Muhammad Umar Sohail

Muhammad Umar Sohail (born 21 Feb 1985) is a research scholar and university teacher from Faisalabad, Pakistan. Dr Sohail is currently working as Assistant Professor at Government College University, Faisalabad.

Education
Sohail is a veterinarian by profession. He received hist Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan in 2005. In 2008, Sohail received a PhD fellowship sponsored by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and enrolled as a PhD candidate in Physiology at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. He received his PhD in 2013. Sohail did his PhD research at the United States Agricultural Research Service.

Research Work
Sohail has produced nine research publication in the field of veterinary and poultry sciences:
 * Effect of supplementation of mannan-oligosaccharide and probiotic on growth performance, relative weights of viscera and population of selected intestinal bacteria in cyclic heat-stressed broilers.
 * Effect of dietary supplementation of prebiotics and probiotics on intestinal microarchitecture in broilers reared under cyclic heat stress.
 * Effect of supplementation of prebiotic mannan-oligosaccharides and probiotic mixture on growth performance of broilers subjected to chronic heat stress.
 * Single or combined effects of mannan-oligosaccharides and probiotics supplements on the total oxidants, total antioxidants, enzymatic antioxidants, liver enzymes and serum trace minerals in cyclic heat stressed broilers.
 * Alleviation of cyclic heat stress in broilers by dietary supplementation of mannan-oligosaccharide and Lactobacillus-based probiotic: dynamics of cortisol, thyroid hormones, cholesterol, c-reactive protein, nd humoral immunity.
 * Genetic analysis of Newcastle Disease virus from Punjab, Pakistan.
 * Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and brucella abortus among dairy cattle herds with high abortion rates.
 * Genetic diversity of Newcastle disease virus in Pakistan: a countrywide perspective.

Affiliations
Sohail started his career as a Veterinary Officer at a Government Sector. He served there for two and a half year. After completing PhD in Physiology he served at Veterinary College in Islamia University of Bahawalpur for one year as Assistant Professor. Currently, Sohail is working as Assistant Professor of Physiology and Government College University Faisalabad.

Teaching
Sohail has been teaching various subjects of Physiology at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Research interests
Sohail is doing research in the field of Stress and Gut Physiology, specifically on the role of prebiotics and probiotics supplementation on indigenous microflora of host under stress and disease conditions.