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Elijah Kiarie
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Latest funding
- $370,000
Advancing sustainable egg production: enzyme and antioxidant-based dietary solutions for extended lay performance
NSERC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to monitor changes in body composition and skeletal integrity in live chickens
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $502,036
Effectiveness of multi-component protease in improving feed protein utilization in poultry
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Advancing sustainable egg production: enzyme and antioxidant-based dietary solutions for extended lay performance
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
Keywords: Animal production and animal primary products; Agriculture
Use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to monitor changes in body composition and skeletal integrity in live chickens
Principal investigators: Bedecarrats, Gregoy
Keywords: poultry; body composition; skeletal integrity; keel bone health; dual x-ray absorptiometry
Effectiveness of multi-component protease in improving feed protein utilization in poultry
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
Keywords: Animal production and animal primary products; Agriculture and primary food production
Upcycling nutritional and functional attributes of protein feedstuffs for monogastric farm animals
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah G
Keywords: algae; antibiotic growth promoters; canola meal; digestible amino acids and energy; feed efficiency; gut health and function; nutrients excretion; piglets and chicks; protein quality and digestibility; sunflower meal
Integration of breeder nutrition and management to bolster perinatal immunocompetence in poultry
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
Keywords: poultry nutrition; antibiotic growth promoters; sustainability; gut health and function; growth performance and feed efficiency; early life mortality; chick quality; enteric pathogens; immunocompetence; gut microbiome
Impact of maternal and perinatal feeding of enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast cell walls on growth performance and immunocompetence in piglets and broiler chicks
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah G
Keywords: alternatives to antimicrobials; broiler breeders and chicks; growth and feed efficiency; gut health and function; immunocompetence; immunoglobulins; maternal and perinatal nutrition; reproductive performance; sows and piglets; yeast cell wall metabolites
Functional feedstuffs to bolster immunocompetence of pullets: Impact on performance and health in pullets and hens
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah G
Keywords: avian pathogenic escherichia coli; bird nutrition and health; egg production and egg quality; feed efficiency; high stock density stress; immunocompetence; omega-3 fatty acids; pullet growth and uniformity; vaccination and antibiotics; yeast metabolites
Nutritional approaches for enhancing productivity and welfare in poultry: epigenetic response to maternal feeding of omega-3 fatty acids
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
Low crude protein amino acids diets for laying hens: Optimizing isoleucine levels for egg size, reduced nitrogen excretion and gut health
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
Enhancing functional intestinal development for improved growth and efficiency in poultry
Principal investigators: Kiarie, Elijah
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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