Hi! My name is Nabeel Alnahhas. I am an assistant professor at the Faculty of agricultural and food sciences of the Université Laval in Québec, Canada.
My research interests are:
- Muscle physiology in relationship to poultry meat quality.
- Genetics of poultry meat quality.
- Developing new nutritional strategies to combat the effect of heat stress on poultry health, welfare and productivity.
My research interests are:
- Muscle physiology in relationship to poultry meat quality.
- Genetics of poultry meat quality.
- Developing new nutritional strategies to combat the effect of heat stress on poultry health, welfare and productivity.
Publications
Coancestry rate’s estimate of effective population size for genetic variability monitoring
G. Leroy, E. Gicquel, P. Boettcher, B. Besbes, S. Furre, Jesús Fernández, C. Danchin-Burge, N. Alnahhas, R. Baumung
Conservation Genetics Resources, 2019
N. Alnahhas, C. Berri, M. Chabault-Dhuit, M. Bourin, C. Arnould, E. Le Bihan-Duval
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience, 2017
N. Alnahhas, C. Berri, M. Chabault, P. Chartrin, M. Boulay, M. Bourin, E. Le Bihan-Duval
BMC Genetics, 2016
N. Alnahhas, E. Le Bihan-Duval, E. Baéza, M. Chabault, P. Chartrin, T. Bordeau, E. Cailleau-Audouin, K. Méteau, C. Berri
Journal of animal science, 2015
N. Alnahhas, C. Berri, M. Boulay, E. Baéza, Y. Jégo, Y. Baumard, M. Chabault, E. Le Bihan-Duval
Journal of animal science, 2014
Projects
Effect of reduced dietary crude protein contents of meat quality in broiler chickens
The purpose of this project is to understand how reduced crude protein contents in broilers diet during the growth and finishing phases could alter post-mortem energy metabolism and the subsequent quality of broiler breast meat.
In standard GWA studies, only the additive effect of genetic markers on phenotypes of interest is taken into account. This project aims to examine the effect of epistatic interactions on the observed phenotypic variability in these phenotypes.
This project aims to quantify the prevalence of breast muscle myoapthies such as white striping and wooden breast in Quebec (Canada) and to develop nutritional strategies to limit their impact on the poultry industry.
Courses
This is an undergraduate course that I teach at our Department. This course promote the modern practices used in sustainable poultry production (meat and egg production).
An undergraduate course that I teach at our Department. Student learn the scientific method required to resolve practical problems and to formulate practical recommendations in the field.
