Dr. HIFZ-UL-RAHMAN

Lecturer/Dairy Farm Manager
DVM (UVAS), MPhil and PhD (Livestock Management, UVAS)
ECAM (Dairy Business Management, LUMS)
Multiple training’s experience on Dairy Herd Management from United States of America.

Mobile: 00923336182402
Email: hifzulrahman@uvas.edu.pk

Biography

Dr. Hifzulrahman is working as a lecturer in the Livestock Production Department since November 2011 to date. He worked as a Teaching Assistant within the same department from February 2009 to October 2009. Hifzulrahman did his Ph. D.  in the Livestock Management discipline and his Ph. D. research work is published in the Journal of Dairy Science entitled as “Comparison of oil and fat supplementation on lactation performance of Nili-Ravi Buffaloes”. He produced 1 MPhil student and is supervising 4 MPhil students of Livestock Management.
Hifzulrahman has approximately 10 years of practical dairy farm management experience and he completed multiple trainings on dairy herd management in USA and visited the dairy industry of USA, mainly in Wisconsin Madison, California, Florida, Kansas, Georgia, and the Mississippi State. Dr. Hifzulrahman successfully completed the 3-year Model Holstein Dairy Farm Project of USDA and UVAS as a Dairy Farm Manager. He also supervised the on-farm training part of the project, in which 1800 farmers received 2-d and 5-d hands-on dairy trainings and 300 vets’ students completed their 1-month internship from all over the country at UVAS Ravi Campus, Pattoki. Hifzulrahman was a resource person on dairy herd management training’s organized during the project.

Publications

 

  1. Muhammad Asim Tausif, Faisal Shahzad, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Sundas Qamar, Anjum Khalique, Hifz-ul-rahman, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Azfar Hussain. Effect of water quality on production performance of lactating Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Turk J Vet Anim Sci. (2018) 42: 543-548. doi:10.3906/vet-1703-88.
  2. Hifzulrahman, M. Abdullah, M. U. Akhtar, T. N. Pasha, J. A. Bhatti, Z. Ali, M. Saadullah, and M. N. Haque . Comparison of oil and fat Supplementation on lactation performance of Nili-Ravi Buffaloes. J. Dairy Sci. (2019) 102:1–10. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15452.
  3. Hifzulrahman, M. Abdullah, M. U. Akhtar, J. A. Bhatti, T. N. Pasha, Z. Ali, M. Saadullah, and M. N. Haque. Effect of graded supplementation of calcium salts of palm fatty acids on lactation performance of Nili Ravi buffaloes. The J. Anim. Plant Sci. 30(1): 2020, Page: 32-39.
  4. Hifzulrahman, M. Abdullah, M. U. Akhtar, J. A. Bhatti, M. Saadullah and M. N. Haque. Effects of Feeding Calcium Salts of Palm Fatty Acids on Lactation and Reproduction Performance in Nili Ravi Buffaloes. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 52(5), pp 1631-1636, 2020.
  5. M. Saadullah, Z. M. Iqbal, M. Imran, M. N. Haque, Hifzulrahman, J. A. Bhatti, and M. Abdullah. Effect of steaming-up primiparous Nili Ravi buffaloes on subsequent productive and reproductive performance. The J. Anim. Plant Sci. 30(3): 2020, Page: 603-611.
  6. M. Saadullah, Z. M. Iqbal, M. N. Haque, Hifzulrahman, J. A. Bhatti, and M. Abdullah. Effect of increasing pre-pubertal concentrate levels on reproductive and lactation performance of Nili Ravi buffalo heifers. Trop Anim Health Prod (2020): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-020-02285-8.
  7. SAEED AHMED, FAISAL SHAHZAD, HIFZ-UL- RAHMAN, MUHAMMAD RAJAB. Effects of sugar beet pulp based total mixed ration on growth performance and blood profile status in male Nili Ravi buffalo calves. Turk J Vet Anim Sci. (2020) 44: 928-933. doi:10.3906/vet-1912-99.
  8. Hifz-ul-rahman, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Muhammad Saadullah. Effect of processed alfalfa on the performance of Lohi lambs. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. (978-3-659-34717-7). Published on: 2013-05-09.
  9. Muhammad Asim Tausif, Faisal Shahzad, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Sundas Qamar, Anjum Khalique, Hifz-ul-rahman, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Azfar Hussain. Effect of water quality on production performance of lactating Nili-Ravi buffaloes. Turk J Vet Anim Sci. (2018) 42: 543-548. doi:10.3906/vet-1703-88.
  10. Hifzulrahman, M. Abdullah, M. U. Akhtar, T. N. Pasha, J. A. Bhatti, Z. Ali, M. Saadullah, and M. N. Haque. Comparison of oil and fat Supplementation on lactation performance of Nili-Ravi Buffaloes. J. Dairy Sci. (2019) 102:1–10. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2018-15452
  11. Hifzulrahman, M. Abdullah, M. U. Akhtar, J. A. Bhatti, T. N. Pasha, Z. Ali, M. Saadullah, and M. N. Haque. Effect of graded supplementation of calcium salts of palm fatty acids on lactation performance of Nili Ravi buffaloes” Accepted for Publication in “The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences”, Volume: 30, No.1,2020.
  12. Hifzulrahman, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Uzair Akhtar, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Muhammad Saadullah, and Muhammad Naveed-ul-Haque. Effects of feeding calcium salts of palm fatty acids on lactation and reproduction performance in Nili Ravi buffaloes. Accepted for Publication in “Pakistan Journal of Zoology” on Sep 14, 2019. Manuscript ID: MH20190525180535-R1.
  13. Muhammad Saadullah, Zeeshan Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Naveed-ul Haque, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Muhammad Abdullah, Hifzulrahman. Effect of Increasing Pre-Pubertal Concentrate Levels on Reproductive and Lactation Performance of Nili Ravi Buffalo Heifers. Submitted on October 22, 2019 for full length publication consideration in the journal of “Tropical Animal Health and Production”. Manuscript ID is: TROP-D-19-01500.
  14. M. Saadullah, Z. M. Iqbal, M. Imran, M. N. Haque, Hifzulrahman, J. A. Bhatti, and M. Abdullah. Effect of Increasing Concentrate Feeding During Pre-Partum Phase on Lactation Performance of Nili Ravi Buffalo Heifers. Submitted on July 16, 2019 for full length publication consideration in “The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences”.
  15. Hifzulrahman, Jalees Ahmed Bhatti, Muhammad Saadullah. Effect of processed alfalfa on the performance of Lohi lambs. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. (978-3-659-34717-7). Published on: 2013-05-09.
  16. Melad Ahmed, Ali Husnain, Aijaz Ali Channa, Muhammad Zahid Tahir, Hifz ul Rahman, Nasim Ahmad 2018. Automated system is better than visual observation for detection of estrus in Holstein Friesian cows. Abstract # 74507, accepted in 2018 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) annual meeting.

 

 

 

 

Training’s in Pakistan

Field of Study

Date

Institute/Department

Executive Certificate in Dairy Management

April-Oct, 2017

LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences)

Applied Dairy Farm Management

Nov 10-14, 2014

Solve Agri. Dairy Institute

Biostatistics and Data Analysis Concepts (Workshop)

May 7-11, 2012

Department of Statistics and Computer Science, UVAS.

Training’s in Other Countries

Field of Study

Date

Country

International Dairy Short Course

Oct 2-4, 2017

United States of America

The Cochran Fellowship Program

Sep 29-Oct 15, 2017

United States of America

Pakistan Dairy Industry U.S. Study Tour

July16-28, 2016

United States of America

Cochran Fellowship Program on Dairy Herd Management

July24-Aug17, 2015

United States of America

Dairy Management Experience:

  • Hifzulrahman worked as a Dairy Farm Manager in the joint project of UVAS-USDA entitled as “Training and Research Demonstration Farm Program” w.e.f. November 26, 2015 to Oct 31, 2018 (almost 3 years). FAS Agreement No. 59-3148-5-006. OMB Number 0551-NEW.
  • He worked as a Farm Officer of UVAS dairy farm entitled as “Dairy Animal Training and Research Center” w.e.f. April 20, 2013 to July 12, 2016 (more than 3 years).
  • He served as Veterinary Officer at SAPPHIRE Dairy Farm (Pvt Ltd), Raiwind Lahore, w.e.f. November 20, 2010 to November 15, 2011 (1 year).
  • Hifzulrahman worked as an Intern at EVER FRESH dairy farm (Pvt. Ltd.) Raiwind Lahore, w.e.f. September 22, 2008 to January 29, 2009 (4 month).

Area of Interest:

  • Dairy Herd Management,
  • Dairy Feeding Management
  • Milking Management and Udder health
  • Dairy Farm Economic Evaluation
  • Heat Stress Management.

Under-Graduate Courses Taught:

  • Principles of Dairy Production
  • Introduction to Lactation biology

Post-Graduate Courses Taught:

  • Dairy Production
  • Commercial Livestock Production
  • Livestock Production in The Tropics
  • Large Dairy Herd Management
  • Lactation Biology
  • Milk Synthesis and Secretion