Dr Shahram Niknafs
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences
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Journal Articles
Niknafs, Shahram, Fortes, Marina R. S., Cho, Sungbo, Black, John L. and Roura, Eugeni (2022). Alanine-specific appetite in slow growing chickens is associated with impaired glucose transport and TCA cycle. BMC Genomics, 23 (1) 393, 393. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08625-2
Soumeh, Elham A., Cedeno, Astrid Del Rocio Coba, Niknafs, Shahram, Bromfield, Jacoba and Hoffman, Louwrens C. (2021). The efficiency of probiotics administrated via different routes and doses in enhancing production performance, meat auality, gut morphology, and microbial profile of broiler chickens. Animals, 11 (12) 3607, 3607. doi: 10.3390/ani11123607
Van Liefferinge, Elout, Müller, Maximiliano, Van Noten, Noémie, Degroote, Jeroen, Niknafs, Shahram, Roura, Eugeni and Michiels, Joris (2021). Cinnamaldehyde induces release of cholecystokinin and glucagon-like peptide 1 by interacting with transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 in a porcine ex-vivo intestinal segment model. Animals, 11 (8) 2262, 2262. doi: 10.3390/ani11082262
Niknafs, Shahram and Roura, Eugeni (2018). Nutrient sensing, taste and feed intake in avian species. Nutrition Research Reviews, 31 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0954422418000100
Niknafs, Shahram, Javaremi, Ardeshir Nejati and Sadeghi, Mostafa (2014). Single nucleotide polymorphisms in BMPR-IB and stat5b genes and their association with growth and reproductive traits in chicken. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 36 (2), 137-142.
Baneh, Hasan, Rokouei, Mohammad, Ghafouri-Kesbi, Farhad, Veysi, Ayoob and Niknafs, Shahram (2013). Multivariate genetic analysis on body weight traits in Ghezel sheep. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 35 (2), 131-135.
Niknafs, Shahram, Nejati-Javaremi, Ardeshir, Mehrabani-Yeganeh, Hassan and Fatemi, Seyed Abolghasem (2012). Estimation of genetic parameters for body weight and egg production traits in Mazandaran native chicken. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 44 (7), 1437-1443. doi: 10.1007/s11250-012-0084-6
Sadeghi, M., Niknafs, Sh, Shahrbabak, H. Moradi and Fatemi, S. A. (2012). Two SNP in STAT5B gene and their association with breeding value of growth and egg production traits in Mazandaran Indigenous Chicken. Livestock Science, 147 (1-3), 198-202. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.04.015
Fatemi, S. A., Mehrabani-Yeganeh, H., Nejati-Javaremi, A. and Niknafs, Sh. (2012). Association of neuropeptide Y and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor gene SNPs with breeding value for growth and egg production traits in Mazandaran native chickens. Genetics and Molecular Research, 11 (3), 2539-2547. doi: 10.4238/2012.July.10.9
Thesis
Niknafs, Shahram (2019). Amino acid specific appetite related with growth and feed intake in broiler chicken. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.800