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About Me
Muhammad Khalid Mansoor is a Professor in Microbiology at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, where he has worked since 2020. He is founding Dean of Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and also Chairperson, Department of Microbiology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He holds a DVM (2000), M.Sc. (Hons) in Veterinary Microbiology (2002) and PhD (2010) from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan on development of an egg-adapted vaccine against hydropericardium syndrome in chicken.
Dr. Mansoor joined Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad as Lecturer in 2001 and got promoted as Assistant Professor in 2013. Later, he joined Animal Health Research Center as virologist and animal disease expert under the Directorate General of Agriculture and Livestock Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman in 2014. Prior to joining IUB, Dr. Mansoor served as Professor & Dean, Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur. Prof. Mansoor has been a lead investigator and coordinator of several research projects funded by national and international funding agencies. He has published more than fifty research articles in well reputed national and international peer reviewed journals and he is reviewer of different peer reviewed journals. He is the pioneer for initiation of four years degree program B.S. (Hons.) Applied Microbiology at CUVAS. Dr. Mansoor has produced number of postgraduate students under his supervision. Dr. Mansoor has established Central Diagnostic laboratory for diagnosis of animal diseases at IUB. His research activities focus on host virus interaction, livestock and poultry vaccines, emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases
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1. Zhang, J., Shi, B., Lu, S., Wang, S., Ren, X., Liu, R., Dong, H., Li, K., Fouad, D., Ataya, F.S. and Mansoor, M.K.. 2024. “Metagenomic analysis for exploring the potential of Lactobacillus yoelii FYL1 to mitigate bacterial diarrhea and changes in the gut microbiota of juvenile yaks.” Microbial Pathogenesis 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106496
2. Chen, Shengyao, Muhammad Saqib, Hafiz sajid Khan, Yuan Bai, Usman Ali Ashfaq, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Abulimti Moming et al. 2024. “Risk of infection with arboviruses in a healthy population in Pakistan based on seroprevalence.” Virologica Sinica 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2024.04.001.
3. Asghar T, Mohiuddin M, Mohiuddin A, Mansoor MK, Siddique A, Habib M, Kamal T, Hussain R, Ghori MT, Rizwana H, Abid I and Shabbir A. 2024. “Hemato-biochemical changes, molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the 2022 Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) outbreak in Cholistan, Pakistan.” Asian J. Agric. Biol 2023351. https://doi.org/10.35495/ajab.2023.351
4. Shaheen G, Mohiuddin M, Khan K, Iqbal A, Imran HM, Mansoor MK, Mehmood R, Yaqoob M, Asghar T,. 2024. “Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus in Southern Punjab, Pakistan using Real Time PCR.” Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology 31. https://doi.org/10.53555/jptcp.v31i3.4631
5. Ejaz M, Zohaib A, Usman M, Anwar MM, Khan HS, Ammar M, Saqib M, Khan SG, Athar MA, Mansoor MK, Ullah A. 2024. “Genotypic analysis of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from sporadic symptomatic cases in Pakistan.” Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105567
6. Xiushuang Chen, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Chenxi Zhao, Hassan Ashfaq, Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam Kulyar, Zeeshan Ahmad Bhutta, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Kun Li. 2023. “Cryptosporidium infection induced the dropping of SCFAS and dysbiosis in intestinal microbiome of Tibetan pigs.” Microbial Pathogenesis 174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105922
7. Kashif ur Rehman, Clemens Hollah, Karin Wiesotzki, Volker Heinz, Kemal Aganovic, Rashid ur Rehman, Janos-Istvan Petrusan, Longyu Zheng, Jibin Zhang, Summar Sohail, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Christos I. Rumbos, Christos Athanassiou and Minmin Cai. 2023. “Insect-Derived Chitin and Chitosan: A Still Unexploited Resource for the Edible Insect Sector.” Sustainability 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064864
8. Zhenyan Miao, Muhammad Shahan Haider, Mudassar Nazar, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Hui Zhang, Zhaoxin Tang & Ying Li. 2022. “Potential molecular mechanism of ascites syndrome in broilers.” World's Poultry Science Journal 78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00439339.2022.2075299
9. Ahmad HI, Afzal G, Iqbal MN,Iqbal MA, Shokrollahi B, Mansoor MK and Chen J. 2022. “Positive Selection Drives the Adaptive Evolution of Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling (MAVS) Proteins-Mediating Innate Immunity in Mammals. .” Front. Vet. Sci 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.814765
10. M. A. Munir, K. M. Anjum, A. Javid, N. Khan, C. Jianming, J. Naseer, A. Anjum, S. Usman, M. Shahzad, S. Hafeez, T. Hussain, A. Saeed, A. H. Badeni, M. K. Mansoor, I. Hussain. 2022. “Sublethal toxicity of carbofuran in cattle egret (Bubulcusibis coromandus): hematological, biochemical, and histopathological alterations.” Brazilian Journal of Biology 84. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.255055
Research and Development Projects
1. Development and Standardization of Point-of-Care-Testing and Therapeutic Hyper-immune Sera for Parvovirus Infection in Dogs
With: (2022-07 - 2024-07)
PI (ORIC Research Grants, IUB, 1.6 Million, completed).
2. Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan and Pakistan
With: ANSO Collaborative Research (2022-01 - 2025-12)
Status: Awarded. Co-PI from Pakistan Team. 1,300,000 RMB
3. Molecular Characterization and Development of Attenuated Vaccine Using Local Strains of Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus from Small Ruminants of Cholistan
With: (2021-04 - 2024-10)
Lead PI (National Research Program for Universities (NRPU), Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, 9.3 Million
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
