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Mingan Choct is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specialized emphasis on Animal Science and Zoology. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Plant Science, Aquatic Science, Food Science, and Ecology.

Choct's research topics highlight a concentration on Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Livestock and Poultry Management, and aspects of Rabbits focusing on Nutrition, Reproduction, and Health. Additional areas of interest include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Moringa oleifera research and applications, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, as well as Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

The scientist has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include:

  • Animal nutrition
  • Poultry Science
  • Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Choct's recent papers demonstrate work across nutrition evaluation, gut health, and sustainable feed formulations for poultry. Some examples of these papers are:

  • Methodologies for energy evaluation of pig and poultry feeds: A review, 2021, Animal nutrition
  • Effects of rearing system and narasin on growth performance, gastrointestinal development, and gut microbiota of broilers, 2020, Poultry Science
  • Modulations of genes related to gut integrity, apoptosis, and immunity underlie the beneficial effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 in broilers fed diets with different protein levels in a necrotic enteritis challenge model, 2020, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
  • Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 improves performance and gut function in broilers fed different levels of protein and/or under necrotic enteritis challenge, 2020, Animal nutrition
  • The future of feed formulation for poultry: Toward more sustainable production of meat and eggs, 2023, Animal nutrition

The scientist collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Shu-Biao Wu, Natalie K. Morgan, Amy F. Moss, Kosar Gharib-Naseri, and Sarbast K. Kheravii.

Best Publications

  • Increased small intestinal fermentation is partly responsible for the anti‐nutritive activity of non‐starch polysaccharides in chickens

    Mingan Choct;Robert J Hughes;J Wang;M R Bedford

  • Dietary modulation of gut microflora in broiler chickens: a review of the role of six kinds of alternatives to in-feed antibiotics

    Y. Yang;P.A. Iji;M. Choct

  • Enzymes for the feed industry: past, present and future

    M. Choct

  • Anti‐nutritive effect of wheat pentosans in broiler chickens: Roles of viscosity and gut microflora

    M Choct;G Annison

  • Managing gut health through nutrition

    Choct M

  • Feed Non-Starch Polysaccharides: Chemical Structures and Nutritional Significance

    Mingan Choct

  • Anti-nutritive activities of cereal non-starch polysaccharides in broiler diets and strategies minimizing their effects

    Geoff Annison;Mingan Choct

  • The inhibition of nutrient digestion by wheat pentosans

    M. Choct;G. Annison

  • Anti‐nutritive activity of wheat pentosans in broiler diets

    M Choct;G Annison

  • Role of insoluble non-starch polysaccharides in poultry nutrition

    H. Hetland;M. Choct;B. Svihus

  • Soy Oligosaccharides and Soluble Non-starch Polysaccharides: A Review of Digestion, Nutritive and Anti-nutritive Effects in Pigs and Poultry

    Mingan Choct;Y Dersjant-Li;J McLeish;M Peisker

  • Effects of a xylanase on individual bird variation, starch digestion throughout the intestine, and ileal and caecal volatile fatty acid production in chickens fed wheat.

    M Choct;R J Hughes;M R Bedford

  • Effect of Organically Complexed Copper, Iron, Manganese, and Zinc on Broiler Performance, Mineral Excretion, and Accumulation in Tissues

    Yumin Bao;Mingan Choct;Paul Iji;K Bruerton

  • Non-Starch Polysaccharide-Degrading Enzymes Increase the Performance of Broiler Chickens Fed Wheat of Low Apparent Metabolizable Energy

    Mingan Choct;Robert J. Hughes;Rodney P. Trimble;Kris Angkanaporn

  • Role of Insoluble Fiber on Gizzard Activity in Layers

    H. Hetland;B. Svihus;M. Choct

  • Cassava: Nutrient composition and nutritive value in poultry diets.

    Natalie K. Morgan;Mingan Choct

  • Selenium supplementation affects broiler growth performance, meat yield and feather coverage

    M. Choct;A.J. Naylor;N. Reinke

  • The effect of insoluble fiber and intermittent feeding on gizzard development, gut motility, and performance of broiler chickens

    A. Sacranie;A. Sacranie;B. Svihus;V. Denstadli;B. Moen

  • The effects of enzyme addition to broiler diets containing high concentrations of canola or sunflower meal.

    A. Kocher;M. Choct;M. D. Porter;J. Broz

  • Effects of wheat pentosans on endogenous amino acid losses in chickens

    Kris Angkanaporn;Mingan Choct;Wayne L Bryden;E Frank Annison

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Iji
Paul Iji Fiji National University
Robert A. Swick
Robert A. Swick University of New England
Birger Svihus
Birger Svihus Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Robert J. Hughes
Robert J. Hughes University of Adelaide
John R. Pluske
John R. Pluske Australasian Pork Research Institute
David W. Pethick
David W. Pethick Murdoch University
Geoffrey Hinch
Geoffrey Hinch University of New England
John Nolan
John Nolan University of New England
Gene M. Pesti
Gene M. Pesti University of Georgia
Robert J. Moore
Robert J. Moore RMIT University

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