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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

The management, reproductive and genetics of Poultry nutritional research in PPBGL is led by Dr.
animals research group consists of researchers from Norhidayah Mohd Taufek. The project started in
PPBGL, Institute of Biological Sciences (ISB), Centre for 2020 with full funding from the private sector, with the
Foundation Studies in Science as well as other government objective of producing high quality and
and private agencies. The animal reproductive project is economical poultry nutrition products. In this
led by Dr. Shamsul Azlin Ahmad Shamsuddin from ISB project, two types of chicken breeds namely broilers
who promotes the latest protocols and media in the and hybrid village chicken are used to study the
process of cryopreservation of small ruminant sperms. nutritional effectiveness of self-produced formulations.
The project is funded by the private sector with the The quality of feed and meat produced such as the
objective of reducing the cost of cryopreservation of amount of meat, fat, toxicity levels, digestibility and
sperms, so that this technique can be widely used in the more are studied in detail to ensure the suitability of
country by breeders. This will ensure that the breeders in the product to the poultry. The study also utilizes local
the country can produce livestock products with good feed ingredients and phytogenic feed additives.
quality and quantity. It is also in-line with the policies The solar astronomical research is led by
set by the government such as the Third Malaysia Associate Professor Dr. Zamri Zainal Abidin from
Agricultural Policies (DPN3) and Shared Prosperity Department of Physics exploring areas such as Deep
Vision 2030, which emphasize the principles of Space Astrophysics, Solar Astronomy, Radio Frequency
sovereignty and sustainability. Meanwhile, the project led Interference (RFI), Theoretical Cosmology Research
by Dr. Azlina Abd Aziz from the Centre for Foundation and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). This lab is equipped
Studies in Science focuses on goat reproduction. The with Faraday caged and radio testing facilities, 1.5m,
objective of this project is to study the effects of coconut 2.3m and 7.3m radio telescope systems, 2GHz and
water intake on the reproductive capabilities of male 3GHz RFI spectrum analyzer, 4GHz vector network
goats. PPBGL is also working to improve the quality of analyzer and Radio Direction Finder (RDF) for
Barbados Blackbelly sheep reared in PPBGL as an earthquake and ionospheric study.
aspiration to transfer technology to the community
through research.

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