Lecturer in Animal Sci & Production
Overview
Dr Elham Assadi Soumeh is a lecturer in Animal Science and Production within the School of Agriculture and Food Science. Her background is in monogastric animal nutrition -poultry and swine. Her PhD research was about branched-chain amino acids requirements and metabolism in pig post weaning and characterization of metabolic profile of high performing pigs when were fed with optimum dietary branched-chain amino acid levels. The focus was to identify discriminating metabolites in blood or urine which could be linked to high growth performance. After conducting her PhD in Aarhus University in Denmark and prior to joining UQ, Dr Soumeh worked in animal feed industry (Cargill BV, Netherlands) for 2 years. During this time, Dr Soumeh was involved in different customer-focused research portfolios within the area of monogastric animal nutrition and production e.g. nutrient requirements and metabolism, gut health, nutritional strategies and management. Dr Soumeh has completed a BSc in Animal Science, MSc in Animal Nutrition and a PhD in Animal Nutrition and Physiology. The scientific outcomes have been published in high-impact journals and/or presented in conferences and symposiums around the world.
Research Interests
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Gut microbiome and host animal's metaolism
Understanding the cross-talks between gut microbiota and the host animal's metabolism.
Qualifications
- The PhD Degree in Animal Science, Aarhus University
Publications
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Journal Article: Use of metabolic profile in short-term studies for estimating optimum dietary isoleucine, leucine, and valine for pigs
Nørgaard, J. V. , Soumeh, E. A. , Curtasu, M. , Corrent, E. , van Milgen, J. and Hedemann, M. S. (2017) Use of metabolic profile in short-term studies for estimating optimum dietary isoleucine, leucine, and valine for pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 228 39-47. doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.04.002
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Soumeh, Elham A., Hedemann, Mette S., Poulsen, Hanne D., Corrent, Etienne, van Milgen, Jacob and Norgaard, Jan V. (2016) Nontargeted LC-MS metabolomics approach for metabolic profiling of plasma and urine from pigs fed branched chain amino acids for maximum growth performance. Journal of Proteome Research, 15 12: 4195-4207. doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00184
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Journal Article: Evaluation of in situ valine production by Bacillus subtilis in young pigs
Norgaard, J. V., Canibe, N., Soumeh, E. A., Jensen, B. B., Nielsen, B., Derkx, P., Cantor, M. D., Blaabjerg, K. and Poulsen, H. D. (2016) Evaluation of in situ valine production by Bacillus subtilis in young pigs. Animal, 10 11: 1796-1802. doi:10.1017/S1751731116000781
Grants
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(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
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Amino acids interventions to reduce the consequences of heat stress in broiler chicken
(2019) Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe S A S
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(2019) Bioproton Pty Ltd
Publications
Journal Article
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Nørgaard, J. V. , Soumeh, E. A. , Curtasu, M. , Corrent, E. , van Milgen, J. and Hedemann, M. S. (2017) Use of metabolic profile in short-term studies for estimating optimum dietary isoleucine, leucine, and valine for pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 228 39-47. doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2017.04.002
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Soumeh, Elham A., Hedemann, Mette S., Poulsen, Hanne D., Corrent, Etienne, van Milgen, Jacob and Norgaard, Jan V. (2016) Nontargeted LC-MS metabolomics approach for metabolic profiling of plasma and urine from pigs fed branched chain amino acids for maximum growth performance. Journal of Proteome Research, 15 12: 4195-4207. doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00184
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Evaluation of in situ valine production by Bacillus subtilis in young pigs
Norgaard, J. V., Canibe, N., Soumeh, E. A., Jensen, B. B., Nielsen, B., Derkx, P., Cantor, M. D., Blaabjerg, K. and Poulsen, H. D. (2016) Evaluation of in situ valine production by Bacillus subtilis in young pigs. Animal, 10 11: 1796-1802. doi:10.1017/S1751731116000781
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Norgaard, J. V., Canibe, N., Soumeh, E. A., Jensen, B. B., Nielsen, B., Derkx, P., Cantor, M. D., Blaabjerg, K. and Poulsen, H. D. (2016) Effect of bacillus subtilis mutants on growth performance of piglets fed tryptophan- and valine-deficient diets. Journal of Animal Science, 94 Supp. 3: 66-69. doi:10.2527/jas.2015-9773
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Requirement of standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio for 8- to 14-kg pigs
Soumeh, E. A., van Milgen, J., Sloth, N. M., Corrent, E., Poulsen, H. D. and Norgaard, J. V. (2015) Requirement of standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio for 8- to 14-kg pigs. Animal, 9 8: 1312-1318. doi:10.1017/S1751731115000695
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The optimum ratio of standardized ileal digestible leucine to lysine for 8 to 12 kg female pigs
Soumeh, E. A., Van Milgen, J., Sloth, N. M., Corrent, E., Poulsen, H. D. and Norgaard, J. V. (2015) The optimum ratio of standardized ileal digestible leucine to lysine for 8 to 12 kg female pigs. Journal of Animal Science, 93 5: 2218-2224. doi:10.2527/jas.2014-8699
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Optimum standardized ileal digestible tryptophan to lysine ratio for pigs weighing 7-14kg
Norgaard, J. V., Pedersen, T. F., Soumeh, E. A., Blaabjerg, K., Canibe, N., Jensen, B. B. and Poulsen, H. D. (2015) Optimum standardized ileal digestible tryptophan to lysine ratio for pigs weighing 7-14kg. Livestock Science, 175 90-95. doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2015.02.012
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The optimum ratio of standardized ileal digestible isoleucine to lysine for 8-15kg pigs
Soumeh, E. A., van Milgen, J., Sloth, N. M., Corrent, E., Poulsen, H. D. and Norgaard, J. V. (2014) The optimum ratio of standardized ileal digestible isoleucine to lysine for 8-15kg pigs. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 198 158-165. doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.09.013
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Norgaard, J. V., Hansen, M. J., Soumeh, E. A., Adamsen, A. P. S. and Poulsen, H. D. (2014) Effect of protein level on performance, nitrogen utilisation and carcass composition in finisher pigs. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A-Animal Science, 64 2: 123-129. doi:10.1080/09064702.2014.943280
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Assadi, E., Janmohammadi, H., Taghizadeh, A. and Alijani, S. (2011) Nutrient composition of different varieties of full-fat canola seed and nitrogen-corrected true metabolizable energy of full-fat canola seed with or without enzyme addition and thermal processing. Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 20 1: 95-101. doi:10.3382/japr.2010-00201
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
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Amino acids interventions to reduce the consequences of heat stress in broiler chicken
(2019) Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe S A S
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(2019) Bioproton Pty Ltd
