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Arfan Ahmad
Researcher at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Publications - 46
Citations - 295
Arfan Ahmad is an academic researcher from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virus & Dairy cattle. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 42 publications receiving 240 citations.
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Genetic diversity of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan: a countrywide perspective
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir,Siamak Zohari,Tahir Yaqub,Jawad Nazir,Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir,Nadia Mukhtar,Muhammad Shafee,Muhammad Sajid,Muhammad Anees,Muhammad Abbas,Muhammad Tanveer Khan,Asad Ali,Aamir Ghafoor,Abdul Ahad,Aijaz Ali Channa,Aftab Ahmad Anjum,Nazeer Hussain,Arfan Ahmad,Mohsan Ullah Goraya,Zahid Iqbal,Sohail Ahmad Khan,Hassan Bin Aslam,Kiran Zehra,Muhammad Sohail,Waseem Yaqub,Nisar Ahmad,Mikael Berg,Muhammad Munir +27 more
TL;DR: Taken together, data indicated the prevalence of multiple lineages of NDV in different poultry population including wild captive birds, and understanding is crucial to underpin the nature of circulating strains ofNDV, their potential for interspecies transmission and disease diagnosis and control strategies.
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Evidence of Coxiella burnetii in Punjab province, Pakistan
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir,Sidra Akram,Zia ul Hassan,Kashif Hanif,Masood Rabbani,Javed Muhammad,Muhammad Hamid Chaudhary,Tariq Abbas,Muhammad Taslim Ghori,Haroon Rashid,Tariq Jamil,Zia Ul Islam,Haisem Rasool,Asghari Bano,Arfan Ahmad,Muhammad Asad Ali,Tahir Yaqub,Walt McVey,Bhushan M. Jayarao +18 more
TL;DR: This study provides the first evidence of the presence of C. burnetii in the environment in Punjab province, Pakistan and predicts homology and genetic diversity of the identified strains using sequences originated from different hosts worldwide.
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Complete Genome Sequencing of a Velogenic Viscerotropic Avian Paramyxovirus 1 Isolated from Pheasants (Pucrasia macrolopha) in Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir,Mohsan Ullah Goraya,Muhammad Athar Abbas,Tahir Yaqub,Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir,Arfan Ahmad,Muhammad Anees,Muhammad Munir +7 more
TL;DR: This isolate from an acute and highly contagious outbreak in pheasants in Lahore, Pakistan showed a velogenic strain of APMV-1, which was further confirmed by the sequence analysis of the cleavage site in the fusion protein.
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Prevalence and distribution of soil-borne zoonotic pathogens in Lahore district of Pakistan.
Muhammad Zubair Shabbir,Tariq Jamil,Asad Ali,Arfan Ahmad,Muhammad Naeem,Muhammad Hamid Chaudhary,Muhammad Bilal,Muhammad Asad Ali,Khushi Muhammad,Tahir Yaqub,Asghari Bano,Ali Iqtadar Mirza,Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir,Walter R. McVey,Ketan Patel,Stephen Francesconi,Bhushan M. Jayarao,Masood Rabbani +17 more
TL;DR: The distribution pattern of the soil-borne pathogens in and around the areas of Lahore district puts both human and animal populations at a high risk of exposure.
Status of igg antibodies against mycoplasma gallisepticum in non- vaccinated commercial poultry breeder flocks
TL;DR: The result revealed that the younger birds are more prone to MG infection compared to aged ones and presence of MG antibodies may not associate with clinical signs except in complicated cases.