Dr. Shafqat Fatima Rehmani

B.Sc. Hons. (UOK), M.Sc (UOK), MS (UOWI - Madison,USA) Ph.D. (UOQ Brisbane, Australia )

Associate Professor/ Senior Scientific  Research Officer.
Tel: 92-42-99211923, Mobile: 0300-8239989
Email: rehmani.shafqat@uvas.edu.pk

Biography

Dr. Shafqat Fatima Rehmani is an Associate Professor /Senior Scientific Research Officer in the Quality Operations Laboratory, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. She holds B.Sc. (Hons) and MSc., M.S. in Veterinary Science and Ph.D. degrees in Veterinary Pathology. She Served as Director (1979-2005) and then as Executive Director at Sindh Poultry Vaccine Centre (SPVC) Karachi, (April,2005 to 2010). She established the SPVC through funding of the UNDP/FAO inaugurated in 1979, successfully run under her supervision on self finance basis till 2009 and became the Largest Poultry Vaccine Production Unit of the country. She did Consultancy at Tanzania & Mozambique: “To Audit the Quality Assurance of Newcastle Disease Vaccine Production facility in Tanzania & Mozambique” DURING 2012 by KYEMMA Foundation, Australia. She also assisted in the planning of new facilities BSL II and III, for the production of veterinary vaccines in Zambia. She worked for Establishing a small facility of BS level III for the Laying flock to produce Specified Pathogen Free (SPF) eggs. She has PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS of the following societies: American Society for Microbiology (ASM), International Society for Infectious Diseases, Pakistan Society for Microbiology (PSM), Member of the evaluation team for the publication in the Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research., Member of Sindh Poultry Board, Pakistan, Member of the disease control committee of Pakistan Poultry Association. She presented research findings in 7 international and various national scientific conferences.  Dr. Shafqat Rehmani has more than 23 peer reviewed research publications, 12 presented in International Journals and remaining 11 in National journal. So far, she has produced around 10 postgraduate students under her supervision. She served as external and internal Examiner of Postgraduate students at the department of Microbiology and Physiology at the University of Karachi (UOK). She also has Technical links with the South East Poultry Research Lab (SEPRL) Athens, Georgia, USA, University of Isfahan, Iran, Malaysia, University of Ames, Iowa and University of Ohio, USA. She actively part as a member of the Technical Committee, nominated by the Govt. of Punjab/ livestock and dairy development regarding the problems of poultry industry She got Merit scholarship from AIDAB, Australia for her Ph.D program UNDP/FAO Fellowship from UNDP/FAO for MS program from USA, and Merit scholarship in BSc (Hons) and Matriculation from the UOK and Karachi Board respectively.

She received Life Achievement awards by the Pakistan Poultry Association recently on 5 Nov. 2012. She has many awards like: Award on Best performance on Meritorious Services rendered for the Poultry Industry, (International Congress & Exhibition) on 09-10, November, 2007.Professional Performance Award in Research and Development by Pakistan Poultry Association at International Poultry Congress &  Many Others.

Areas of Interest:

  • Recombinant Vaccine against NDV, AI  (H9) and HPS for Broiler Industry.
  • Production of Vaccine from the indigenous strains of Chickens causing epidemic in the poultry in last three decades i.e.  Hydropericardium Syndrom (HPS), Newcastle Disease (ND) and Avian Influenza serotype (H9, H7, H5) and Infectious Bursal Disease( IBD).
  • Isolation and Molecular characterization of Field isolates of ND Virus and vaccine strains and submit to the Gene Bank.

Publications


 

 

  1. Jamie L. Wasilenko, Mary Pantin-Jackwood ,  Taseer Ahmed Khan ,  Ayaz Ahmed , Shafqat F. Rehmani,  Nazir Ahmed Lone,  David E. Swayne,  Erica Spackman (2012) Characterization of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza Viruses isolated from poultry in Pakistan 2006–2008 Virus Genes 44:247–252 (IF 1.84)
  2. Nazir Ahmed Lone, Shafqat Fatima Rehmani 1, Taseer Ahmed Khan2 and Shahana Urooj Kazmi3 2012 Efficacy of Live attenuated and Inactivated Oil Emulsion Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Vaccines in Broiler chicks Pak Vet J 32(4): 539-542. (IF 1.25)
  3. Jahan Alam,1 Faiz Muhammad, 1 Muhammad Umar Siddiqui, 1 Shakeel A. Khan,1  Shafqat Rehmani and Aqeel Ahmad (2012)  Dot-ELISA for Newcastle Disease, Infectious Bursal Disease and Mycoplasmosis Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 44  pp. 1301-1305,  (IF 0.34)
  4. Muhammad A Abbas, Erica Spackman, David E Swayne, Zaheer Ahmed, Naila Siddiqui, Khalid Naeem, Abdul Hameed and Shafqat Rehmani (2010) Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of H7N3 Avian Influenza Viruses isolated from Poultry in Pakistan1995-2004 Virology Journal 7:137-147 (IF 5.15)
  5. Taseer Ahmed Khan, Carry A Rue, Shafqat F.Rehmani, Ayaz Ahmed, Jamie L. Wasilenko, Patti J. Miller and Claudio Afonso (2009) Phylogenetic and biological characterization of Newcastle disease virus isolated from Pakistan Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48:1892-94 (IF 4.162)
  6. Ayaz Ahmed, Taseer A. Khan, Benazir Kanwal, yasir Raza, Muhammad Akram, Shafqat F. Rehmani, Nazir A, Lone and Shahan U. Kazmi (2009) Molecular Identification of Agents Causing Respiratory Infection in Chickens from Southern Region of Pakistan from October 2007 to February 2008 International Journal of Agriculture and Biology  11:325-328
  7. Nazir Ahmed Lone, Shafqat F. Rehmani, Shahana Urooj Kazmi, Rana Muzzafar, Taseer Ahmed Khan and Ayaz Ahmed. 2009 Molecular Characterization of Pakistani Field Isolates of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Avian Diseases 53: 306-309 (IF 2.003)
  8. Seema Shamim, Shafqat F. Rehmani, Taseer Ahmed Khan, Anwar Siddiqui  (2009) Characterization of avian adenovirus type-4 causing hydro-pericardium syndrome in broilers in Karachi, Pakistan Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, Shiraz University Vol. 10, No. 1, Ser. No. 26, 38-43
  9. Sadia Seed, Shaikh Ajaz Rasool, Samia Ahmad, Sohail Zahoor and Shafqat Rehmani (2007)Antiviral activity of staphylococci in188: A purified Bacteriocin like Inhibitory substance Isolated from Staphylococcus aureus AB 188: Research Journal of Microbiology ISSN 1816-4935 (IF 0.26)
  10. Shafqat F. Rehmani 1996 Newcastle disease vaccination; A comparison of vaccines and routes of administration in Pakistan Preventive Veterinary Medicine 25 (3, 4), 241-248 (IF 2.339)
  11. Shafqat F. Rehmani. P.B Spradbrow (1995) The influence of adjuvants on oral vaccination of chickens against Newcastle disease Veterinary Microbiology 46: 63-68 (IF 2.937)
  12. Shafqat F, Rehmani P.B. Spradbrow 1995 Lactose pellets-A new approach to oral vaccination of village chickens against Newcastle disease Veterinary Microbiology 46: 47-53 (IF 2.937)
  13. Shafqat F. Rehmani, P.B. Spradbrow (1995) Receptors for the V4 strain of Newcastle disease virus in the digestive tract of chickens. Veterinary Microbiology 46: 43-46 (IF 2.937)
  14. Shafqat F. Rehmani P.B. Spradbrow 1995 Passive immunity in chicks from a laying flock vaccinated with the Mukteswar strain of Newcastle disease virus Preventive Veterinary Medicine 23: 111-118 (IF 2.339)
  15. Talat Haider, Farzana Qazi and Shafqat F. Rehmani 1992 Bioassay and thermo stability of Mukteswar strain of Newcastle disease virus propagated in chickens eggs of different breeds. Proceedings of Parasitology 14: 49-56
  16. Talat Haider,  Farhat Ehsan and Shafqat F.Rehmani 1992 Immune response of Doki, Fayoumi and Rhode-Island Red chickens to Newcastle Disease Vaccination. Proceedings of Parasitology 13: 59-67
  17. Seema Shamim, Shafqat F. Rehmani M.A. Qureshi 1990 Organ specificity and pathogenicity test in relation to the hydro pericardium syndrome in chicks Proceedings Pakistan Congress Zoology 10: 253-256 (IF 0.2)
  18. Seema Shamim, Shafqat F. Rehmani M.A. Qureshi 1990 Detection of Angara disease (Hydropericardium Syndrome) antigen by Agar gel diffusion  Proceedings Pakistan Congress Zoology 10: 257-263 (IF 0.2)
  19. S.F. Rehmani M. A. Azeem, Saeeda F. Nadira.P, KalimR Khan and H.A. Shaikh 1990 A study of keeping quality of desiccated Newcastle disease vaccine stored at the different temperature Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 6 :( 2)137-141 HEC Recog.
  20. S.F. Rehmani, Saeeda, F. Nadira. P, KalimR.Khan and H.A. Shaikh 1989 Effect of Mukteswar and Komarov strains of Newcastle disease vaccines on egg productionPakistan Journal Pharmaceutical Sciences2: (1) 59-64 (IF 0.825)
  21. B.C.McMillan., S.F Rehmani and R.P.Hanson 1986 Lectin binding and the carbohydrate moieties present on Newcastle disease virus strains Avian Diseases 30: 340- 344 (IF 2.003)
  22. Shafqat F. Rehmani, Y.M..Eissa, Hilal.A.Shaikh, P.Q.R. Siddiqui 1979 Thermostability of the lentogenic stains of Newcastle disease virus Natural Sciences 1: 137-142
  23. Shafqat Fatima Rehmani 1979 Studies on the duration of parental immunity in chicks Natural Sciences 1: 102-104

 

 

 

 

Conferences / Workshops/ Trainings Attended

  • Life Achievement award by the Pakistan Poultry Association on 5 Nov. 2012.
  • Award on Best performance on Meritorious Services rendered for the Poultry Industry, (International Congress & Exhibition) on 09-10, November, 2007.
  • Professional Performance Award in Research and Development by Pakistan Poultry Association at International Poultry Congress, 2006.
  • Award for outstanding Services in Poultry, from Pakistan Poultry Association in  Islamabad 2005
  • Award on the recognition of dedicated services to poultry sector by Pakistan Poultry Association March 2001.
  • Awarded pride of performance by Karachi Whole Sellers Poultry Association for the year 2000-2001.
  • Awarded the Silver Jubilee award by Society for the advancement of Poultry Sciences on the occasion of 4th Pakistan Poultry Science Conference on 16th December 1997 in vaccine production.
  • Awarded Equity and Merit Scholarship from Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) 1992-1995.
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a FAO fellowship for two years for Master’s Program 1980-1983.
  • Awarded University Merit scholarship on securing 2nd position in B.Sc. (Hons) in the Department of Physiology, University of Karachi, Pakistan 1970-1971.
  • Awarded merit scholarship in matriculation from the Board of Secondary Education Karachi, Pakistan.

Projects

  • Principal Investigator of a Project USDA/CRDF/ARS/NDV 31063 entitled “Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Virus and Approaches to Vaccination”. Funding of US$ 0.3 Million. (2010-2013).
  • Principal Investigator of Diagnostic Survey for Newcastle disease (ND) in Poultry, Funding 0.5 Million from PARB. (2013)
  • Diagnosis and Molecular characterization of Field isolates of Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), Avian Influenza Virus (AI), Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) and Hydropericardium Syndrome (HPS) Inclusion Bodies Hepatitis Virus IBHV) of field isolate for the development of  new approaches to vaccination from PARB.( Submitted )
  • Prepared a PC-1 and Got the Approval of an Agriculture Development Program of Rs. 200 Million from the Livestock Dep. Government of Sindh, for the Strengthening of SPVC  (2009)
  • Generated a revenue Budget Rs. 30 million from the income of the sales of vaccine. 2002-2009 and ran the SPVC which was recognized as the largest poultry vaccine production unit of the country.
  • The first Production unit of Poultry Vaccines in Public sector awarded ISO-9001-2000 certification from URS England for SPVC (2005)
  • PC- 1 of Rs.20.36 Million was prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Science and Technology namely, “ Establishing a facility to produce Specified Pathogen Free {SPF} eggs from the SPF laying hens” (2004)
  • Assist the FAO Expert in Establishing a Facility for the Production of Poultry Vaccine funded from the UNDP/FAO funds US $ 2.5 Million. (1976-1979)
  • In charge of a USDA funded USA- PL-480 Project entitled “The Immune Response of Chickens to Newcastle disease vaccination” (1973-1976).

 

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