Education:

• Ph.D. in Poultry Nutrition, 1987. University of Maryland, College Park, USA

• Diplôme de Docteur- Ingénieur in Animal Sciences, 1980. Institut National Polytechnique, Toulouse, France

• Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A)  in Animal Sciences, 1978. Institut National Polytechnique, Toulouse, France

• B.Sc. in Agriculture, 1976. University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria

Courses Taught:

• ANSC 226 – Poultry Production

• ANSC 271 – Animal Nutrition

• ANSC 281 – Production of Novel Avian Species

• ANSC 307 – Poultry Production in Warm Regions

• ANSC 334 – Advanced Poultry Nutrition

Research

Research of Interest:

• Locally produced oil seeds, cereals, legumes, and food industry in poultry diets.

• Nutrient requirements of poultry under high environmental temperatures.

• Utilization of prebiotics, enzymes, mycotoxin adsorbents, chelated minerals, and other feed additives in poultry diets.

• Free range poultry farming.

• Legume seed diets as alternative to the fasting method to induce molt in laying hens.

Selected Publications:

• Barbour G., M. T. Farran, A. Darwish, N. Usayran, H. Mashlab, M. Hruby, M. Uwayjan, V. Ashkarian. (2006). Nutritional evaluation of three local barley varieties and the impact of dietary enzyme on their apparent metabolizable energy.  J.  Poult. Sci. 43: 228-234.

• Farran, M. T, W. S. Halaby, G. W. Barbour, M. G. Uwayjan, F. T. Sleiman, V. M. Ashkarian. (2005).  Effect of feeding dietary ervil (Vicia ervilia) seeds soaked in water or acetic acid on performance and internal organ size of broilers and production and egg quality of hens. Poultry Sci. 84:1723-1728.

• Daghir, N. J., M. T. Farran, G. W. Barbour, and M. M. Beck. (2003). Nutritive value of high oil corn grown under semi arid conditions and its impact on broiler performance. Poultry Sci. 82:267-271.

• Farran, M. T., E. K. Barbour, and V.M. Ashkarian. (2003). Effect of excess leucine in low protein diet on ketosis in 3-week-old male broiler chicks fed different levels of isoleucine and valine. Journal of Animal Feed Science and Technology, 103:171-176.

• Farran, M. T., A. H. Darwish, M. G. Uwayjan, F. T. Sleiman, and V. M. Ashkarian. (2002). Vicine and Convicine in Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) Seeds Enhance β- Cyanoalanine Toxicity in Male Broiler Chicks. International Journal of Toxicology 21:201-209.

• Farran, M. T., G. W. Barbour, M. G. Uwayjan, and V. M. Ashkarian. (2001). Metabolizable Energy Values and Amino Acid Availability of Vetch (Vicia sativa) and Ervil (Vicia ervilia) Seeds Soaked in Water and Acetic Acid. Poultry Sci. 80:931-936.

• Farran, M. T., P. B. Dakessian, A. H. Darwish, M. G. Uwayjan, H. K. Dbouk, F. T. Sleiman, and V. M. Ashkarian. (2001). Performance of broilers and production and egg quality parameters of laying hens fed 60% raw or treated common vetch (Vicia sativa) seeds. Poultry Sci. 80:203-208.

• Usayran, N., M. T. Farran, H. H. O. Awadallah, I. R. Al-Hawi, R. J. Asmar and V. M. Ashkarian. (2001). Effect of Added Dietary Fat and Phosphorus on the Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens Subjected to a Constant High Environmental Temperature. Poultry Sci. 80:1695 –1701.

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