Dr. Umair Younas
Assistant Professor
Department of Livestock Management — Faculty of Animal Production and Technology
Biography
Dr. Umair Younas, is Assistant Professor and working as Officer In-charge in the Department of Livestock Management, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology (FAPT), Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur (CUVAS, South Punjab), Pakistan. He has completed his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree in 2007, M.Phil. (Livestock Management) in 2010 from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS, Lahore). He has been awarded various scholarship programs throughout his professional career and received a certificate of excellence from UVAS. Having expertise in dairy production and heat stress management, he completed his Ph.D. (Livestock Management) studies from UVAS, Lahore, as an HEC Indigenous Scholarship under the HEC Scholarship Program. Dr. Umair Younas worked on sabbatical at the University of Florida (USA; 2014) under HEC program “International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP)” to conduct various advanced research trials on heat stress. Dr. Umair Younas has officially visited PTC+ Institute (The Netherlands, Europe) and received training on "Milk Processing and Dairy Farm Management". In his area of interest, he has also been awarded a research project from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) as Principal Investigator. He has more than fifteen years of teaching and research experience and is currently working on bridging the gap between academia, industry and farmers.
Research interests
Educational information
| Year | Degree | Board / University |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ph.D. Livestock Management | UVAS, Lahore |
| 2010 | M.Phil Livestock Management | UVAS, Lahore |
| 2007 | DVM | UVAS, Lahore |
Academic experience
| From | To | Post held | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008 | NAVTEC Instructor | UVAS, Lahore |
| May 2008 | June 2011 | Dairy Trainer | UVAS, Lahore |
| Aug 2015 | Dec. 2016 | Teaching Assistant | UVAS, Lahore |
| July 2017 | July 2018 | Assistant Professor (IPFP) | UoS, Lyallpur Campus |
| Nov. 2018 | To date | Asssitant Professor | CUVAS, Bahawalpur |
Publications
- — Effect of water-based nutritional supplement on growth performance, carcass characteristics, serum biochemistry, and immunological response of broiler chicken, Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society2025
- — Hosts genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2, Genetic diversity of coronaviruses: From SARS-CoV to SARS-CoV-22025
- — Comparative analysis of biogas production efficiency from anaerobic digestion of cow dung and mixed dung substrates, Sarhad Journal of Agriculture2025
- — Nutritional profile and in situ ruminal digestion kinetics of King grass and Mott grass., Pakistan Journal of Zoology2025
- — Biological functions of lactating farm animals as affected by heat stress., In Handbook of Heat Stress (Chap. 25-001). Unique Scientific Publishers.2025
- — Role of phytogenic supplementation on lactating efficiency and feedlot fattening, In Nutritional Foundations of Holistic Health: From Supplements to Feed Strategies (Chap. 25-008). Unique Scientific Publishers.2025
- — Organoleptic characteristics and compositional profile of meat of growing Japanese quail fed different levels of poultry byproducts compost., Brazilian Journal of Biology2024
- — Assessing effect of feeding poultry byproducts compost on organoleptic characteristics and compositional profile of meat of broiler chickens, Brazilian Journal of Biology2024
- — Impact on physico-chemical characteristics of cream cheese analogue using blend of dairy and vegetable fat, Discover Applied Sciences2024
- — Effects of selenium-enriched diets on the growth performance, slaughter characteristics, and blood biochemistry of Rhode Island Red chicken, Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola2024
Supervisions
| Title | From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Role of phytogenic supplementation on the feed lot fattening performance of the Cholistani cattle | 2021 | 2024 | M.Phil. supervision |
| Effect of withania coagulans and vitamin-C on the growth performance of Balkhi lambs in Cholistan region | 2022 | 2024 | M.Phil. supervision |
| Determination of milk quality, composition, and its organoleptic properties as affected by various production systems | 2022 | 2024 | M.Phil. supervision |
| Effect of phytogenic growth promoter on growth, physiological parameters and blood biochemistry of Mundri rams | 2022 | 2024 | M.Phil. supervision |
| The role of double cultured yeast and live yeast supplementation on the growth performance and hemato-biochemical attributes of Cholistani male cattle calves | 2023 | 2026 | M.Phil. supervision |
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