Dr. Akhtar Rasool Asif

DVM, M.Phil. Ph.D. (China)
Assistant Professor

akhtar.rasool@uvas.edu.pk
+923485986296

Biography

Dr. Akhtar Rasool Asif is Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences (ABG) at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan since August 2016. He received DVM degree from Gomal University in 2009 and M.Phil. Degree in Theriogenology from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in 2013. In his M.Phil research, his research work was on “The effects of extract drawn from culture of buffalo adenohypophysis on the serum hormonal profile (FSH) and ovarian picture in Nili-Ravi buffaloes. He completed his Ph.D in 2016 form Huazhong Agricultural University Hubei, Wuhan, China. His Ph.D. work was on “Association study, positive selection analysis of different candidate genes and transcriptomic study in goat”. Dr. Akhtar has participated in various national & international workshops, seminars and conferences and presented lectures and presentations on various topics. Dr. Akhtar has many research papers in his credit published in highly ranked, peer reviewed international journals of high repute.

Reviewer in Journal:

  • Genetics and Molecular Biology,
  • PlosOne
  • Pakistan Journal of Agriculture Sciences
  • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Area of Interest

  • Forage Production and Conservation
  • Feeding Management           
  • Tropical Livestock Production

Publications


 

 

  • Ahmad HI, Ahmad MJ, Asif AR, Adnan M, Iqbal MK, Mehmood K, Muhammad SA, Bhuiyan AA, Elokil A, Du X, Zhao C. A Review of CRISPR-Based Genome Editing: Survival, Evolution and Challenges. Current issues in molecular biology. 2018 Feb; 28:47-68.
  • Ahmad, Hafiz Ishfaq, Muhammad Jamil Ahmad, Muhammad Muzammal Adeel, Akhtar Rasool Asif, and Xiaoyong Du. "Positive selection drives the evolution of endocrine regulatory bone morphogenetic protein system in mammals."
  • Muhammad, Sayyed Aun, Abdul Shakoor, Muhammad Younus, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Tariq Abbas, Muhammad Arshad, Aamanullah Khan, and M. Saleem Akhter. "First finding of patent urachus with omphalophlebitis and omphaloarteritis in Pakistani Neeli-Ravi buffalo calf and its successful surgical rectification: Case report." Buffalo Bulletin 36, no. 3 (2017): 569-571.
  • Asif, Akhtar Rasool, Muhammad Awais, Sumayyah Qadri, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, and Xiaoyong Du. "Positive selection of IL‐33 in adaptive immunity of domestic Chinese goats." Ecology and Evolution (2017).
  • Asif, Akhtar Rasool, et al. "Single nucleotide polymorphisms in DRB1, IGF1 and ILS associated with fecal egg count confers resistance against Haemonchus contortus infection in goats." Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 53.4 (2016): 963-970.
  • Asif, Akhtar Rasool, et al. "Genetic signature of strong recent positive selection at interleukin-32 gene in goat." (2017).
  • Akhtar Rasool Asif, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Sumayyah Qadri, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad , Muhammad Tariq Naveed, Xiaoyong Du. Role of cytokines and correlated cells in host immunity against nematode in ruminant.
  • Non-cerebral coenuruses in teddy goat’s outcome of surgical treatments.

 

  • First report on gynecomastia male goat of BEETAL breed and its milk analysis. 2017. In: Proceedings of International Livestock and Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

 

Seminar/Workshop

  1. Khan MJ, Asif AR, Ahmad N, Saleem AH, Javed K, Amin H, Rahman A, Zhao S, Ahmad Z, Muhammad SA, Jabbar MA. Effect of yeast supplementation on growth and production performance in Beetal goats. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2020 Jan 1;57(1).
  2. Saleem AH, Ali A, Asif AR, Ali A, Mustafa H, Rashid D, Zafar M, Awais M, Ahmad HI, Baqar Z. Single nucleotide polymorphism and phylogenetic analysis of the exon 2 of leptin gene in Lohi sheep. Advancements in Life Sciences. 2020 Feb 26;7(2):62-5.
  3. Ashraf M, Ahmad F, Sindhu ZU, Asif AR, Farooq U, Khalid MF, Auon M, Sharif M. Right choice and proportion can make blend of edible oils a good growth promoter and a potential source for designer meat production in chicken. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 2019 Dec 1;56(4).
  4. Zulfiqar Ahmad, Riaz Hussain, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Ammar Khan, Muhammad Nadeem,  Kashif Akram, Muhammad Rafay, Muhammad Farhan Rashid, Akhtar Rasool Asif and Abdul Ghaffar. Mitigation of toxic effects caused by tartrazine in wistar rats through oral administration of melon seed oil. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 56(X), xxx-xxx; 2019, DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/19.6782
  5. Ahmad HI, Ahmad MJ, Asif AR, Adnan M, Iqbal MK, Mehmood K, Muhammad SA, Bhuiyan AA, Elokil A, Du X, Zhao C. A Review of CRISPR-Based Genome Editing: Survival, Evolution and Challenges. Current issues in molecular biology. 2018 Feb;28:47-68.
  6. Zhang C, Ni P, Ahmad HI, Gemingguli M, Baizilaitibei A, Gulibaheti D, Fang Y, Wang H, Asif AR, Xiao C, Chen J. Detecting the Population Structure and Scanning for Signatures of Selection in Horses (Equus caballus) From Whole-Genome Sequencing Data. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 2018 Jun 4;14:1176934318775106.
  7. Soudy, Fathia, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Yuanxin Miao, Lu Jing, Yu Luan, Ali Zohaib, Ali Haider Saleem et al. "The nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase gene could impair blood glucose level stability and increase basal metabolism." Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 55, no. 3 (2018).
  8. Ahmad, Hafiz Ishfaq, Muhammad Jamil Ahmad, Muhammad Muzammal Adeel, Akhtar Rasool Asif, and Xiaoyong Du. "Positive selection drives the evolution of endocrine regulatory bone morphogenetic protein system in mammals." Oncotarget9, no. 26 (2018): 18435.
  9. Muhammad, Sayyed Aun, Abdul Shakoor, Muhammad Younus, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Tariq Abbas, Muhammad Arshad, Aamanullah Khan, and M. Saleem Akhter. "First finding of patent urachus with omphalophlebitis and omphaloarteritis in Pakistani Neeli-Ravi buffalo calf and its successful surgical rectification: Case report." Buffalo Bulletin 36, no. 3 (2017): 569-571.
  10. Asif, Akhtar Rasool, Muhammad Awais, Sumayyah Qadri, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, and Xiaoyong Du. "Positive selection of IL‐33 in adaptive immunity of domestic Chinese goats." Ecology and Evolution (2017).
  11. Asif, Akhtar Rasool, et al. "Single nucleotide polymorphisms in DRB1, IGF1 and ILS associated with fecal egg count confers resistance against Haemonchus contortus infection in goats." Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 53.4 (2016): 963-970.
  12. Asif AR, Qadri S, Ijaz N, Javed R, Ansari AR, Awais M, Younus M, Riaz H, Du X. Genetic signature of strong recent positive selection at Interleukin-32 gene in goat. Asian-Australasian journal of animal sciences. 2017 Jul;30(7):912.
  13. Bashir, Saqib, Qaiser Hussain2 Muhammad Shoaib Rana, Sana ur Rehman, Sayyed Aun, Mubbashar Hassan Muhammad, Abdur Rahaman, and Akhtar Rasool Asif. "Impact of biochar on organic and inorganic environmental pollutants and its mechanism: a review." 
  14. Akhtar Rasool Asif, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Sumayyah Qadri, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad , Muhammad Tariq Naveed, Xiaoyong Du. Role of cytokines and correlated cells in host immunity against nematode in ruminant.
  15. First report on gynaecomastic male goat of Betal breed and its milk analysis. Proceedings of International Livestock and Nutrition 
  16. Non cereberal coenurosis in teddy goat’s outcome of surgical treatments.

 

 
 

Conference

Research Projects for fulfillment of degree award

  • Association study, positive selection analysis of different genes and transcriptomic study in goat. (PhD Dissertation)
  • The effects of extract drawn from culture of buffalo adenohypophysis on the serum hormonal profile (FSH) and ovarian picture in Nili-Ravi buffaloes. (M. Phil Thesis)