Introduction
The Department of Poultry Production, UVAS, Lahore was established in June 2003 with the main objective of producing highly skilled professionals for the developing poultry industry. The department always focused on educating and providing hands-on-training to graduating students to improve the work efficiency of the commercial poultry industry by enhancing egg and meat production. The Department of Poultry Production is the only of its kind in Pakistan with the maximum possible research and training infrastructure present in all areas of Poultry Production (i.e., Commercial Broiler Breeder Farm, Commercial Broiler Hatchery, Commercial Broiler Farm, 02 Model Research Broiler Farm, Compost Unit, and Avian Research and Training Centre having Indigenous birds, Quails production unit, Model Ostrich farm, Turkey birds, Guinea-fowl, Aviary system, Incubation unit, and UVAS BARN system).
Besides offering four-year B.S. Poultry Science and courses for Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), B.S. Food Science and Technology, and BS Animal Products Technology degree programs, the Department is also offering M. Phil. and Ph.D. Degree programs in the field of Poultry Production at the postgraduate level. The applied and problem-oriented research findings are communicated to the stakeholders through meetings, group discussions, seminars, and student articles in various newspapers and magazines. Department has won research grants worth billions of rupees from national and international funding organizations focusing on problem-solving research and cutting-edge technologies.
The Department consistently focuses on conducting problem-oriented, applied research by students and faculty to address the problems of stakeholders. The department also maintains close liaisons with the Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA), the World’s Poultry Science Association (WPSA), and leading poultry farmers, breeders, poultry feed millers, and hatchery operators. The Department also arranges meetings of “UVAS Poultry Club” at regular intervals, where academia and industry join hands to search for viable strategies to overcome recent challenges faced by the industry.
The Department has been assisting PPA in organizing the International Poultry Expo since 2011. In 2022, PPA and the Department of Poultry Production took the initiative of organizing an all-Pakistan intervarsity “Know Your Food, Know Your Health” quiz competition aimed to educate the public regarding the health benefits of poultry products and busting the myths prevalent among consumers. Similarly, organizing World Egg Day annually is also an effort towards consumer awareness that has been a continuous feature of this department since 2009.
The Department of Poultry Production has signed MoUs with Pasban Poultry (Pvt.) Ltd. to operate its commercial broiler breeder and commercial broiler farms, and with Sher Muhammad Farms for its commercial breeder hatchery located at UVAS, Ravi Campus, Pattoki. The Department has also established MoUs with Bio-Vet (Pvt.) Ltd., Ibrahim Poultry Traders, Poulta Inc., and HATO Agricultural Lighting to facilitate student training, internships, and the exchange of technical expertise. Our graduates are serving in different Universities of Pakistan, the Punjab Food Authority, Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority (PAFDA), as well as various national and international poultry enterprises.
Research Priorities
- Evolving high yielding germ-plasm for commercial & rural poultry sector
- Optimizing feed & nutrient requirements of poultry birds for different stages & purposes
- Poultry processing, value addition, product development and marketing
- Poultry reproductive physiology
- Poultry housing, incubation and waste management
Poultry Department on Social Media Platforms
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