Faculty & Staff
Dr. Nasir Mukhtar
Associate Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)

PhD (UAF), Post Doctorate (Royal School of Vet Studies & Roslin Institute Uni. Of Edinburgh Scotland)
Department of Livestock Production & Management
Phone : +92 51 9290115  
Mobile : +92 300 7200074  
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Email : [email protected], [email protected]
Address : Department of Livestock Production & Management, Faculty of Vet & Animal Sciences , PMAS Arid Agriculture University Murree Road, Rawalpindi, 46300 Pakistan
Work Experience : 20 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Investigating the interplay between nutrition; microbiome; and metabolic; bone; brain and gut; for enhanced animal productivity and welfare in hot environments
  • Exploring alternative feed resources to diversify and optimize nutritional strategies for promoting sustainable and efficient animal production
  • Total Publications : 48
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Farhan Farooq, Aayesha Riaz Zaib-ur-Rehman, Arfan Yousaf, Javid Iqbal, Tanveer Ahmad, and Nasir Mukhtar. 2022. Investigating the Bacteriological Contamination after Artificial Insemination in Early, Mid and Late Production Period in Broiler Breeder. Pak Vet Journal.

    2. Ahmad Khan, M Saleem Akhtar1, S. Akbar, KS Khan, Tanveer Ahmad and Nasir Mukhtar. 2021. Mineralogically well characterized bentonite sources controlled aflatoxin contamination in poultry. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology

    3. Irfan, M., Nasir Mukhtar, MT Munir, Tanveer Ahmad. 2020. Gastric impaction: an important health and welfare issue of growing ostriches. DOI: 10.2478/ats-2020-0015 Agricultura Tropica Et Subtropica, 53/4,149-155, 2020

    4. SH Khan, Nasir Mukhtar and Javid Iqbal, (2019). Role of mushroom as dietary supplement on performance of Poultry, Journal of Dietary Supplement (Taylor and Francis) 16(5):611-624. DOI: 10.1080/19390211.2018.1472707

    5. SD Caughey, P. W. Wilson, Nasir Mukhtar, R. B. D'EATH, T. Boswell, I. C. DUNN. Basal hypothalamic orexigenic gene expression is sexually dimorphic after re-feeding with normal and diluted diets. British Poultry Science. 13(1): 11-12, https://doi.org/10.1080/17466202.2017.1394641

    6. S. Caughey, P.W. Wilson, Nasir Mukhtar, R.B. D'Eath, I.C. Dunn and T. Boswell. 2018 Sex differences in basal hypothalamic anorectic and orexigenic gene expression and the effect of quantitative and qualitative food restriction. Biology of Sex Differences 29;9(1):20.

    7. Javid Iqbal, Nasir Mukhtar, Sohail Hassan Khan, Zaib Ur Rehman, M. Safdar Anjum, Tanveer Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed Pasha and Sajid Umer. 2017. Effect of egg weight on the egg quality, chick quality and broiler performance at the later stages of production (60 week) of the broiler breeder. Journal of Applied Poultry Research. 26(2):183-191, https://doi.org/10.3382/japr/pfw061

    8. Javid Iqbal, Sohail Hassan Khan, Nasir Mukhtar, Tanveer Ahmed & Riaz Ahmed Pasha. 2016. Effects of egg size (weight) and age on hatching performance and chick quality of broiler breeder. Journal of Applied Animal Research 44(1):54-64.

    9. M. S. Anjum, Mansur Sandhu, Nasir Mukhtar and Zia U Rahman. 2014. Up-gradation of egg quality through different heat combating systems during high environmental temperature. Journal of Tropical Animal Health. 46(7):1135-40

    10. Khawaja, T., Khan, S. H., Nasir Mukhtar, Parveen A., Fareed, G. 2013. Production performance, egg quality and biochemical parameters of three way crossbred chickens with reciprocal F1 crossbred chickens in sub-tropical environment. Italian Journal of Animal Science, 12:127-132.