Deborah Adewole
Assistant Professor

Animal and Poultry Science

Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Dalhousie University

I am a nonruminant nutritionist with a focus on poultry and swine nutrition. My research program centers on nutritional strategies to improve gut health using microbiome, histomorphometry, and metabolomic tools. I investigate bioactive substances that can boost animal health in the absence of antibiotics and during physiological stress (such as thermal stress). I also evaluate novel feed ingredients as alternative to conventional feedstuffs to offset feed cost and for value added poultry and pork products.

PhD in Monogastric Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Manitoba

MSc in Swine Nutrition, University of Manitoba

Bachelor of Agriculture (Soil Science), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Erinle, T., M. Boulianne, and D. Adewole^*. 2023. Red osier dogwood extract versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole – Part 1. Effects on the growth performance, blood parameters, gut histomorphometry, and Salmonella excretion of broiler chickens orally challenged with Salmonella Enteritidis. Poultry Science 102 (8): 102723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102723

Erinle, T., M. Boulianne, and D. Adewole^*. 2023. Red osier dogwood extract versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Part 2. Pharmacodynamic effects on ileal and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens challenged orally with Salmonella Enteritidis. Poultry Science 102, (4): 102550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102550

Oladokun S. and D. Adewole^*. 2023. An investigation of the effect of folic acid and its delivery routes on broiler chickens’ hatch and growth performance, blood biochemistry, antioxidant status, and intestinal morphology. Journal of Animal Science (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skad083

Oladokun, S., E. Green, S. Dridi, and D. Adewole^*. 2023. An evaluation of the thermoregulatory potential of in ovo delivered bioactive substances (probiotic, folic acid, and essential oil) in broiler chickens. Poultry Science 102, (5), 102602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.102602

Oladokun S. and D. Adewole^*. 2023. The effect of Bacillus subtilis and its delivery route on hatch and growth performance, blood biochemistry, immune status, gut morphology, and microbiota of broiler chickens. Poultry Science 102 (4): 102473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2022.102473

NSERC Discovery Grant

NSERC Early Career Discovery Launch Supplement

NSERC Alliance Grants

Mitacs Accelerate Grants

Canadian Poultry Research Council

Chicken Farmers of Canada

Atlantic Poultry Research Institute

ANSC 315.3 - Animal and Poultry Nutrition (Poultry Lab Section)

ANSC 212.3 - Livestock and Poultry Production (Swine Production Section)