CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details Full Name : Tang Siew Ching Correspondence : 4, Medan Nangka, Taman Desa Damai, Address 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia Mobile phone : +6016-3881288 E-mail : tangsc79@gmail.com Position : Lecturer Address : Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University Malaysia Kelantan Locked Bag 36, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Tel No. : +609-7717133/7127 Fax : +609-7717132 Email : tsching@umk.edu.my PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT Position Name & Address of Employer Duration Lecturer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2 January 2013 University Malaysia Kelantan to present Locked Bag 36, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Technical Alltech Biotechnology (M) Sdn. Bhd. 1 Sept 2010 to Manager1 No. 6, Jalan Pemberita U1/49, Temasya 31 December Industrial Park, Shah Alam, 40150 2012 Selangor, Malaysia Consultant Alltech Biotechnology (M) Sdn. Bhd. 1 March 2010 to Veterinarian1 No. 6, Jalan Pemberita U1/49, Temasya 30 August 2010 (Part-time) Industrial Park, Shah Alam, 40150 Selangor, Malaysia Farm Flavour Right Sdn. Bhd. 2 Jan 2006 Veterinarian2 Lot 1987 @ 1988, Batu 24, Jalan Johor, to 30 April 2008 81500 Pekan Nenas, Johor, Malaysia Small Animal Batu Animal Clinic 1 Jun 2005 Practitioner Tun Aminah, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia to 1 Jan 2006 Job description: 1Provide technical service and visited poultry and pig farmers, and feed millers across the countries. My responsibility is also to conduct a seminar and presentation to the industries and universities. 2Manage the production of broiler farms for the company, handled the export permits, communicate with Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) Malaysia and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) Singapore, responsible for farm management and monitoring diseases and drug usage in the farms. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer FPV, UMK 1. DVT 3372 Clinical Practice I (Course Coordinator; Avian and Swine Rotation) 2013 2. DVT 4412 Clinical Practice II (Swine and Avian Rotation, Clinical Conference Cases) 2013 Educations and Qualifications Name of Institution : Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang. Year of Study : July 2000 – April 2005 Programme : Doctor of Veterinary Medicine CGPA : 3.699 Name of Institution * : Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang. Year of Study * : July 2008 – December 2011 Programme * : Master of Science Field* : Animal Nutrition CGPA* : 3.900 *Supervised by Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Idrus and co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Abd. Razak Alimon. Dr. Tang Siew Ching who is also the first student to receive the Alltech-UPM Post Graduate Degree Student Program in Malaysia. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Tang, S. C., I. Zulkifli, M. Ebrahimi, A. R. Alimon, A. F. Soleimani, and K. Filer. 2011. Effects of feeding different levels of corn dried distillers grains with solubles on growth performance, carcass yield and meat fatty acid composition in broiler chickens. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 3: 205-211. Tang, S. C., I. Zulkifli, A. R. Alimon, and K. Filer. 2010. Effects of Feeding Corn Dried Distillers’ Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Fatty Acid Composition of Meat in Broiler Chickens. Presented in: Proceeding in Asian-Australian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) 14 th Animal Science Congress, Vol. 2. 23 – 27 August 2010, Ping Tung, Taiwan. Tang, S. C., I. Zulkifli, A. R. Alimon, and K. Filer. 2009. Chemical and Nutritional Characteristics of Corn Dried Distiller’s Grains with Solubles (DDGS) for Broiler Chickens. Poster Presented in: Proceedings 30th Malaysian Society of Animal Production (MSAP) Annual Conference, 2-5 June 2009, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Tang, S. C., I. Zulkifli, A. R. Alimon, and K. Filer. 2009. Review: Corn Distiller’s Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS) as a New Alternative Feed Ingredient in Poultry Diets. Poster Presented in: Alltech’s 22nd Asia-Pacific Lecture Tour 2009, 24th June 2009, Sheraton Subang Hotel, Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tang, S. C., I. Zulkifli, A. R. Alimon, and K. Filer. 2010. Effect of Enzyme Supplementation on Performance of Broiler Fed Diets Containing Corn Dried Distiller’s Grains with Solubles (DDGS). Presented in: Proceedings 31st Malaysian Society of Animal Production (MSAP) Annual Conference, 6-8-Jun 2010, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Co-author: Zulkifli, I., R. Hashemi, M.N. Somchit, Z. Zunita, T.C. Loh, A.F. Soleimani and S.C. Tang. 2012. Effects of Euphorbia hirta and virginiamycin supplementation to the diet on performance, digestibility, and intestinal microflora population in broiler chickens. Archiv für Geflügelkunde, 76(1): 612. Hashemi, S.R., I. Zulkifli, M.N. Somchit, Z. Zunita, T.C. Loh, A.F. Soleimani, S.C. Tang. Dietary supplementation of Zingiber officinale and Zingiber zerumbet to heat-stressed broiler chickens and its effect on heat shock protein 70 expression, blood parameters and body temperature. Journal of Animal Nutrition and Animal Physiology, (DOI: 10.1111/j.1439- 0396.2012.01302.x). AWARDS 1. Young Scientist Award 2009 (3rd place) by Alltech’s Young Scientist Award: Graduate Category to present a review paper “Corn Distiller’s Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS) as New Alternative Feed Ingredient in Poultry Diet” at Alltech’s 22nd Asia-Pacific Lecture Tour, Sheraton Subang Hotel, Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. 2. Best Oral Presentation Award 2010 by Malaysian Society of Animal Production (MSAP) 2010 to present a paper “Effect of Enzyme Supplementation on Performance of Broilers Fed Diets Containing Corn Dried Distiller’s Grains with Solubles (DDGS)” at 31st Annual Conference of the Malaysia Society of Animal Production (MSAP) “Feed Safety and Security”, Renaissance Hotel, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. 3. Gold Medal 2005 by CEVA Animal Health Asia Pacific, awarded to the Graduate of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine to obtain the highest marks in the Veterinary Microbiology and Veterinary Epidermiology courses. Curricular Activities Conference Year Title Clinical Year of Sep DVM 2004 Clinical Year of Jan Dancing Pig Disease or Asso. Prof. DVM 2005 Congenital Tremor In a Litter of Dr. Azam Piglets Khan Intermuscular Lipoma In a Dog Supervisor Prof. Dr. S. Thilagar Goriman Khan Final Year Nov Occurrence of Salmonellosis Prof. Dr. Project of DVM 2004 and Camphylobacteriosis in Saleha Abdul Japanese Quails Aziz Alltech’s Young May Submitted paper: Corn Distiller’s Prof. Dr. Scientist Award 2009 Dried Grain with Solubles Zulkifli Idrus (3rd place in (DDGS) as New Alternative Malaysia Feed Ingredient in Poultry Diet National Competition) Alltech’s Young May Submitted paper: Effect of Prof. Dr. Scientist Award 2010 Chinese Distillers’ Dried Grains Zulkifli Idrus (Participant) with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance, Carcass Yield and Muscle Fatty Acid Composition in Broiler Practical Training in Malaysia (Year 2000-2005) Year/Duration Location 2000/2 weeks Taiping Zoo, Perak 2002/3 weeks Jelai Gemas Beef Farm, Negeri Sembilan 2002/1 week Sea Turtle Research Unit, Pulau Redang, Terengganu 2002/1 week Snake & Reptile Garden, Perlis 2002/2 months Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM, Serdang (PCR Detection of Mycoplasma spp. in Chicken, supervised by Dr. Ganapathy) 2003/3 weeks Sin Leong Heng Poultry Farm, Jawi, Penang 2003/2 weeks Wong’s Brother Pig Farm, Vardor, Penang 2003/1 week Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Perak 2003/1 week University of Veterinary Hospital (Small Animal), UPM, Serdang 2003/2 weeks National Stud Farm, Ipoh, Perak 2003/1 week Fishery Department, Department of Veterinary Service, Terengganu 2004/2 weeks University of Veterinary Hospital (Small Animal), UPM, Serdang 2004/2 weeks Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Perak 2004/2 weeks Post-mortem Room, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM, Serdang 2004/1 week Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM, Serdang (Avian Management, supervised by Dr. Jalila) Extra-Curricular Activities (Year 2000-2005) Year Position Held Activity 2000/01 Committee Sixth Information Technology (IT) Laboratory, Sixth Colleague, UPM 2000/01 Committee 2001 Secretariat Perpaduan & Alumni, Sixth Colleague, Vice UPM President Ceriathon 2001, Zoological Club of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM 2002 Committee Leadership Camp, Vertenak of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM 2002 2004 Vice Dogathon 2002, Zoological Club of Faculty of President Veterinary Medicine, UPM Secretariat/ 11th International Conference of the Association of Volunteer Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, IVTM, VAM, UPM, DVS INSTRUMENTATION EXPERIENCES - IT Computer software - MS DOS Windows; MS Office (Words, Excels, PowerPoint), SPSS & SAS software, Brill’s Formulation LANGUAGE SKILLS Spoken Written Reading English Good Good Good Malay Good Good Good Mandarin Good Good Good Chinese Dialects Good Good Good Referees 1. Name Position Institute : Prof Dr. Zulkifli Idrus : Director of Institute Tropical Agriculture (ITA) : Institute Tropical Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Tel Email 2. Name Position Institute Tel Email 3. Name Position Institute Tel Email 4. Name Position Company Tel Email 5. Name Position Company Tel Email Selangor, Malaysia : +6019-2623311 : zulkifli@agri.upm.edu.my : Dr. Ooi Peck Toung : Senior Lecturer (Swine Diseases) : Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia : +603-89468060 : ooi@vet.upm.edu.my : Dr. Tee Tuan Poy : Senior Lecturer (Animal Waste Management) : Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia : +6017-3986880 : ttpoy@putra.upm.edu.my : Dr. Phang Yuen Fun : Assistant Vice President : Charoen Pokphand (CP) Holding Malaysia No. 2, JalanZapin H, Bandar Bukit Raja, 41050 Klang, Selangor DarulEhsan, Malaysia. : +603-3341 4752 : phangyuenfun@yahoo.com : Dr. Richard Chong (PhD, Animal Nutritionist) : Commercial Director Asia South : Anitox : +6019-8816688 : rchong21@gmail.com