One Day Training Workshop on

“Capacity Building of Scientists in Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for Identification of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases” June 30, 2022

 

Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Ravi Campus, Pattoki in collaboration with Department of Parasitology, UVAS, Lahore and Agricultural Linkages Programme, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad Pakistan is going to organize an One Day Hands on Training Workshop on “Capacity Building of Scientists in Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for Identification of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases“ under the project “Spatial Epidemiology, Molecular Identification, and Detection of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Punjab, Pakistan (AS141)” funded by Agriculture Linkage Programme (ALP), Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) at Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Ravi Campus, Pattoki. 

Course Duration

 One day (June 30, 2022)

Course Timing

 10:00 am to 03:00 pm

Venue

 Department of Wildlife & Ecology, UVAS, Ravi Campus, Pattoki

Participants

Scientists/Laboratory staff, Veterinarians, Biologists/Zoologists, Wildlife epidemiologists working in universities, scientific/diagnostic laboratories and research institutions

No. of Participants

(N = 15)

 

Resource Persons:             

  1. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid, UVAS, Lahore
  2. Dr. Shahzad Ali, UVAS, Pattoki
  3. Dr. Shahid Sherzada, UVAS, Pattoki
  4. Dr. Muhammad Imran, UVAS, Pattoki
  5. Dr. Syed Qasim Raza, UVAS, Lahore
  6. Mr. Muhammad Rizwan, Research Associate, UVAS, Pattoki
  7. Ms. Saba Ahmad, UVAS, Pattoki

 Organizing Committee:

Chief Organizer

Dr. Shahzad Ali (Associate Professor),
Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Ravi Campus, Pattoki

Secretary

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid,
Department of Parasitology, UVAS, Lahore

Member of Organizing Committee

  1. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid, Department of Parasitology, UVAS, Lahore
  2. Dr. Haroon Akbar, Department of Parasitology, UVAS, Lahore
  3. Dr. Abdul Razzaq, Dy. Director, Animal Sciences Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, G 5/1, Ataturk Avenue, Islamabad
  4. Dr. Umar Farooq, SSO, Animal Health Program, National Agriculture Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad
  5. Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Ass. Prof. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Vet. Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
  6. Dr. Asim Shamim, Lecturer, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, the University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
  7. Mr. Muhammad Rizwan, Research Associate, UVAS, Pattoki
  8. Ms. Saba Ahmad, UVAS, Pattoki

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

Contact for online registration: Mr. Muhammad Rizwan, Research Associate,
Mobile # 03154494067    Email: rizwanasif400@gmail.com

 

Program

Time

Topic/Event

Resource Person

10:00-10:05am

Recitation of a Few Verses from the Holy Quran

 

10:05-10:15am

Welcome Address

Dr. Arshad Javid
Chairman of the Department

10:15-10:30am

Introduction and importance of ticks

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid

10:30-11:00am

Practical Session of
Morphological Identification of Tick species (Rhipicephalus spp.)

Mr. Muhammad Rizwan /
Ms. Saba Ahmad

11:00-11:15am

Tea Break

 

11:15am-12:15pm

Practical Session of
Molecular Detection of Tick Borne Diseases

  • DNA extraction
  • PCR
  • Gel electrophoresis

 

Dr. Muhammad Imran/
Dr. Shahzad Ali/
Dr. Syed Qasim Raza

1:00:1:45pm

Lunch and Prayer break

 

1:45-2:15pm

Interpretation of PCR Results

Dr. Shahid Sherzada/
Mr. Muhammad Rizwan

2:15-2:30pm

Certificate Distribution Ceremony by Chief Guest

Dr. Arshad Javid
Chairman of the Department

2:30-2:40pm

Concluding Remarks

Chief Guest