Contact information

Email: drafzal@uvas.edu.pk
Phone: +92 (49) 4427083
Ext. 5028
Dr. Muhammad Afzal Rashid

Associate Professor

DVM, PhD (UVAS)

HEC Approved Supervisor

Biography

M. Afzal Rashid has been with UVAS since 2012, and currently working as an Assistant Professor (TTS) in the Department of Animal Nutrition. He holds a DVM (1999-2003: UVAS Lahore) and Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition (2013: UVAS-Lahore). Under HEC IRSIP fellowship program, he spent around 10 months at SDSU and completed experiments on Holstein calves. His area of interest is calf nutrition and management with an emphasis on early weaning and rumen development in buffalo and cattle calves; as well as evaluation of alternative feed resources to reduce the cost of feeding in dairy animals and fattening. His interest in small ruminants has allowed him to work on growth rates of fattening lambs and bucks. He has been involved in teaching undergraduate and post-graduate theory and practical classes. He is involved in establishment of modern Nutrition Lab in Pattoki. Apart from his academic activities, he is also engaged in extension work and is working with Nutrition Focus Group (ASLP), NAP and conducted several farmer trainings.

Dr. M. A. Rashid has authored 62 publications, yielding a cumulative impact factor of 35. These comprise 1 extension booklet, 4 popular press publications, 5 abstracts, and 4 extension articles. He has secured 11 research grants, 5 of which were as the Principal Investigator (totaling Rs. 33.993 Million) and 6 as either Co-Principal Investigator or member (amounting to Rs. 76.89 Million). With regard to supervision, he has overseen 4 Ph.D. and 37 M. Phil. students, acting as primary supervisor for 20 and as a committee member for the remaining 17. Presently, he is directly supervising 3 M. Phil. students. Moreover, he has actively contributed as a resource person in more than 12 international and national conferences and workshops.

Area of Interest

  1. Calf and heifer Nutrition
  2. Small ruminant and beef fattening
  3. Alternative feed resources for livestock
  4. Straw based total mixed rations for ruminants

Publications

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE / CONGRESS, TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS:

  1. Nutrition Association of Pakistan, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan, 2007.
  2. Workshop on University Student Forum under ASLP Project, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (2/10/2009 to 2/12/2009).
  3. Sixth Asian Buffalo Congress, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, (10/27/2009 to 10/30/2009).
  4. Seminar on Improved reproductive management in dairy animals (As a Resource Person), Department of Theriogenology, UVAS, Lahore (3/6/2010).
  5. ADSA, Midwest Meeting, Iowa, USA. 2011
  6. Joint Annual Meeting (JAM), New Orleans, USA (7/5/2011).
  7. Workshop on Biostatistics and Data Analysis Concepts, Department of Biostatistics, UVAS, Lahore (5/7/2012 to 5/11/2012).
  8. Workshop on Course Design, Assessment and Micro-teaching, LID Division, UVAS, Lahore (7/3/2012 to 7/3/2012).
  9. Workshop on 6th Extension Worker Training: Ration Formulation (As a resource person), ASLP Dairy Project, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (4/15/2013 4/15/2013).
  10. Conference on International Livestock Nutrition Conference, NAP, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (10/23/2013-10/24/2013).
  11. Workshop on Nutritional requirements at different stages and metabolic disorders in dairy cattle, Alltech Pakistan, UVAS, Ravi Campus, Pattoki (10/2/2013-10/7/2013).
  12. Workshop on commercial dairy farm management (As a Resource Person)” University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (2/14/2014-2/15/2014).
  13. Conference on Nutrigenomics: A new science for Better Productivity of Livestock (As a resource person), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (3/26/2014).
  14. Workshop on Buffalo Nutrition Research; Setting Priorities, Buffalo Research Institute, Pattoki (6/5/2014).
  15. Workshop on "2nd Baluchistan and KPK Extension Worker Training: Animal Nutrition Reproduction and Breed selection (As a Resource Person), University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore. (6/17/2014 to 6/19/2014).
  16. Seminar on "Rhodes Grass: Ever Green Fodder Now in Pakistan, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore. (6/19/2014).
  17. 16th Asian Australasian Animal Production (AAAP) Congress 2014. Funded by Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR). (11/10/2014 to 16/10/2014).
  18. International Symposium on Dairy Animal Reproduction (ISDAR 2015). UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan (As a resource person). (30/03/2015 to 31/03/2015).
  19. A Workshop on “Business Opportunity in Sheep & Goat Farming” organized by Center for Human Resource Development (CHRD), Faculty of Life Sciences Business Management (FLSBM), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore (06/04/2015 to 06/05/2015). Presentation on Sheep and Goat Nutrition and Fattening for Mutton Production (As a resources person) on 06/05/2015.
  20. Seminar on “Dairy Farm Management” Organized by BRI, Pattoki. Presentation on “Buffalo Calf Management” (As a resources person). (12/06/2015).
  21. “Four Day Summer Camp on Capacity Building of Young Researchers and Newly Inducted Faculty Members” organized by FAPT, UVAS Ravi Campus, Pattoki (06/15/2015 to 06/18/2015). Presentation on “Scientific Writing and Use of ENDNOTE” (As a Resources Person) on 06/16/2015.
  22. Cochran fellowship Program on Dairy Herd Management at Mississippi State University USA (07/29/2015 to 08/17/2015).
  23. International Poultry Nutrition Conference and Expo-2015 on Nov 3-4, 2015 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore.
  24. Food and Nutrition Week, 2015 on Nov 3-7, 2015 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore.
  25. Palm oil Trade Awareness Program (PTOP) held in Kualalumpur, Malaysia from 10-17 November 2017
  26. ADSA Annual Meeting 2018, held in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA from June 24-27, 2018
  27. Animal Production 2018 held in Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, from July 2-4, 2018.
  29. Focal person in “One on one business meeting with foreign delegates  of IBC 2019” on 14 February 2019.
  30. Dairy farm management training modules at UVAS Ravi Campus Pattoki, organized by IVPD-UVAS. Presentation on “calf nutrition: starters and weaning management” as a resource person (14 oct-2019).
  31. Workshop on technical aspects of post weaning protocol for well-planned research, Organized by Dairy-beef project, in UVAS-Lahore, October 16, 2019.
  32. 1st international nutrition workshop (IRNW 2019) held in CUVAS-Jhang on 17-18 October 2019. Presenation as invited speaker on Scope of pelleted TMR for fattening bucks (17 Oct 2019).
  33. Paricipated in 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) to be held in Porto, Portugal, from September 4-9, 2022.
  34. Particpated in National Goat Workshop organized by ASLP dairy Pject, Islamabad, (16-17 May 2022).
  35. Paricipated in 74th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) held in Lyon, France, from September 4-9, 2023.

PROJECTS

Funding Agency
Title
Year
Designation
Worth
Status
USAID
Livestock feed resources analysis
2018-2019
PI
1.35

Million RS

Completed
SOY PAK
Soybean product base diets for fattening calves
2018
Project Investigator
2.1 Million RS
Completed
PARB
Assessment of antibiotic, steroids, hormonal risk factors in poultry meat & eggs in Punjab
2018-2021
Co-PI
37.325

Million RS

Completed
PARB
Development evaluation and promotion of straw based pelleted TMR for enhancing quality mutton production
2017-2021
Project Investigator
27.791 Million RS
Completed
PARB
Use of yeast cell wall from distillery waste product as growth promoters in male calves Yeast sludge
2016-2018
Co-PI
7.577 Million RS
Completed
HEC
Dietary management of health status and production performance during heat stress in broilers: use of novel amino acids mixture
2018-2021
Co-PI
3.930

Million RS

Completed
HEC
Supplementation of distillery yeast sludge during developmental transition on reticulo rumen ontogenic using sheep as a model
2018-2020
Co-PI
0.848

Million RS

Completed
ALP PARC
Development and evaluation of chromium-loaded chitosan nanoparticles composite as a feed additive in broilers reared under normal and heat stressed conditions
2018-2019
Co-PI
4.330 Million RS
Completed
PARB
Utilization of poultry farm litter and dead birds compost as livestock feed ingredients and agriculture fertilizer
2015-2018
Co-PI
 
Completed