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Birger Svihus

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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The Effect of Increasing the Level of Oat Hulls, Extent of Grinding and Their Interaction on the Performance, Gizzard Characteristics and Gut Health of Broilers Fed Oat-Based Pelleted Diets

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Aug 2023
Khaled Itani, Juha Apajalahti, Adam Smith, Shlesha Ghimire and Birger Svihus
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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oat hull, broiler, performance, Gizzard, Feed intake, microbiota

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The Effect of Nspase Supplementation and Feeding Regimen on Degradation of Soluble Fibres from High Viscosity Barley-Based Diets, and the Influence on Digestive Parameters in Broilers

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Apr 2025
Shlesha Ghimire, Muhammad Ahmad, Juha Apajalahti, Sebastian Kaczmarek, Adam Smith and Birger Svihus
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Barley, soluble NSP, intermittent feeding, NSPase, SCFA, broiler

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Performance and Nutrient Digestibility of Broilers Fed Barley-Based Diets Supplemented with Amylase

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 May 2025
Lucas Schmidt Bassi, Khaled Itani, Muhammad Ahmad, Adam Smith, Aaron Cowieson, Sebastian Kaczmarek and Birger Svihus
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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amylase, Barley, broiler chickens, NSPase, Starch

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Feeding behaviour of intermittently-fed broilers and the effects of crop retention time and NSPase on digesta dynamics of barley diets

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Jan 2026
Muhammad Ahmad, Lucas Schmidt Bassi, Juha Apajalahti, Siri Kulberg Sjurseth, Adam Smith and Birger Svihus
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Alimetrics Research Ltd, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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feeding regimen, feeding behaviour, NSPase, digesta dymanics, broiler chickens