Muhammad Naeem Tahir
Associate Professor
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About Me
Dr. Muhammad Naeem Tahir, currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Livestock Management, comes from Kasur. He completed his graduation from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan and PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden. He has availed the opportunities and experience of working at different research and academic institutions including Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden and Aarhus University, Foulum, Denmark during his PhD studies, He started working as a Researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden after completing his PhD. He served as Assistant Professor for short period of time at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan and then moved to The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He has completed seven research projects awarded by different funding agencies and is a part of one ongoing research project. He has successfully completed thirteen years of active teaching of various livestock production related subjects and eighteen years of research and publication relating to ruminants. He has successfully administrated chairpersonship of the Department of Livestock Management for almost two tenures and was a part of management team of University Livestock Farm, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
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1. Riaz, Roshan and Waqas, Muhammad and Ahmed, Ibrar and Nouman, Hafiz Muhammad and Imtiaz, Beenish and Ul Hassan, Mahmood and Todaro, Massimo and Gannuscio, Riccardo and Tahir, Muhammad Naeem and Sizmaz, Ozge. 2025. “Meta-Analysis of Incorporating Camelina and Its By-Products into Ruminant Diets and Their Effects on Ruminal Fermentation.” Fermentation MDPI AG 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation11100593
2. Riaz, Roshan and Bilal, Rana Muhammad and Hassan, Mahmood Ul and Todaro, Massimo and Gannuscio, Riccardo and Inal, Fatma and Haque, Muhammad Naveed Ul and Tahir, Muhammad Naeem. 2025. “Crude Protein Degradation Kinetics of Selected Tropical Forages in Buffalo Using NorFor In Situ Standards.” Animals MDPI AG 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040585
3. Anwar, Saba and Khalique, Anjum and Hifzulrahman and Tahir, Muhammad Naeem and Tausif, Muhammad Asim and Azam, Burhan E and Tahir, Hina and Qamar, Sundas and Khan, Muneer Ahmad and Hussain, Ijaz and Naveed-ul-Haque, Muhammad. 2025. “Effects of saturated fat supplementation and forage-neutral detergent fiber content on production performance of lactating buffaloes.” Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 38. 10.5713/ab.24.0760
4. Tahir, Muhammad Naeem and Ihsan, Muhammad Zahid and Siddiqui, Manzer H. and Ul Haque, Muhammad Naveed and Zahra, Naveed and Chattha, Waqas Shafqat and Bajwa, Ali Ahsan. 2024. “Appraisal of Spatial Distribution and Fibre Degradability of Cereal–Legume Fodders to Enhance the Sustainability of Livestock Feed Supply in Sub-Tropics.” Sustainability MDPI AG 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16104070
5. Anwar, Saba and Khalique, Anjum and Hifzulrahman and Tahir, Muhammad Naeem and Azam, Burhan E and Tausif, Muhammad Asim and Qamar, Sundas and Tahir, Hina and Tipu, Murtaza Ali and Haque, Muhammad Naveed ul. 2024. “Effects of prilled fat supplementation in diets with varying protein levels on production performance of early lactating Nili Ravi Buffaloes.” Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 37. https://doi.org/10.5713/ab.23.0543
6. 7.M. U. Akhtar, Hifzulrahman, T. N. Pasha, M. Avais, N. Khan, G. A. Chishti, M. Ali, M. Imran, M. N. Tahir & M. Naveed-Ul-Haque. 2023. “Effects of peripartal glucose precursor supplementation on lactation performance and metabolic health of primiparous and multiparous dairy cows.” Animal Bioscience 36. http://doi: 10.5713/ab.22.0218.
7. KHAN, Zahid and PASHA, Talat Naseer and BHATTI, Jalees Ahmad and SHARIF, Nauman and RIAZ, Roshan and OLMEZ, Mukremin and SAHIN, Tarkan and NAVEED, Saima and TAHIR, Muhammad Naeem. 2023. “Fitting Various Growth Equations to the Daily Milk Yield Data of Nili-Ravi Buffaloes and Cholistani Cows at Intake at Maintenance Levels.” Kafkas University 29. 10.9775/kvfd.2023.29278
8. 8.Z. Khan, Saima, T.N. Pasha, J.A. Bhatti, M.N. Haque, M.Z. Ihsan, R. Riaz, N. Zahra, H.A. Rahman, M. Jabbar, S. Ghazzanfar, & M.N. Tahir. 2022. “Proportions of protein and concentrate in diets for buffaloes and cows affect neutral detergent fibre degradability.” South African Journal of Animal Science 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sajas.v52i3.3.
9. Aqib, Muhammad and Nawaz, Fahim and Majeed, Sadia and Ghaffar, Abdul and Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique and Shehzad, Muhammad Asif and Tahir, Muhammad Naeem and Aurangzaib, Muhammad and Javeed, Hafiz Muhammad Rashad and Habib-ur-Rahman, Muhammad and Usmani, Muha. 2021. “Physiological insights into sulfate and selenium interaction to improve drought tolerance in mung bean.” Springer Science and Business Media LLC 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-021-00992-6
10. F. Nawaz, B. Zulfiqar, K.S. Ahmad, S. Majeed, M.A. Shehzad, H.M. R. Javeed, M.N. Tahir, M. Ahsan. 2021. “Pretreatment with selenium and zinc modulates physiological indices and antioxidant machinery to improve drought tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.). .” South African Journal of Botany 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.12.016
11. M.U. Akhtar, Hifzulrahman, M. Imran, T.N. Pasha, A. Khalique, M. Saadullah, M.N. Tahir, M. Ikram-Ul-Haq, M. Naveed-Ul-Haque. 2021. “Nitrogen balance, production performance, and plasma metabolites of lactating buffaloes in response to varying dietary protein levels.” Tropical Animal Health and Production 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02883-0
12. M.N. Tahir and Z. Khan and S. Ahmad and M.Z. Ihsan and M.H. Lashari and M.A. Khan. 2020. “In situ dry matter, protein and neutral detergent fiber degradation kinetics of cholistan desert grasses.” South African Journal of Animal Science / African Journals Online (AJOL) 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sajas.v50i2.17
13. H.M. Alamouti, H. Amanlou, K. Rezayazdi, M. Vazirigohar, M.Z.Ihsan, & M.N. Tahir. 2020. “Including wheat in a pre-partum diet for Holstein cows favours post-partum protein utilization and calcium status. (accepted).” South African Journal of Animal Science / African Journals Online (AJOL) 0.
14. Shakira Ghazanfar and Aayesha Riaz and Muhammad Naeem Tahir and Saad Maqbool and Ghulam Muhammad Ali and Fatima Tariq and Irum Arif. 2020. “Probiotic Supplement Improves the Health Status and Lactation Performance in Dairy Animals.” IntechOpen. 10.5772/intechopen.85779
15. S. Ahmad and M. Yousaf and Z. Kamran and M.U. Sohail and M.N. Tahir and K.C. Koutoulis and S. Ali and A. Manzoor. 2019. “Effects of Supplementing Different Linoleic to alpha-Linolenic Acid Ratios and Vitamin A on Performance and Egg Quality Characteristics of Laying Hens during Summer Months.” Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology / Diva Enterprises Private Limited 19. 10.5958/0974-181X.2019.00010.6
16. Muhammad Naeem Tahir. 2019. “Dry matter degradation kinetics of selected tropical forage in Nili-Ravi buffalo and Cholistani cows at heifer and lactating stages using NorFor in situ standards.” Journal of Zoological Research / Bilingual Publishing Co. 1. https://doi.org/10.30564/jzr.v1i1.151
17. Muhammad Naeem Tahir and Roshan Riaz and Muhammad Bilal and Hafiz Muhammad Nouman. 2019. “Current Standing and Future Challenges of Dairying in Pakistan: A Status Update.” IntechOpen. 10.5772/intechopen.83494
18. R. Riaz, M. N. Tahir, M. Waseem, M. Asif, M. A. Khan. 2018. “AAccuracy of estimates for live body weight using schaeffer’s formula in non-descript cattle (Bos indicus), Nili ravi buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and their calves using linear body measurements.” Pakistan Journal of Science 70.
19. Burhan Azam and Muhammad Naeem Tahir and Faisal Shahzad and Abdul Ghaffar and Ghulam Abbas and Madiha Gohar and Saima Saima. 2017. “Exogenous Fibrolytic Enzymes Addition in Concentrate Ration of Lactating Nili Ravi Buffaloes: Effects on Milk Production and Diet Digestibility.” Pakistan Journal of Zoology / ResearchersLinks Ltd 49. 10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.4.1359.1364
20. Fahim Nawaz and Muhammad Naeem and Muhammad Y. Ashraf and Muhammad N. Tahir and Bilal Zulfiqar and Muhammad Salahuddin and Rana N. Shabbir and Muhammad Aslam. 2016. “Selenium Supplementation Affects Physiological and Biochemical Processes to Improve Fodder Yield and Quality of Maize (Zea mays L.) under Water Deficit Conditions.” Frontiers in Plant Science / Frontiers Media SA 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01438
21. F. Shahzad and M. Abdullah and A. S. Chaudhry and J. A. Bhatti and M. A. Jabbar and F. Ahmed and T. Mehmood and M. Asim and S. Ahmed and Z. Kamran and I. Irshad and M. N. Tahir. 2016. “Effects of Varying Levels of Fungal (Arachinotis sp.) Treated Wheat Straw as an Ingredient of Total Mixed Ration on Growth Performance and Nutrient Digestibility in Nili Ravi Buffalo Calves.” Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 29. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.15.0429
22. M. Hetta and M.N. Tahir and S.J. Krizsan and A. Puranen and P. Huhtanen. 2013. “Effects of NaOH-treated wheat and a mixture of barley and oats on the voluntary feed intake and milk production in dairy cows.” Livestock Science / Elsevier BV 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2013.03.015
23. M.N. Tahir and M. Hetta and M. Larsen and P. Lund and P. Huhtanen. 2013. “In vitro estimations of the rate and extent of ruminal digestion of starch-rich feed fractions compared to in vivo data.” Animal Feed Science and Technology / Elsevier BV 179. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ANIFEEDSCI.2012.11.006
24. M. N. Tahir and P. Lund and M. Hetta. 2012. “The effects of and interactions between the maturity of grass silage and concentrate starch source when offered as total mixed rations on the performance of dairy cows.” animal / Cambridge University Press (CUP) 7. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731112001942
25. M. Hetta and M. N. Tahir and C. Swensson. 2010. “Responses in dairy cows to increased inclusion of wheat in maize and grass silage based diets.” Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica / Informa UK Limited 60. https://doi.org/10.1080/09064702.2010.532567
Research and Development Projects
1. Introduction, adaptability and intercropping of white Lupine (Lupinus albus) as winter legume forage in arid areas of Cholistan
(2022-07 - 2024-06)
This project has has collected Lupin germplasm from various countries of the world and has established germplasm bank for Pakistan and also determined its agronomic characteristics and feeding value in large ruminants
2. Matching the fodder production with nutrient requirements of cattle and buffalo for improved milk production of Punjab Pakistan
(2022-01 - 2024-12)
This project has outlined the fodder production areas and seasonality in fodder production across Punjab and has linked these data with the fodder requirements in buffaloes and cows
3. reproduction and fecundity in Sipli Sheep through selection, appropriate breeding plan and exploitation of potential through improved feeding and management
(2018-07 - 2021-06)
This project has determined the productive and proliferative performance of Sipli sheep kept under intensive conditions
4. Milk production potential, reproductive efficiency and milk nutraceutical value of Brella camel of Cholistan kept under intensive management
(2015-07 - 2019-06)
This project has determined the productive and reproductive performance of Barella camel kept under intensive conditions
5. In situ determination of rumen degradability and estimation of metabolizable energy of a range of livestock feedstuffs
(2015-05 - 2016-05)
This project had determined the In situ rumen degradability and estimated the metabolizable energy of a range of livestock feedstuffs in Punjab
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
