Department:  Faculty of Veterinary Science, Institute of Microbiology

Position:  Director/Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  Disease Diagnostics/Immunoprophylaxis/Food Safety/Microbiological Quality Assurance/One Health Program.
Accomplished research task on state of the art technology on the development of serodiagnostic tests including IHA, SRH, ELISA, CCIE and CFT. Development of immunoprophylaxis modules on Mycoplasma capri, Pasteurella multocida, E.coli, Salmonella, Streptococcus equi, Staphylococcus aureus etc Developed STAF test for the determination of antibiotic residues in Animal Food Reported new strains of Mycoplasma, NDV, Pasteurella to NCBI, USA Recently working on the Food pathogens and focusing on the Food security and food safety issues. Climate Change and emerging infections.

Publications:  

1. Ali, S. , M. I. Arshad, F. Akhtar, M. Saqib, R. Aslam, G. Abbas, M. Ashraf, and S. U. Rahman, 2017, Seroprevalence and risk factor association of feline immunodeficiency virus in cats., Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 37(3), 368-371
2. Saeed, M. , S. U. Rahman, M. A. Shabbir, and N. Khan, 2017, Extraction and Utilization of Papaya Extract as Meat Tenderzer and Antimicrobial Activity against Salmonella typhimurium., Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences , 54(1), 153-159
3. Hafiza Sumara Jabeen, Sajjad ur Rahman,Shahid Mahmood and Sadaf Anwer, 2013, Genotoxicity Assessment of Amaranth and Allura Red Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bull Envir. Conta. and Toxi., 90, 22–26
4. Abdul Jabbar; Sajjad-ur-Rehman , 2013, Microbiological evaluation of antibiotic residues in meat, milk and eggs., Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2 (5) , 2349-2354
5. Mohsan Ullah Goraya, Muhammad Ashraf1, Sajjad Ur-Rahman, Ali Raza, Amer Habib, 2013, Determination of antibacterial activity of bacteriocins of lactic acid producing bacteria, Journal of Infection and Molecular Biology , -1, 01-Jul
6. Jamal Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Hidayat Rasool,, Muhammad Arshad, Sajjad Ur Rahman, Muhammad Farooq Tahir, Bilal Aslam, Wen Jing, Zou Jun and Moeez Ghan, 2013, Comparative Evaluation of Leukotoxic Activities of Indigenous Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Subclinical and Clinical Mastitic Milk Samples of Buffalo and Cattle. , The Open Veterinary Science Journal, -7, 18-21
7. Javid Arif, Sajjad-Ur Rahman , Muhammad Arshad and Pervez Akhtar, 2013, Immunopotentiation of outer membrane protein through anti-idiotype Pasteurella multocida vaccine in rabbits, Biologicals , 41, 339-344
8. Shahid Amin, Sajjad Ur Rehman, Iftikhar Husain and Ghulam Mohammad, 2013, Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae among Sheep from Different Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 15, 1043–1046
9. S Manzoor, Z. Hussain, S.U. Rahman & I. Hussain, 2013, Identification of antibodies against hydropericardium syndrome in wild birds, British Poultry Science , 54(3), 325-328
10. Abdul Whab Manzoor, Farzana Rizvi, Mohsan Javed, Muhammad Numan, Ahrar Khan and Sajjad Ur Rehman, 2013, Pathotyping of Newcastle Disease Virus using Multiplex Reverse, Pak. J. Life Soc. Sci. , 11(3), 225-232
11. Neelam Sultan, Shahid Mehmood Baig, Munir A. Sheikh, Amer Jamil and Sajjad-ur-Rahman, 2013, Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa is Associated with Missense Mutation in CRB1 in a Consanguineous Pakistani Family, Pak. J. Life Soc. Sci. , 11(2), 171-178
12. Haider Ali Khan, Sajjad-ur-Rahman, Ahrar Khan and Qaiser Mahmood Khan, 2013, Detection and Sequencing of Field Isolates of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus from Punjab Province, Pakistan, Pak. J. Life Soc. Sci., 11(3), 212-217
13. Haque, S.E., S. U. Rahman, M. Siddique and A. S. Qureshi, , 2011, Involvement of Mycoplasma synoviae in respiratory distress cases of broilers. , Pakistan Veterinary Journal,, 0,
14. Haque, S. E., S. U. Rahman, M. Siddique and A. S. Qureshi,, 2011, Involvement of Mycoplasma synoviae in respiratory distress cases of broilers., Pak Vet J, , 31(2), 117-119
15. Riaz Hussain, Muhammad Auon, Ahrar Khan, Muhammad Zarghum Khan, Fazal Mahmood and Sajjad-ur-Rehman,, 2011, Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia in Beetal goats, Tropical Animal Health and production, ,
16. Muhammad Amin, Roy W. Hughes, Mohammad S. Iqbal, Safyan A. Khan,Paul A. Reynolds, Vicky I. Anne, Sajjad-ur-Rahman and Akmal S. Mirza, 2010, Mechanochemical synthesis and in vitro anti Helicobacter pylori and urease inhibitory activities of novel zinc (II) famotidine complex., Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 0, 383-390
17. F. Akhtar, I. Hussain, A. Khan and S. U. Rahman, 2010, Prevalence and antibiogram studies of Salmonella enteritidis isolated from human and poultry sources. , Pakistan Veterinary Journal, , 0, 25-28.
18. Yousaf, M., G. Muhammad, M. Z. Khan and S. U. Rahman, 2010, Effect of infusion of non-antibiotic antimicrobials alone and in combination with cepharadine on milk yield of buffaloes affected with clinical mastitis. , Pakistan Veterinary Journal, , 0, 39-43.

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