Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, is working as Professor, in Theriogenology Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, KBCMA College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Narowal. Which is a Constituent college of University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He got his DVM Degree and M.Sc. (Hons) in the subject of Animal Reproduction from the college of Veterinary Sciences Lahore. His area of research was Buffalo oocyte maturation and study of nuclear morphology of buffalo oocyte. His research was published in a peer reviewed paper. He obtained his Ph. D from University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore Pakistan. His major area of research was estrus synchronization in dairy cattle and buffalo. This research work was also performed in Dr. Pursley Lab Michigan State University, Michigan USA.
Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf worked as Veterinary officer in Department of Livestock and Dairy Development, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). He was one of the team members for the Eradication of Rinderpest from Pakistan. He was declared one of the (Participatory Disease Surveillance) PDS expert. He conducted several Livestock trainings for the National Rural Support programe (NRSP) as resource person in Islamabad. He was one of the master trainers to conduct PDS trainings Nationally and Internationally. He had developed PC-1 for the Livestock Department ICT Islamabad and executed smoothly.
Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf worked as Project Director for the Project “Establishment of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Bahawalpur” He contributed from its inception to complete execution including master planning, designing and its execution. He also served as first Registrar, Cholistan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (CUVAS) Bahawalpur.
He is life member of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA), Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) and Society for Animal Reproduction of Pakistan (SARP).
Despite of teaching undergraduate and post graduate he is also providing technical services for the improved reproductive management to livestock farmer
Areas of Interest
Improve reproductive management
Ultrasonography
Embryo transfer and IVF
Publications
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M. R. Yousaf & K.R.Chohan (2003) Nuclear Morphology, Diameter and Meiotic Competence Of Buffalo Oocyte Relative to follicle size. Reproduction Fertility & Development 15(4): 223-29
M. Hussain, M. A. Malik, Z. Fatima, M. R. Yousuf. Participatory Surveillance of Livestock Diseases in Islamabad Capital Territory. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology 1560–8530/2005/07–4–567–570
Hasan Riaz, Nasim Ahmad, M. R. Yousuf. (2013) Ovarian Follicular Dynamics around Estrus in Beetal and Teddy Goats
Pak Vet J, 33(1): 120-122
M. R. Yousuf, J.P.N.Martins, Ali Husnain, Umair Riaz, Hasan Riaz, Abdul Sattar, Khalid Javed, Nasim Ahmad. (2015) Effect of oestradiol benzoate on oestrus intensity and pregnancy rate in CIDR treated anoestrus nulliparous and multiparous buffalo. Animal Reproduction Science, 159: 104-108
M. R. Yousuf, João Paulo N. Martins, Nasim Ahmad, Kerry Nobis, J. Richard Pursley (2016). Presynchronization of lactating dairy cows with PGF2a and GnRH simultaneously, 7 days before Ovsynch have similar outcomes compared to G6G. Theriogenology 86 :1607–1614
Arslan Qayyum, , Usman Arshad, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, Nasim Ahmad. (2017). Effect of breeding method and season on pregnancy rate and embryonic and fetal losses in lactating Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50. 10.1007/s11250-017-1468-4.
Arif A, Nawaz M, Rabbani M, Iqbal S, Mustafa A, Yousuf MR and Muhammad K, 2018. Screening, characterization and physicochemical optimization of phosphorus solubilization activity of potential probiotic lactobacillus spp. Pak Vet J.http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.061
Saboor Khan, Abdul & Shafiq Haider, Muhammad & Hassan, Mubbashar & Husnain, Ali & Rizwan Yousuf, Muhammad & Ahmad, Nasim. (2018). Equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) enhances reproductive responses in CIDR-EB treated lactating anovular Nili-Ravi buffalo during the breeding season. Animal Reproduction Science. 10.1016/j. anireprosci.2018.06.012.
Z. Batool, M. Lashary, U. Farooq, M. Idris, U. Riaz, M. Ali, M. R. Yousaf and A. Khurshid. (2018).A study on certain blood biomarkers of pregnant Cholistani cows.
The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 28(6): Page: 1687-1692.
Saleem N, Nawaz M, Ghafoor A, Javeed A, Mustafa A, Yousuf MR and Khan I, 2018. Phenotypic and molecular analysis of antibiotic resistance in lactobacilli of poultry origin from Lahore, Pakistan. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.084 .
Riaz H, Yousuf MR, Liang A, Hua GH, Yang L. Effect of melatonin on regulation of apoptosis and steroidogenesis in cultured buffalo granulosa cells. Anim Sci J. 2019;90:473–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/asj.13152
Rehman S, Shafique L, Yousuf MR, Liu Q, Ahmed JZ and Riaz H, 2019. Spectrophotometric calibration and comparison of different semen evaluation methods in Nili-Ravi buffalo bulls. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2019.073.
Anjum Rashid, Imran Javed, Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Abdullah, Farhan Saeed, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, Muhammad Imran, Huma Bader Ul Ain & Faqir Muhammad Anjum (2019) Probing the physicochemical and sensorial properties of pasteurized milk via nanoparticles, International Journal of Food Properties, 22:1, 825-842, DOI:10.1080/10942912.2019.1607374.
Azeem N, Nawaz M, Anjum AA, Saeed S, Sana S, Mustafa A, Yousuf MR. (2019) Activity and Anti-Aflatoxigenic Effect of Indigenously Characterized Probiotic Lactobacilli against Aspergillus flavus-A Common Poultry Feed Contaminant. Animals (Basel). 2019 Apr 15;9(4). pii: E166. doi: 10.3390/ani9040166.
Riaz H, Deng TX, Ma XY, Liang SS, Duan AQ, Lu XR, Yousuf MR, Pang CY and Liang XW, 2018. Effect of melatonin on casein expression in buffalo mammary epithelial cells. Pak Vet J, 38(3): 333-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2018.065
Zaidi AA, Khan MA, Shakir L , Shahreyar ZA , Shahid Shah , Yousuf MR , Hina Khalid , Aisha Mobashar , Muhammad Zaman, (2018). Effectiveness of Clobazam on Perception, Creativity, Intelligence, Selective and Visual Memory. Pak J Pharm Sci . Nov;31(6 (Supplementary):2715-2718
Muhammad Rafiq, Yasir Nazir, Zaman Ashraf, Hummera Rafique, Samina Afzal, Amara Mumtaz, Mubashir Hassan, Anser Ali, Khurram Afzal, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, Muhammad Saleem, Katarzyna Kotwica-Mojzych & Mariusz Mojzych (2019) Synthesis, computational studies, tyrosinase inhibitory kinetics and antimelanogenic activity of hydroxy substituted 2-[(4-acetylphenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl derivatives, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 34:1, 1562-1572, DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2019.1654468
Hanif M, Rafiq M, Yousuf M, Kotwica-Mojzych K, Saleem M, Mojzych M. (2019). Organic small molecular receptors as fluorimetric/bioimaging probe for extracellular/intracellular zinc sensation. Bioorg Chem. 2020;94:103398. doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103398
Sheraz Ahmed, Mian Kamran Sharif, Masood Sadiq Butt, Zeeshan Akram, Shumaila Yousaf, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf. (2020) Development of nutritious probiotic sportsman drink. doi.org/10.36721/PJPS.2020.33.1.REG.191-197.1
Muhammad Ashraf , Mati Ullah, Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf, Nasim Ahmad, Khalid Javad, Amjad Riaz and Hasan Riaz. (2020) Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Profile from 10 Days of Age to Puberty and Its Relationship with Serum Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Beetal Goat Kids. DOI: 10.29261/pakvetj/2020.041.
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Training/ Workshops.
Training program on Price Negotiation of Insead Business School France. 7th April 1999. Held at Dubai UAE.
Workshop on “Role of Artificial Insemination in Rural Development” By SMEDA held on 23-24 April 2001, Sahiwal.
Training workshop on “Disease Early Warning System “DEWS” February 24th, 2004 by NIH Islamabad.
Training Workshop on “Designing Workshop to prepare a participatory disease surveillance program” November 6-10, 2004 by FAO.
National Seminar “Livestock Breed Improvement Present Status and Its Future” December 18, 2004 at UVAS Lahore.
National Training Workshop on “Sample Collection, Storage and Transportation for the Diagnosis of Transboundry Animal Diseases (RP, FMD, PPR) January 10-11, 2005 Islamabad by FAO.
Training course on “PC-I Preparation” by Pakistan Planning & Management Institute Islamabad, June 20-24, 2005
Training programme on “Project Management For Livestock Department” by Lahore University Of Management Sciences Lahore , August 8-11,2005.
The USAID Avian Influenza Commodities Training Workshop. 13-14 December 2006 by USAID Avian Influenza Program.
Training for the Shipment of Infectious Substances. by USAID Infectious Substances Shipping Training version 2006.11.28
Training on ultrasonography in bovine reproduction. By Department of Theriogenology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore on May 3rd 2008.
Training on professional competency enhancement program for teachers (PCEPT) by Center for educational policy and administration UVAS Lahore. September 2010.
Workshop on Development of sustainable and collaborative researcher Net works by Talented Research Exchange programe- INSPIRE Pakistan on 27,28 September 2010.
Training on The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) 21-25 November 2010
National workshop Strategies on Improvement in Livestock Reproduction by Society for animal Reproduction of Pakistan on 19 November 2011.
Video conference Workshop on New approaches of Estrus Synchronization in Dairy Animals by Pak-US science and Technology HEC project on april 11, 2012
Workshop on Biostatistics and Data analysis concepts by Department of Statistics and computer sciences, UVAS on 7-11 may 2012
Project Planning, Implementation & Evaluation. Tertiary Education support program Higher Education Commission 25-29 May 2015 at IBA Karachi
Project Management Certification test preparation. IT Height Lahore 8 July to 19 August 2017
Trainings conducted.
Orientation workshop for Managers and Policy Makers to Participatory approaches for active disease surveillance in Pakistan. December 8-17, 2004 Lahore by FAO.
Regional training work shop on “Participatory Disease Surveillance” July 18-26, 2005 Islamabad by FAO.
