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RESEARCH & INNOVATION @ UPM I 1st ISSUE <strong>2018</strong><br />

5<br />

There are more<br />

stars in the<br />

sky than grains<br />

of sand in the<br />

world<br />

of the Faculty of Biotechnology and<br />

Biomolecular Sciences, UPM, said the<br />

animal feed formula that contains Thohira’s<br />

technology boosts nutrient and prebiotic<br />

content (Mannan-Oligosaccharides) that<br />

improves feed’s quality and stimulates the<br />

growth of microorganisms in the animals’<br />

digestive system.<br />

He said that the technology, which license<br />

was awarded to Halways Sdn Bhd, has<br />

already been in the market through<br />

aquaculture industry products since March<br />

2017, while for the poultry industry, the<br />

companies involved are testing it at breeding<br />

farms at a commercial scale.<br />

He said the research, which began in January<br />

2015 and ended in March 2017, was also<br />

mobilized by Prof. Madya Dr. Yunus Abd<br />

Shukor, Halways Sdn Bhd’s Chief Executive<br />

Officer, Muhamad Akhmal Hakim Roslan<br />

and Muhamad Amin Jahari. Halways<br />

Sdn Bhd also collaborates with NAFAS<br />

Freedmills Sdn Bhd, a National Farmers’<br />

Organization subsidiary (NAFAS), in<br />

applying Thohira’s technology to produce<br />

high-performance animal feed products<br />

according to the needs and requirements<br />

of large-scale industries. – UPM<br />

the animal feed<br />

formula that<br />

contains Thohira’s<br />

technology boosts<br />

nutrient and prebiotic<br />

content (Mannan-<br />

Oligosaccharides)<br />

that improves<br />

feed’s quality<br />

and stimulates<br />

the growth of<br />

microorganisms in<br />

the animals’ digestive<br />

system.<br />

The average<br />

chocolate bar<br />

contains eight<br />

insect pieces<br />

A strawberry<br />

is not<br />

a berry, but<br />

a banana is<br />

For every human on<br />

earth, there is 1.6<br />

million ants<br />

France was still<br />

executing people by<br />

guillotine up until<br />

1977<br />

The word ‘set’ has<br />

the most number<br />

of definitions<br />

(464) in the<br />

English language

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