Rate My Professor Khin San Mu

Dr. Khin San Mu is Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Nutrition at the University of Veterinary Science, Yezin, Myanmar. She holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc.), Master of Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc.), and Ph.D. from Universiti Putra Malaysia. In her leadership role, she oversees teaching of animal nutrition to third-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Bachelor of Animal Science (B.A.Sc.) students, as well as food processing courses for B.A.Sc. students. These programs provide essential knowledge on normal and abnormal animal functions, undernutrition, and strategies to enhance animal performance. The department emphasizes training junior staff, postgraduate research with one Ph.D. candidate and 14 M.V.Sc. candidates, and collaborations with organizations like IAEA and ACIAR to support livestock farmers.

Dr. Khin San Mu's research focuses on ruminant and poultry nutrition, evaluating alternative local feed sources to improve digestibility, nutrient utilization, growth, and production. Her studies examine urea-treated rice straw supplemented with sesame meal and chickpea husk on growing bulls; tamarind seed husk in crossbred calves; leucaena leucocephala and ziziphus mauritiana as tannin sources in goats; pineapple waste silage and mango peel silage for cattle; Albizia saman pods in transition dairy cows; and microbial phytase or fermented rice bran in broilers. She employs in vitro gas production, in situ degradation, and feeding trials to assess feed intake, nitrogen balance, energy status, milk yield, and blood parameters. Key publications include 'Feeding pineapple waste silage as roughage source improved the nutrient intakes, energy status and growth performances of growing Myanmar local cattle' (2020, Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research); 'Effect of dietary inclusion of Albizia saman pods on feed intake, digestibility, milk yield, and energy balance of crossbred Holstein Friesian transition cows' (2022, Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology); 'Studies on the physiological responses of growing bulls fed on urea-treated rice straw with untreated or heat-treated sesame meal and two rates of chickpea husk' (2002, Proceedings of the annual research conference, Myanmar Academy of Agricultural, Forestry, Livestock and Fishery Sciences); and 'Effect of locally produced dietary microbial phytase on broiler performance' (2009, Proceedings of the Malaysian Society of Animal Production Annual Conference). Her contributions promote sustainable use of agricultural by-products for safe animal-derived food production amid challenges like climate change.