Assistant Professor Wittawat Molee, Ph.D.
School of Animal Technology and Innovation
Institute of Agricultural Technology , Suranaree University of Technology
Asst. Prof. Wittawat Molee, Ph.D.
Contact: +66(0)-4422-4373
wittawat@sut.ac.th
Education
- Ph.D. (Animal Nutrition), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT), France
- M.Sc. (Animal science), KhonKaen University, Thailand
- B.Sc. (Animal science) (Second Class Honors), Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
- Poultry & Swine (Nutrition & Production)
- Slow growing chicken (Nutrition & Production)
- Free-range and organic chicken Production
- Increased omega-3 fatty acids in poultry products
Current Research
- Effects of dietary tuna oil levels and feeding periods on meat quality, n-3 PUFA composition and expression of genes involved in fatty acid accumulation in Korat chickens.
- Effect of organic system on growth performance, meat chemical composition and meat quality in Korat chickens.
- Effect of in ovo injection of L-Arginine (L-Arg) and selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) on myogenesis, myogenic gene expression and meat quality of Korat chicken.
- Study on the regulatory mechanism involved in the muscle development and meat quality by in ovo feeding of L-arginine in Korat chicken.
Selected Research output/Publication
- Satoshi Kubota, Achiraya Vandee, Porntiwa Keawnakient, Wittawat Molee, Jirawat Yongsawatdikul, and Amonrat Molee. 2019. Effects of the MC4R, CAPN1 and ADSL genes on body weight and purine content in slow growing chickens. Poult. Sci. 98: 4327-4337.
- Prapot Maliwan, Wittawat Molee, and Sutisa Khempaka. 2019. Response of Thai indigenous crossbred chickens to various dietary protein levels at different ages. Trop. Anim. Health Pro. 51: 1427-1439.
- Hang, T.T.T., Molee, W., Khempaka, S., and Paraksa, N. 2018. Supplementation with curcuminoids and tuna oil influenced skin yellowness, carcass composition, oxidation status and meat fatty acids of slow-growing chickens. Poult. Sci. 97: 901-909.
- Hang, T.T.T., Molee, W., and Khempaka, S. 2018. Linseed oil or tuna oil supplementation in slow-growing chicken diets: Can their meat reach the threshold of a “high in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids” product? J. Appl. Poult. Res. 27: 389-400.
- Prapot Maliwan, Sutisa Khempaka, Wittawat Molee, and Jan Thomas Schonewille. 2018. Effect of energy density of diet on growth performance of Thai indigenous (50% crossbred) Korat chickens from hatch to 42 days of age. Trop. Anim. Health Pro. 50: 1835-1841.