Prof. Dr. M.K. Mansoor
D.V.M., M.Phil., Ph.D. (UAF)
Dean/Chairman
Office No.+920629255706, Mobile No. +92332-6580440

Biography

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, is a Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur, Pakistan. He has a DVM background. In 2001, He joined University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) as a Lecturer. While at UAF, Dr. Mansoor completed his Master’s degree and PhD from Institute of Microbiology. In 2013, he got promoted as Assistant Professor.He joined Animal Health Research Center (AHRC), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman as an Expert for the development of Quality control Unit for evaluation of veterinary vaccines in 2014.Prior to working at CUVAS, Dr. Mansoor was working as an Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.Prof. Mansoor has been a lead investigator and coordinator of several research projects funded by national and international funding agencies.Prof. Mansoor was member of organizing committee and resource person for around 30 national and internal conferences and workshops. He is also member of the Selection Board of different Universities and Institutes. He has published more than forty research articles in well reputed national and international peer reviewed journals and reviewer of different peer reviewed journals. Prof. Mansoor worked as convener, Board of Studies, Department of Microbiology, CUVAS, Bahawalpur. He is the pioneer for initiation of four years degree program B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology started in 2019 at CUVAS. So far, he has produced around 10 postgraduate students under his supervision and around 15 as member of the supervisory committee. His research activities focus on molecular biology, virology, microbiology, cell culture, vaccinology and biotechnology and host virus interaction.

Area of interest

• Investigating and diagnosis of different Emerging Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases
• Determination of virus host interaction.
• Improving vaccines and vaccination strategies for effective control of emerging infectiousdiseases in Livestock and Poultry

Book Chapter

• Khalil-ur-Rehman, M.A. Zia and M. K. Mansoor, “Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay” In Clinical Biochemistry, Eds. Dr. Khalil-ur-Rehman and Dr. Zahool-ul- Hassan, Career Books Publisher, Lahore p. 147-162.

Publications

• Genetic survey of cystic echinococcosis in Oman: a first report on circulation of Echinococcus granulosussensostricto (G1) and E. canadensis (G6) in farm animals. Fadya Abdullah Al-Kitani, Senan-Baqir, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Shumoos Al Riyami, Hammad Hussain, Derek Roberts. (Accepted Tropical Animal Health and Production).
• Countrywide Survey for MERS-Coronavirus Antibodies in Dromedaries and Humans in Pakistan. Ali Zohaib, Muhammad Saqib, Muhammad Ammar Athar, Jing Chen, Awais-ur-Rahman Sial, Saeed Khan, Zeeshan Taj, Halima Sadia, Usman Tahir, Muhammad Haleem Tayyab, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Muhammad Ahsan Naeem et al., VirologicaSinica2018, 33 (5):410-417. doi: 10.1007/s12250-018-0051-0. Epub 2018 Oct 11. (IF. 2.357)
• Muhammad Jamal Khan afridi, Abdul Hafeez MIAN, Muhammad SAQIB, Ghazanfar ABBAS, Javid ALI, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Awaisur Rahman SIAL, Imaad RASHEED, Muhammad Hammad HUSSAIN. Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Theileriaequi Infection in Equines from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Iranian Journal of Parasitology 2017. 12(4):597-605. (IF. 0.758)
• Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, AbdullmajeedHamood Al-Rawahi, Hatim Ali El-Tahir, Badar Al-Faraei, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Muhammad Nadeem Asi, Ibrahim Al-Hussani and SafwatSabar, 2018. Concurrent vaccination of goats with Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and booster Peste des Petitis Ruminants (PPR) vaccines.Trop Anim Health Prod. 50 (1). 1-3. (IF. 0.912)
• Saqib M, Sieberg A, Hussain M, Mansoor MK, Zohaib A, Lattwein E, et al. Serologic Evidence for MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017;23(3):550-551. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161285. (IF. 6.99)
• Fadya Abdullah Al-Kitani, Mansoor, M.K., Muhammad Hammad Hussain, AbdulmajeedHamood Al Rawahi, Muhammad Saqib and Mahir Gharib Al Maawali. Sero-epidemiology of cystic echinococcosis (Echinococcus granulosus) in the livestock Oman. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 2017 May; (8): 21-27.
• Zahid MU, Hussain MH, Saqib M, Neubauer H, Abbas G, Khan I, Mansoor MK, Asi MN, Ahmad T, Muhammad G. Seroprevalence of Q fever (coxiellosis) in small ruminants of two districts in Punjab, Pakistan. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2016 Jul;16(7):449-54. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1852. Epub 2016 May 12. (IF. 2.89)
• Saqib, M., Hussain, M.H., Sajid, M.S., Mansoor, M.K., Asi, M.N., Fadya, A. Al-Kitani, Zohaib, A., Sial, A.U.R., Muhammad, G. and Ullah, I.Sero-epidemiology of equine toxoplasmosis using a latex agglutination test in the three metropolises of Punjab, Pakistan. Tropical biomedicine 06/2015; 32(2). (IF. 0.85)
• Muhammad Saad Zubair, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Zafar Qureshi, Faisal Saeed Awan, Muhammad Saqib, Umair Hassan, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Muhammad Nadeem Asi, Toufeer Mehdi, Junaid Ali Khan, Iftikhar Hussain, Saiyed Iqbal Ahmed. Molecular Characterization of Dengue Virus Serotype 2: A New Insight from the 2010 Dengue Fever Outbreak in Lahore, Pakistan. Accepted for publication in Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 5(1). (IF. 1.171)
• Mohammad Hassan Body, AbdulmajeedAlrarawahi, SaifAlHabsi, Nirmala Rajendran, Sunil Rajamony, and Muhammad Khalid Mansoor (2015) Characterization of low pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 isolated from free-living mynah birds (Acridotherestristis) in the Sultanate of Oman. Avian Diseases;59(2):329-34. doi: 10.1637/10998-120414-ResNote. (IF. 1.107)
• Hussain MH, Saqib M, Al-Maawali MG, Al-Makhladi S, Al-Zadjali MS, Al-Sidairi T, Asubaihi S, Al-Rawahi A, Mansoor M. K. Seroprevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) and evaluation of risk factors in camels of the Sultanate of Oman. Trop Anim Health Prod. 2015 Feb;47(2):383-9. doi: 10.1007/s11250-014-0734-y. Epub 2014 Nov 28. (IF. 0.97)
• Zohaib A, Saqib M, Beck C, Hussain MH, Lowenski S, Lecollinet S, Sial A, Asi MN, Mansoor MK, Saqalein M, Sajid MS, Ashfaq K, Muhammad G, Cao S. High prevalence of West Nile virus in equines from the two provinces of Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Oct 31:1-5. (IF. 2.491)
• Hussain MH, M. Saqib, F. Raza , G. Muhammad, M. N. Asi, M. K. Mansoor, M. Saleem, A. Jabbar. Seroprevalence of Babesia caballi and Theileriaequi in five draught equine populated metropolises of Punjab, Pakistan. Vet Parasitol. 2014 May 28;202(3-4):248-56. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.01.026. Epub 2014 Feb 6. (IF. 2.545)
• Masood, S., R.Z. Abbas, Z. Iqbal, M.K. Mansoor, ZUD. Sindhu, M.A. Zia and J.A. Khan, 2013. Role of natural antioxidants for the control of coccidiosis in poultry. Pak Vet J, 33: 401-407. (IF. 1.392)
• Mansoor. M.K, I. Hussain, M. Arshad and G. Muhammad, 2012. Protein Fractionation analysis of Fowl Adenovirus Serotype 4 (FAV-4) Associated with Fowl Hydropericardium-Hepatitis Syndrome in Pakistan.  Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 44 (6) pp 1751-1753. (IF. 0.338)
• Saqib, M., G. Muhammad, A. Naureen, M. H. Hussain, M. N. Asi, M. K. Mansoor, M. Toufeer, I. Khan, H. Neubauer and L. D.  Sprague. 2012. Effectiveness of an antimicrobial treatment scheme in a confined glanders outbreak. BMC Veterinary Research, 8:214 doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-214. (IF. 2.000)
• Basharat, F. C., M. Siddique, A. Sharif, M.  K. Mansoor and Z. Iqbal, 2011. Sero-prevalence of Avian Influenza in Broiler Flocks in District Gujranwala (Pakistan). Int. J. Agri. & Biol., 6: 550-156. (IF. 0.940)
• Mansoor. M.K, I. Hussain, M. Arshad and G. Muhammad, 2011. Preparation and Evaluation of Chicken Embryo Adapted Fowl Adenovirus serotype-4 vaccine in broiler chickens. Trop Anim Health Prod.,  43(2): 331-338. (IF. 1.003)
• Mansoor, M. K., I. Hussain, M. Arshad, G. Muhammad, M. H. Hussain and M. S. Mahmood. 2009. Molecular Characterization of Fowl Adenovirus Serotype 4 (FAV-4) Isolate Associated with Fowl Hydropericardium-Hepatitis Syndrome in Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 41(4), pp. 269-276. (IF. 0.200)
• Muhammad, G., M. H. Hussain, M. Saqib, M. K. Mansoor, M. N. Asi and A. Naureen. 2008. Epidemic resurgence of goat-specific syndrome simulating goat dermatitis in Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Small Ruminant Research. 75: 48–53. (IF. 1.640)
• M. S. Mahmood, M. Siddique, I. Hussain, A. Khan and M. K. Mansoor. 2006. Protection capability of recombinant plasmid DNA vaccine containing VP2 gene of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus in chickens adjuvanted with CpG oligodeoxynucleotide. Vaccine. 2006 May 29;24(22):4838-46. (IF. 3.572)
• A.A. Khan, A.N. Sabri, M. K. Mansoor and I. Hussain. 2005. Hydropericardium   syndrome in Pakistan: a review. World’s Poultry Science Journal. (8): 647-654. (IF. 1.613)
• Rasool, M.H., S.U. Rahman, M. K. Mansoor, 2005. Isolation of egg drop syndrome virus and its molecular characterization using sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. PVJ; 25(4): 155-158.
• Hussain, I., A. Shaukat, A. Khan, M. K. Mansoor and T. Hamid, 2005. Seroprevalence and polypeptide analysis of infectious bronchitis virus in broilers. PVJ; 25(4): 194-196.
• Mansoor. M. K., S. U. Rahman, I. Hussain, M. H. Rasool, A. Zahoor. 2004. Preparation of a conjugate for use in an ELISA for humoral immune response against egg drop syndrome virus in layer chicks. PVJ; 24 (4): 207-208.
• Ilyas, M.A., I. Hussain, M. K. Mansoor, M.H. Rasool and S. Manzoor, 2004. Evaluation of Egg Drop Syndrome Virus Vaccines by Measuring Antibody Levels in Egg Yolk in Layers, Int. J. Agri. Biol. 6(6): 981-983.
• Riaz, M.N., I. Hussain, M. Akhtar, M.H. Rasool, M. K. Mansoor, and S.E.U.Haq, 2004. Evaluation of in–ovo vaccination against infectious bursal disease virus in commercial broilers in Pakistan, Int. J. Agri. Biol.6 (6): 984-986. 
• Iqbal, M.S., S.U. Rahman, M.H. Rasool and M. K. Mansoor, 2003.Molecular characterization of Foot and Mouth disease virus types A, O and Asis-I by sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Inter. J. Agric and Bio. (5): 311-312. 
• Hussain, I., M. H. Rasool, M. A. Zahoor andM. K. Mansoor. 2003. Indirect hemagglutination test based sero-prevalence of hydro-pericardium syndrome virus in commercial broilers.  Int. J. Agri. & Biol., 5(3): 292-294. 
• Hussain, I., M. A. Zahoor, M. H. Rasool, M. S. Mehmood, M. K. Mansoor and M. N. Riaz. 2003. Detection of Serum antibody levels against infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus using indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test. Int. J. Poult. Sci., 2(6): 442-445.
• Iqbal, M.S., S.U. Rahman, M.H. Rasool and M. K. Mansoor. Serodiagnosis of foot and mouth disease virus in buffalo through counter immunoelectrophoresis and ELISA in Pakistan. Inter. J. Agric and Bio. (4): 2002. 
• Ahmed, M., N. Ahmed, M. K. Mansoor and H. A. Samad. Synergistic effect of antibiotics and Oxytocin in the treatment of endometritis in mares. PVJ 21(4): 2001.
• Ahmed, K., M. N. Ahmed and M. K. Mansoor. Abuses of Oxytocin in Cow and Buffaloes, PVJ; 20 (3): 2000.

Conference Presentation

• Mansoor, M. K., R. Ahmad, I. Hussain, M. Saqib, M. H. Hussain, R. Z. Abbas. Slaughter house based seroprevalence of para-tuberculosis in cattle and buffalo in Faisalabad-Pakistan. December 13-14, 2012, The 1st International Conference on Animal Production and Environment (APE 2012), Can Tho University, Vietnam.
• Mansoor, M. K., S. Zubair, I. Hussain and S. I. Ahmed. Elucidation of Envelope Protein Domain III Consensus Sequence for the Future Development of Tetravalent Dengue Virus Subunit Vaccine. International Symposium on Prevention, management and Future Strategies in Dengue Fever, September 24-25, 2012 at Punjab medical College, Faisalabad.
• Mansoor, M. K., I. Hussain and A. A. Khan,. Protein Fractionation Analysis of Hydropericardium Syndrome Virus Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) In: 29th WVC. July 27-31, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada .p.3371.

Research Projects

Awards

• Established Quality Control Unit at Animal Health Research Centre (AHRC), Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman.
• Developed curricula for BSc (Hons.) Microbiology, UAF. Pakistan
• Stood 2nd in school in matriculation and won merit scholarship
• Merit scholarship holder in DVM.
• Won Indigenous PhD Scholarship from HEC in 2003 batch
• First division throughout academic carrier
• Provided research training at Animal Health Research Centre (AHRC), Rumais, Oman funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Sultanate of Oman.
• Received certificate of appreciation from the Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for good performance and co-operation.
• Only one selected from Pakistan for 27th A-IMBN. AMBO International training course on “Molecular and Cell Biology in Post-Genomic Era” February 11-20, 2004. Osaka University. Japan.
• M.Sc. (Hon.) Thesis Research: Comparative evaluation of haemagglutination inhibition test and   ELISA in determining humoral immune response against egg drop syndrome virus in layer chicks 
• PhD Thesis Research: Development of an egg-adapted vaccine against Hydropericardium syndrome in chicken

Postgraduate Supervision

Trainings/Workshops and Conferences

• Advanced Agriculture Biorisk Training, The University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine. The Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness, Sepetmber 2-5, 2018.
• 27th A-IMBN. AMBO International training course on “Molecular and Cell Biology in Post-Genomic Era” February 11-20, 2004. Osaka University. Japan.
• 31stPostgraduate training course on “Nuclear and other advance techniques in agriculture and biological research, at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture & Biology (NIAB) held on October 13-24, 2003.
• Research orientation program on research methodology and analytical techniques at University of agriculture, Faisalabad held on June 15-30, 2004.
• National training workshop on sample collection, storage and transportation for the diagnosis of transboundary animal diseases (RP, FMD and PPR). 10-11 January, 2005, Islamabad.
• WTO Agreements and their impact on Pakistan’s Economy. June 3-6, 2009, at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. 
• Learning by doing: tools & techniques for working as a team, workshop for co-tutors. May 2-7, 2013. University of agriculture, Faisalabad.

Services

Administrative Services: 

• Serving as Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
• Member, Board of Studies, Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for 3 years. March 2019 – To-date.
• Served as external member, examination committee, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.   
• Member, Departmental board of studies, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur. 2018
• Member, Faculty board of studies, faculty of veterinary sciences (FVS), UAF. 2013-14
• Secretary, Faculty Seminar Committee, FVS, UAF. 2011-14
• Secretory, board of studies, Institute of Microbiology, UAF. 2007-2013
• Co-Tutor of tutorial group Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan-3, FVS, UAF.

Professional Services: 

• Developed & Initiated (as convener) Four (04) years Bachelors Programes BSc. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology (morning & evening) at Department of Microbiology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
• Developed & Initiated (as convener) M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Department of Microbiology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
• Served as convener “Board of Studies”, Department of Microbiology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Memberships

• Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC)

• International society of camelids research and development (ISOCARD) (Member)
• International Society of Infectious diseases (ISID)
• Pakistan animal welfare society (Member)
• International Veterinary information service (IVIS) (Member)