Hassan, Mahmood Ul

Mahmood Ul Hassan is a veterinarian and currently a second-year Ph.D. candidate in Ruminant Nutrition at the University of Palermo, Italy. His doctoral research focuses on rumen fermentation and microbiology, with a particular emphasis on mitigating food-feed competition through the utilization of alternative feed ingredients in sheep nutrition. His work explores innovative feed processing techniques and their impact on the quality of animal products, including milk and cheese.

He will be based at ETH Zurich until February 2026, where he will engage in different in vitro approaches to investigate ruminal fermentation dynamics with the aim to enhance the understanding of methane mitigation strategies, contributing to more sustainable and efficient ruminant production systems.

Publications

Hassan, M. U., Vastolo, A., Gannuscio, R., Maniaci, G., Mancuso, I., Calabrò, S., ... & Cutrignelli, M. I. (2025). Effects of feeding prickly pear by-product silage as a partial replacement of concentrate on dairy ewes: Milk characteristics, nutrient utilisation and in vitro ruminal fermentation. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 116330. external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2025.116330

Hassan, M. U., Sidoruk, P., Lechniak, D., Szumacher-Strabel, M., Bocianowski, J., Ślusarczyk, S., ... & Cieślak, A. (2025). Effect of multispecies swards on ruminal fermentation, methane emission and potential for climate care cattle farming− an in vitro study. Animal, 19(1), 101386. external page https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101386

Riaz, R., Bilal, R. M., Hassan, M. U., Todaro, M., Gannuscio, R., Inal, F., ... & Tahir, M. N. (2025). Crude Protein Degradation Kinetics of Selected Tropical Forages in Buffalo Using NorFor In Situ Standards. Animals, 15(4), 585. external page https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15040585

Szulc, P., Nowak, B., Hassan, M. U., Lechniak, D., Ślusarczyk, S., Bocianowski, J., ... & Cieslak, A. (2024). Potential of Paulownia leaves silage in lamb diet to imProve ruminal fermentation and fatty acid profile− an in vitro study. Annals of Animal Science, 24(1), 211-221. external page https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0065