• Bogdan Slominski
  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science

    University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
    Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
    118A Animal Science Building
    12 Dafoe Road
    Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

    204-474-8291
    bogdan.slominski@umanitoba.ca

Education

  • PhD (Biochemistry), University of Agricultural Sciences, Poland
  • PDF (Nutrition), University of Uppsala, Sweden
  • PDF (Nutritional Biochemistry), University of Manitoba, Canada
  • MSc (Microbiology), University of Agricultural Sciences, Poland

Research

Research interests

Dr. Slominski is focused on:

  • Development of new generation enzyme supplements for poultry and swine.
  • Enzyme hydrolysis products, yeast-derived products, and nucleotides as prebiotics and natural alternatives to antibiotics in poultry and swine nutrition.
  • Non-starch polysaccharides, resistant starch, oligosaccharides, glucosinolates, phytate, glycoproteins and dietary fiber components: Measurement and relevance to feedstuffs quality and exogenous enzyme application.
  • Quality characteristics and nutritive value of new feed ingredients.

Current research projects

  • Effective use of novel canola feed ingredients.
  • Novel bioactives of yeast: Enzymatic release, identification and their prebiotic effects.
  • Understanding the impacts of canola meal on gut microbiota and potential prebiotic effect of enzymatically-released bioactive fibre components and the long term effects of high levels of canola meal inclusion.
  • Development of a tool for rapid analysis of glucosinolate content in canola meal.

Publications

Other information

Awards

  • Minister of Agriculture Award for Research in Applied Biochemistry.
  • NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
  • NRC/Alberta Science and Technology Award for Innovation in Industrial Research.