Muneeb M. Musthafa

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka | SEUSL · Faculty of Technology

ThisresearchaimedtoassessthechangesinwaterqualitywithintheNilwalariverbasinandtheirimpactstocommunities.BetweenJanuaryandMay2022,11samplingsiteswereidentifiedanddatawasobtainedfromtheNationalWaterSupplyandDrainageBoard.Thephysicalandchemicalattributesthatwereassessedtodeterminethequalityofthewaterincludedthefollowingfifteenparameters.Physicalparame...

The seed kernel of Terminalia catappa Linn (T. catappa) is an underutilized plant food with promising potential. This study investigated the physicochemical properties, fatty acid composition, thermal behavior, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectral characteristics of oils extracted from kernels of yellow and purple cultivars of T. catappa...

This study was conducted to find maize germplasms that provide higher forage yield with a high nutritional composition. Eight local maize landraces were cultivated with a control variety Badra in Agrotech Park, Malwatta, Sri Lanka, with all recommended agronomical techniques. The nutritional contents and yield characteristics of fodder maize were e...

The escalating demand for food, along with the fluctuating price of fossil fuels, has prompted Sri Lanka to investigate environmentally benign alternative energy sources. The feasibility of renewable energy sources in the agricultural production process will put the country on a secure footing in the face of an energy crisis and rising demand for f...

Postharvest losses are very common and occur due to poor infrastructure and logistical arrangements, lack of technology, and insufficient knowledge, skills and management capacity of supply chain stakeholders. In Sri Lanka, the annual loss of fruits and vegetables during postharvest operation is around 30%–40% of the harvest and 20%–40% of the tota...

Agriculture is the backbone of the world’s population, being the primary source of food production. Climate change affects agriculture in various ways, including changes in typical temperatures, precipitation, and atmospheric conditions. Advanced automation of agronomic activities for land preparation, irrigation water management, pesticide applica...

This study aimed to investigate how egg weight affects the internal and external quality of the eggs in village chickens. A total of 335 eggs were obtained from 28-week-old Naked Neck and Central Poultry Research Station (CPRS) crossbreed village chickens. The eggs were weighed and categorized into four weight groups: large (56-65g), medium (49-56g...

Sheep milk production is a complex process that is influenced by various factors. This study aims to investigate how the litter size (single vs. twins), birth type (male vs. female), age of the ewes and body weight affect the milk composition and fatty acid profile of milk fat. Milk samples were collected from 119 Najdi ewes that were the subject o...

Oleaceae (olive family), includes 28 genera and about 700 species. Nevertheless, there remains a lot to uncover about the group’s historical development, the evolution of various reproductive and dispersal mechanisms, and polyploidization episodes appear to be linked to its diversification. In the current study, foliar epidermal anatomy of 13 plant...

This study aims to assess the characteristics of the Village chicken Management systems in the five veterinarian ranges of Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. In the Batticaloa area, data on 215 village chicken-rearing farms were gathered from five veterinary ranges (Batticaloa, Kaluwanchikudy, Kattankudy, Kokkadicholai, and Thumbamkerney). The methods...

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most widely cultivated cereal crops in the world as well as in Sri Lanka. Data on the nutritional composition of maize is beneficial for the food and feed industry, but there is a lack of information regarding this avenue in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the suitable landraces with higher nu...

This study aimed to identify a new feed for Catla catla post larvae. There is no suitable feed in Sri Lanka for post-larvae of Indian carp. A complete randomized design was used. Two feeds were formulated using different nutrient compositions with 32 % and 25 % of the fish meal separately. The formulated feeds were used as treatment one and treatme...

The objective of this study is to assess the job satisfaction of teachers from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Purposive random sam pling techniques was used to collect data from 225 tea chers, in 20 provincial government administered schools. The structured questionnaire consisted in 30 questions, being prepared andanalyzed using theSPSS program. The ques tio...

Chicken meat is the most popular protein dish in Sri Lanka. The Halal Method and Kosher Method are the two prominent slaughtering methods practiced all over the world. The objective of this study is to critically compare broiler chicken undergoing both the Halal Method and Kosher Method. Breed of Arbor Acres plus Broilers were collected from broile...

Primates and humans often come into conflict with each other, especially when it comes to food. Crop raiding by primates is a major problem, causing significant damage to crops and leading to the death of the primates themselves. To assess the impacts of human-monkey conflicts on local communities and monkey populations in the Ampara District. This...

Poultry, as one of the most significant livestock subsectors, provides affordable, high-quality animal protein in the form of eggs and meat. This study aimed to investigate the differences in hatchability, fertility, and chick quality between nest eggs and floor eggs in the Ross 308 broiler breed at Marist Brothers Poultry broiler farm. The experim...

Poultry products are viewed as fundamental food items providing animal protein at a relatively low cost in Sri Lanka. The demand for chicken meat and eggs in the country is satisfied through local supply. Kandy district is an area where poultry farms are run on a large and small scale. Among them Karandagolla poultry breeder farm is more contribute...

Animal welfare is ensuring the well-being of animals, humane treatments, proper care and state of the animal (physical and mental health). This assessment was the well-being of a laying hen flock under an intensive farm in Kundasale, Mid country of Sri Lanka. The five freedom elements and Welfare indicators (Behaviors, Environmental conditions and...

Objective: This study's aim was to estimate association between the iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and associated risk factors among children at Kalmunai north in Sri Lanka during COVID-19. Material and Methods: During the pandemic, 101 children aged between 1and 14 years were involved in the cross sectional study. Hemoglobin levels, serum ferritin a...

Securing food is becoming more difficult in Sri Lanka due to the country's expanding population, especially in light of climate change. This chapter focuses on the key issue of climate change and its many impacts related to food security in Sri Lanka, paying particular attention to AESA. In addition, the chapter emphasizes that Sri Lanka’s agricult...

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has currently become one of the most burning health issues of national concern in Sri Lanka. Objective: To assess the lifestyle factors associated with CKD among people of Sri Lanka. Methods: A pretested structured questionnaire was administered to collect the data from kidney patients. Lifestyle patterns an...

The study was carried out to determine the effect of Rearing systems on the egg qualities of Domestic Chicken. Data was collected from (n=200) Domestic Chicken Eggs under Intensive and Semi-Intensive Rearing systems. All data were collected on external egg quality characteristics i,e.,(Egg Weight, Egg Length and Width, Shape Index, Shell Weight, Sh...

Prion diseases are a type of neurodegenerative disorder caused by the transmission of specific pathogens containing prion proteins. Due to the unique structural characteristics of Prion proteins (PrP), which differ from other types of proteins, the extended incubation period observed in the transmission of specific Prions can be attributed to these...

Prion diseases are a type of neurodegenerative disorder caused by the transmission of specific pathogens containing prion proteins. Due to the unique structural characteristics of Prion proteins (PrP), which differ from other types of proteins, the extended incubation period observed in the transmission of specific Prions can be attributed to these...

Every part of human life, including the physical universe, is affected by the global epidemic of COVID-19. The aim of this review is to discuss the impacts of positive consequences on the total environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how information technology can support sustainability in the longer run. This review was performed by analyzing...

ABSTRACT Rapid and haphazard urbanization has disastrous environmental and socio-economic consequences. The increase of unofficial habitation characterizes urbanization in Batticaloa town. Urban land use and cover changes require research to plan and ensure long-term growth. This study employed geographic information systems and Landsat imagery fro...

Objectives. This research investigation was done to study the relationship between mental health and self-esteem with academic achievement among Sri Lankan youths. Method. The sample for this study was selected using purposive sampling from educational institutions of Ampara District, Sri Lanka. The total number of samples was 516. The age range of...

Objectives. This research investigation was done to study the relationship between mental health and self-esteem with academic achievement among Sri Lankan youths. Method. The sample for this study was selected using purposive sampling from educational institutions of Ampara District, Sri Lanka. The total number of samples was 516. The age range of...

The dairy industry is currently expanding in Hambantota district. However, milk producers and customers who collected milk from Hambantota raised concerns about milk quality. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different dairy cattle management practices on raw milk quality. The study was conducted in the Hambantota dist...

The main focus of this research is to determine the molecular phylogeny and characterization of Mundri Sheep (Ovis aries) through sequencing of mitochondrial Cytochrome b and Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I (COI). This sheep breed appears morphologically different from other local sheep breeds of Pakistan. The current research is carried out to apprai...

Identification of change-vulnerable areas and the development of sustainable ecosystem services depend on mapping and quantifying the land use/land cover (LULC) changes and the drivers of change. Through remote sensing and GIS in conjunction with a survey of the local community's perceptions of LULC patterns and drivers in the Batticaloa lagoon wat...

Background:One of the most prevalent dietary disorders in the world is iron deficiency anemia (IDA) which impacts people of all ages, genders, and physiological categories. In the current situation, iron fortification in food is seen as a long-term, cost-effective, and sustainable technique. Scope and approach: The ideal mix of iron form and food c...

Children are particularly vulnerable to iron-deficiency anemia because of their increased iron requirements during periods of rapid growth, especially in the first five years of life. Sri Lanka, a lower-middle-income country with a high prevalence of under nutrition mostly in the children. Currently Sri Lanka is facing a triple burden of malnutriti...

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is an important crop, mainly in the tropical and subtropical regions of the globe. It is one of the top ten useful trees in the world, providing food and non-food benefits to millions of people worldwide. As coconut is the second largest crop in extent next to staple crop 'Rice' in Sri Lanka, it plays a vital role in the...

Microplastics in marine ecosystems have become an emerging environmental issue around the world. Human plastic consumption has increased at a dramatic rate over the years leading to detrimental impacts. Marine plastic levels in marine environments have increased through land or sea-based sources and has become persistent and the pollution is ubiqui...

Maize is one of the most important cereal crops in Sri Lanka and the world. With the increase of the world population, demand for maize keeps on increasing, which is accelerated by the increasing demand for poultry feed, for which maize is the main energy source. The loss of grain in quantity and the deterioration of quality by storage pests remain...

Vultures are among nature’s most successful scavengers, providing tractable models for ecological, economic, and cultural studies. Asian vultures have undergone dramatic declines of 90–99% in the subcontinent due to consequences of poisoning drugs, thereby being at a high risk of extinction. In Pakistan, surveys conducted previously focused mostly...

Biodiversity research relies largely on knowledge about species responses to environmental gradients, assessed using some commonly applied sampling method. However, the consistency of detected responses using different sampling methods, and thus the generality of findings, has seldom been assessed in tropical ecosystems. Hence, we studied the respo...

Climate change and variability threaten the sustainability of agricultural and food production, especially in agrarian communities. In Sri Lanka, rainfall is expected to decline by almost 10% by the year 2050 and the largest increase in temperature can be experienced. Despite the potential risks of climate change on agricultural productivity, Sri L...

Sri Lanka is increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change on food production, food security, and livelihoods. This has been mostly discussed in terms of climate impacts on crop productivity (food availability), with little emphasis on other key aspects, namely food access and use. This chapter, based on existing literature, adopted a...

Tropical islands such as Pangkor Island in western Malaysia have been recently subject to numerous land cover modifications and urban development. It threatens biodiversity and their effects remain unstudied for many taxa. In this study, we assessed the abundance, species richness, and diversity of beetles at Pangkor Island, at three different year...

Berberis lycium Royle has a long history of medicinal uses to treat different diseases. It naturally grows on the mountains of Indian subcontinent. Its ethnobotanical and biochemical study from the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) was not previously explored. So, the objective of the current study was to explore the ethnobotanical and biochem...

The present study was directed to characterize the native breeds of chicken populations in Ampara District, Sri Lanka. A total of 277 chickens were sampled randomly in five veterinary ranges. The morphological characteristics such as features of plumage, comb, shank, eye, and earlobe, were observed, while number of morphometric measurements were al...

This study investigated the effect of bag and bucket silos on the chemical composition and quality characteristics of silage made from maize, sorghum, and Coimbatore-3 (CO-3) grass cultivated in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. Each fodder was harvested at 50% of the flowering stage, chopped, and ensiled into the aforementioned silo types. After...

The study was conducted to assess the characteristics of the village chicken farming system in the Ampara district. Data collection was carried out on 100 village chicken rearing farmers from five veterinary ranges in the Ampara district. Structured interviews, unstructured interviews with farmers, and field observations were the approaches used to...

The present study was directed in Ampara to characterize the native breeds of chicken populations. A total of 277 chickens were sampled randomly in five veterinary ranges. Qualitative characteristics such as features of plumage, comb, shank, eye, and earlobe, were documented. Quantitative characteristics include bodyweight and linear morphometric m...

Among the various species of livestock, the domestic yak (Bos grunniens) belongs to the class Bovidae and is specially adapted for survival at high altitudes under extreme climatic conditions. Yak is a very useful species due to the multiple products it provides, such as meat, hide, milk and other dairy products. Like other livestock species, domes...

The complete Cytchrome b gene and partial mtDNA control region were sequenced for the Pakistani domestic yak (Bos grunniens) within the Bovidae family. A total of 300 samples were genotyped using 27 bovine microsatellite markers from the Gilgit-Baltistan and Skardu regions of Pakistan. We identified a total of 35 mutations and 9 haplotypes based on...

The complete Cytchrome b gene and partial mtDNA control region were sequenced for the Pakistani domestic yak (Bos grunniens) within the Bovidae family. A total of 300 samples were genotyped using 27 bovine microsatellite markers from the Gilgit-Baltistan and Skardu regions of Pakistan. We identified a total of 35 mutations and 9 haplotypes based on...

The fish in the genus Schizothorax from the Cyprinidae family live in high-altitude Rivers andstreams, are threatened by various anthropogenic stressors. This study aims to characterize S. plagiostomus across Pakistan and throughout the world available on NCBI using the mitochondrial D-loop region, and in particular, to assess the degree of intra-s...

The mitochondrial DNA sequences of DNA-D loops (mtDNA) from 105 individuals (11 Beetal goat Rajanpuri strains and 94 sequences extracted from GenBank) from 19 geographically and phenotypically defined domestic goat breeds in Pakistan were analysed in this experiment. In this study, we examined variability and molecular phylogeny of breeds. A total...

This study was conducted to assess the spatial distribution of beetles in mountain ecosystems and their elevational diversity. Malaise, pitfall and light traps were used to collect beetles from nine different mountains in Malaysia from September 2014 to September 2016, where from Gunung Angsi, Gunung Belumut, Gunung Basor and Gunung Tebu samples we...

Abstract Lagoons are highly productive coastal landforms that supply a variety of essential ecological functions. They are particularly vulnerable to severe physical, ecological, and sociological disruption caused by global climate change due to their location within the coastal landscape. It is projected that physical and biological features would...

Our study focused on quantifying the alterations of streamflow at a weir site due to the construction of a mini-hydropower plant in the Gurugoda Oya (Sri Lanka), and evaluating the spatial responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to altered flow regime. The HEC–HMS 3.5 model was applied to the Gurugoda Oya sub-catchment to generate streamflows for t...

The purpose of this concept paper is to provide a set of basic ethical principles that define the professional responsibilities of university professors in their role as teacher. Ethical principles are conceptualized here as general guidelines, ideals or expectations that need to be considered, along with other relevant conditions and circumstances...

The genetic diversity of Pakistani dromedary camels is poorly documented. The present study evaluated the genetic variations of two well-known Pakistani camel breeds, Mareecha and Barela, that are well-adapted to the Cholistan desert climate. Camel can serve as a beneficial participant in the food supply chain by providing milk, meat and other food...

p>La gacela india es oriunda de la zona silvestre del norte de Pendjab (Pakistán). De acuerdo a las categorías de la lista roja de la Unión Internacional de Conservación de la Naturaleza y los Recursos Naturales, constituye una especie en peligro. El entendimiento de la genética de la respuesta inmune en esta especie puede ser útil para diseñar efe...

The world has dramatically changed within a period of few months due to pandemic, which may lead to a more sustainable future, including increased resilience of the ecological systems. Reduced economic activity would help decrease global warming as well as air pollution, water pollution, wildlife poaching and Interaction, Deforestation and Carbon E...

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP) have emerged as solutions oriented to manage organization´s resources in an integrated way. They allowed the automation of its department's activities, made information available to users at the right time, supporting more accurately their decision-making needs. It is empirically proved that the best of th...

Water bodies are an indispensable part of human life where their quality determine human life. Monitoring the water quality in terms of water temperature, dissolved minerals and amount of bacteria present in the water is essential for healthy life. Beetle has been used as an indicator of water quality, but scarcely studied in Malaysia. This study w...

Plant metabolic engineering is a modern discipline that promises to create opportunities in pharmaceutical industries to produce and biomedicine. Over the long period natural and synthetic plant hormones have had tremendous implications in callus/cell culture /suspension/ for secondary metabolites production (SMs). Generally, SMs plays a vital fund...

Chromolaena odorata was examined for insecticidal properties against termites Macrotermes carbonarius and Globertermes sulphurous, where G. sulphureus and M. carbonarius workers and soldier colonies were collected from selected areas of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Pahang, respectively. Extracted essential oils were tested on Macrotermes carbonarius...

National Park is one of the oldest rainforests found in Southeast Asia andit hasa very complex ecosystem. The objective of this study was to preparean inventory on beetle abundance and diversity at Kuala Kelapor National Park, Malaysia. Beetles were sample during pitfall traps, Malaise traps and light traps at five different trails in April 2015. T...

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