| BSc, MSc (Khartoum), PhD (Saskatchewan) Associate Professor of Dairy Nutrition arif [dot] mustafa [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Arif F. Mustafa) Room MS1-086, Macdonald-Stewart Building 21,111 Lakeshore Road Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9 Tel.: 514-398-7506 Fax: 514-398-7964 |
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Research interests
Current Graduate Studentssomaia [dot] amer [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Somaia Amer) , (MSc candidate) Nutritive value of sweet millet and sweet sorghum for dairy cows carolane [dot] neveu [at] mail [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Carolane Neveu) , (MSc candidate) Nutritive value of extruded flaxseed for dairy cows CoursesFundamentals of Nutrition ANSC 330) Biology of Lactation (ANSC 560) Biology of Lactation (ANSC 560) - Course reference material Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (AGRI 325)
Selected publicationsMustafa, A.F. 2010. Performance of lactating dairy cows fed pearl millet grain. J. Dairy Sci. 93: 733-736. Santos, A.O.A., Â.M.V. Batista, A. Mustafa, G.L. Amorim, A. Guim, A.C. Moraes, R.B. de Lucena and R. de Andrade. 2010. Effects of Bermudagrass hay and soybean hulls inclusion on performance of sheep fed cactus-based diets. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 42: 487-494. Souza, E.J., A. Guim, Â.M.V. Batista, K.L. Santos, J.R. Silva, N.A.P. Morais and A.F. Mustafa. 2009. Effects of soybean hulls inclusion on intake, total tract nutrient utilization and ruminal fermentation of goats fed spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill) based diets. Small Rumin. Res. 85: 63-69. Levetial, T., A. Mustafa, P. Seguin and G. Lefebrve. 2009. Effects of a propionic acid-based additive on short term ensiling characteristics of whole plant maize and on dairy cow performance. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 152: 21-32. Kgwatalala P.M., E.M. Ibeagha-Awemu, A.F. Mustafa and X. Zhao. 2009. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 genotype and stage of lactation influence milk fatty acid composition of Canadian Holstein cows. Animal Genetics 126: 394-403. Kgwatalala, P., E. Ibeagha-Awemu, A. Mustafa and X. Zhao. 2009. Influence of stearoyl-Co-A desaturase (SCD) genotype and stage of lactation on desaturase indices and fatty acid composition of Canadian Jersey cows. J. Dairy Sci. 92: 1220-1228. Batista, A.M., A.C. Ribeironeto, R.B. Lucena, D.C. Santos, J.B. Dubeux Jr and A.F. Mustafa. 2009. Chemical composition and ruminal degradability of spineless cactus grown in northeast Brazil. J. Range Ecol. Manag. 62: 297-301. Cabrel, A.D., A.M. Batista, A.F. Mustafa, F.R. Carvalho and A. Guim. 2009. Performance of dairy goats fed whole sugarcane. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 41: 279-283. A more complete list of publications is available here. |