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Steve Leeson
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Latest papers
Dietary butyrate glycerides modulate intestinal microbiota composition and serum metabolites in broilers.
Scientific reports · 2018
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Regulation of Gene Expression for Lipid Catabolism in Young Broilers by Butyrate Glycerides.
PloS one · 2016
Latest funding
- $305,666
Impact of ammonia on welfare of laying hens and implications for the environment
NSERC · 2006 · Principal investigator
- $20,060
Development of a dynamic model of Ca and P flows in layers
NSERC · 2005 · Co-investigator
- $44,730
Lutein-rich eggs: potential for prevention of macular degeneration
NSERC · 2002 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Dietary butyrate glycerides modulate intestinal microbiota composition and serum metabolites in broilers.
Yang X, Yin F, Yang Y, Lepp D, Yu H, Ruan Z, Yang C, Yin Y, Hou Y, Leeson S, Gong J
Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Regulation of Gene Expression for Lipid Catabolism in Young Broilers by Butyrate Glycerides.
Yin F, Yu H, Lepp D, Shi X, Yang X, Hu J, Leeson S, Yang C, Nie S, Hou Y, Gong J
Impact of ammonia on welfare of laying hens and implications for the environment
Principal investigators: Leeson, Steven
Development of a dynamic model of Ca and P flows in layers
Principal investigators: France, James
Lutein-rich eggs: potential for prevention of macular degeneration
Principal investigators: Leeson, Steven
Avian compensatory growth and development
Principal investigators: Leeson, Steven
Microwave sample preparation system for protein hydrolyses
Principal investigators: DeLange, Cornelis
Metabolic consequences of compensatory growth in birds
Principal investigators: Leeson, Steven
Energy metabolism and physiological responses of poultry around the time of compensatory growth
Principal investigators: Leeson, Steven
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
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