H., Ravindran V., (2008). Implications of endogenous amino acid flow for bioefficacy of microbial phytase. World's Poultry Science Association (UK Branch) Annual Meeting (pp. 33-34).
- Ravindran V., Cowieson A. J., Selle P. H., (2008). Influence of dietary electrolyte balance and microbial phytase on growth performance, nutrient utilization, and excreta quality of broiler chickens. Poultry Science, 87, 677-688.
Contact
Phone: +64 6 350 5528
Email: Dr. V. 'Ravi' RAVINDRAN
