Dr. Rana Muhammad Bilal

Department of Animal Nutrition
Faculty of Animal Production and Technology
B.Sc. (Hons)
M.Sc. (Hons)

Email:Muhammad.Bilal@cuvas.edu.pk

Biography

Dr. Rana Muhammad Bilal is Associate Professor and Chairman Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur Punjab Pakistan. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) Animal husbandry Degree from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan in 2001 and earned his M.Sc.(Hons) and PhD Animal Nutrition degrees from the same University. His doctoral research was entitled “Effect replacing dietary soybean meal with varying level of dried distillery yeast sludge in layer chicks”. Apart from teaching and research he has also good experience in production and marketing of poultry feed at industrial scale. Dr Bilal published various research papers in well-known SCI international peer reviewed journals. Moreover, he is HEC approved supervisor and currently supervising various postgraduate students.

Areas of Interest

• Poultry nutrition for improved gut health and immunity
• Indigenous phytogenic feed additives and their application in poultry and dairy
• Digestion kinetics of fibre
• In Vitro gas fermentation technique for feed evaluation

Professional Trainings

1. Attended one day Training course on “Fodder Conservation/Silage Making” by Agriculture Sector Linkage program Charls Sturt University Australia. Held at Livestock Production Research Institute, Bahadur Nagar Okara. December, 04, 2008.
2. Research Training on Gas fermentation Technique on Various Feedstuffs. Held at School of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Charls Sturt University Australia. 2010.
3. HEC Workshop on Imparting Practical Training in Molecular and Biochemical Techniques. Organized by Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, UAF November 27- December 1, 2012.

4. Completed Chinese language short course (three month) Organized by Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Govt College of Technology Bahawalpur.2017.
5. BIOSAFETY MEASURES IN AGRICULTURE: Issues and Options, March 19-20.2019. Organized by Office of Research, Innovations and Commercialization (ORIOC), University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan.
6. Analysis of Multispectral and satellite Data For Better Monitoring And Management of Crop And Livestock Production, July 30, 2019. Virtual University Jinnah Campus Lahore.

Publications:

Research Paper Published

1. Janmohammadi, H., Hosseintabar-Ghasemabad, B., Amirdahri, S., Gorlov, I.F., Vladimirovna, K.E., Slozhenkina, M.I., Bilal, R.M., Seidavi, A. and Phillips, C.J.C., 2022. The Energy Value for Broiler Chickens of Heat-Treated and Untreated Amaranth Grain, with and without Enzyme Addition. Agriculture, 12(11), p.1810.
2. Qaisrani, S.N., Hussain, A.I., Naveed, S., Bibi, F., Akram, C.A., Pasha, T.N., Asif, M., Irshad, I. and Bilal, R.M., 2022. Effects of Protein Source, Whole Wheat and Butyric Acid on Live Performance, Gut Health and Amino Acid Digestibility in Broiler Chickens. Metabolites, 12(10), p.989.
3. Laudadio, V., Nasiri-Dehbaneh, M., Bilal, R.M., Qotbi, A., Javandel, F., Ebrahimi, A., Seidavi, A., Slozhenkina, M., Gorlov, I., Dunne, P.G. and Tufarelli, V., 2022. Effects of different levels of dietary black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and their combination on productive traits, selected blood constituents, microbiota and immunity of broilers. Animal Biotechnology, 33(5), pp.941-954.
4. Tauqir, N.A., Faraz, A., Passantino, A., Shahzad, M.A., Bilal, R.M., Tahir, A., Ishaq, H.M. and Waheed, A., 2022. Impact of Corn Steep Liquor and Enzose Mixture on Growth Performance of Chicks. Pak. J. Zool, 54, pp.491-494.
5. Qiao, N., Pan, J., Chen, H., Kang, Z., Pang, C., Liu, B., Zeng, Q., Mehmood, K., Bilal, R.M., Pasha, R.H. and Tang, Z., 2022. Hypoxia Promotes Proliferation and Inhibits Apoptosis of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells via Modulating TRPC6. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 42(1).
6. Maqbool, M.U., Akhtar, M.U., Bilal, R.M., Faraz, A., Yousaf, M., Ahmad, I., Khan, A.H., Abbasi, B.H.A. and Rafeeq, M., 2021. Impact of brewer’s spent grain inclusion and replacement of corn gluten meal on the economical growth performance, carcass characteristics of broiler chicks. Pak-Euro Journal of Medical and Life Sciences, 4(3), pp.185-190.
7. Ahmad, B., Khan, M.A., Ahmad, Z., Bilal, R.M. and Kamboh, A.A., 2021. Improvement of Processing Quality and Yield while Sustaining Consumer Acceptability of Cobb Broiler Meat through Zinc Biofortification. Pak. J. Zool.
8. Bilal, R.M., Liu, C., Zhao, H., Wang, Y., Farag, M.R., Alagawany, M., Hassan, F.U., Elnesr, S.S., Elwan, H.A., Qiu, H. and Lin, Q., 2021. Olive oil: nutritional applications, beneficial health aspects and its prospective application in poultry production. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, p.723040.
9. Batool, F., Bilal, R.M., Hassan, F.U., Nasir, T.A., Rafeeque, M., Elnesr, S.S., Farag, M.R., Mahgoub, H.A., Naiel, M.A. and Alagawany, M., 2021. An updated review on behavior of domestic quail with reference to the negative effect of heat stress. Animal Biotechnology, pp.1-14.
10. Bilal, R.M., Hassan, F.U., Saeed, M., Rafeeq, M., Zahra, N., Fraz, A., Saeed, S., Khan, M.A., Mahgoub, H.A., Farag, M.R. and Alagawany, M., 2021. Role of yeast and yeast-derived products as feed additives in broiler nutrition. Animal Biotechnology, pp.1-10.
11. Abdelnour, S.A., Alagawany, M., Hashem, N.M., Farag, M.R., Alghamdi, E.S., Hassan, F.U., Bilal, R.M., Elnesr, S.S., Dawood, M.A., Nagadi, S.A. and Elwan, H.A., 2021. Nanominerals: fabrication methods, benefits and hazards, and their applications in ruminants with special reference to selenium and zinc nanoparticles. Animals, 11(7), p.1916.
12. Farag, M.R., Alagawany, M., Bilal, R.M., Gewida, A.G., Dhama, K., Abdel-Latif, H.M., Amer, M.S., Rivero-Perez, N., Zaragoza-Bastida, A., Binnaser, Y.S. and Batiha, G.E.S., 2021. An overview on the potential hazards of pyrethroid insecticides in fish, with special emphasis on cypermethrin toxicity. Animals, 11(7), p.1880.
13. Luqman, Z., Masood, S., Ali, H.M., Rehman, T.U., Altaf, M., Iqbal, N., Bilal, R.M., Din, S., Hussain, N. and Aslam, S., 2021. Effects of In-ovo Administration of L-arginine on the Histo-morphometry of Thigh Muscles, Meat Characteristics and Growth Performance in Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix. Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 41(3), pp.456-458.
14. Yu, W., Liao, J., Yang, F., Zhang, H., Chang, X., Yang, Y., Bilal, R.M., Wei, G., Liang, W., Guo, J. and Tang, Z., 2021. Chronic tribasic copper chloride exposure induces rat liver damage by disrupting the mitophagy and apoptosis pathways. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 212, p.111968.
15. Bilal, R.M., Hassan, F.U., Farag, M.R., Nasir, T.A., Ragni, M., Mahgoub, H.A. and Alagawany, M., 2021. Thermal stress and high stocking densities in poultry farms: Potential effects and mitigation strategies. Journal of Thermal Biology, 99, p.102944.

Journal Reviewer

Reviewer of Iranian Journal of Applied Animal Science. http://ijas.rasht.iau.ir

Research Project