ASC Animal Science Consulting

Publications and record

Books, papers, committee appointments and awards, set out separately so each can be read for what it is.

Books and monographs

  • Cover of Veterinary Education in Sudan, published by Neelan Publishing.
    Veterinary Education in Sudan: its past, present and future
    In Arabic. With Dr Um Al-Alim Abaker Idris and Dr Khatma Hassan Al-Malik. Neelan Publishing, 2026.
  • Cover of Goat Meat Production and Quality, published by CABI.
    Goat Meat Production and Quality
    Edited with Isam Kadim and Edward Webb. CABI.
  • Cover of Camel Meat and Meat Products, published by CABI.
    Camel Meat and Meat Products
    Edited with Isam T. Kadim, Bernard Faye and Mustafa Farouk. CABI.
  • Cover of Dromedary Camel Meat, a study of Arabian camel muscle composition.
    Dromedary Camel Meat
    Composition, quality and histochemistry of Arabian camel muscles. With Amal Hamed Al-Kharusi and Isam Kadim. Lambert Academic Publishing.
  • Cover of Salt-tolerant Sorghum as Animal Feed.
    Salt-tolerant Sorghum as Animal Feed
    Effects on performance, carcass and meat quality in Omani sheep. With Said Shanoon Al-Khalasi and Isam Tawfik Kadim. Lambert Academic Publishing.

The 2026 volume on veterinary education in Sudan is by both of us. Eighteen further chapters appear in these and other edited volumes, including CRC Press's Handbook of Food Preservation.

Selected papers

Selected publications

A selection from more than 130 refereed papers, chosen to show the range of the work. The complete list is on Google Scholar.

  1. Mahgoub, O., Osman, N.E.H.I.E. and Lu, C.D. Nutrient utilization and requirements in sheep and goats raised under different systems and fed low nutritional novel feeds for meat production. Animals 15(18), 2658.2025
  2. Chen, S., Lin, B., Baig, M., and others including Mahgoub, O. Zebu cattle are an exclusive legacy of the South Asia Neolithic. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27(1).2010
  3. Mahgoub, O., Babiker, H.A., Kadim, I.T., Al-Kindi, M., Hassan, S., Al-Marzooqi, W., Eltahir, Y.E. and Beja-Pereira, A. Disclosing the origin and diversity of Omani cattle. Animal Genetics 44(3), 336 to 339.2013
  4. Al-Araimi, N.A., Mahgoub, O., Costa, V. and Beja-Pereira, A. Genetic origin of goat populations in Oman revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. PLoS ONE 12(12).2017
  5. Kadim, I.T., Mahgoub, O. and Purchas, R.W. A review of the growth and carcass and meat quality characteristics of the one-humped camel. Meat Science 80, 555 to 569.2008
  6. Al-Khalasi, S.S., Mahgoub, O., Kadim, I.T., Al-Marzooqi, W. and Al-Rawahi, S. Health and performance of Omani sheep fed salt-tolerant sorghum forage or Rhodes grass. Small Ruminant Research 91, 93 to 102.2010
  7. Mahgoub, O. and Lodge, G.A. A comparative study on growth, body composition and carcass tissue distribution in Omani sheep and goats. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 131(3), 329 to 340.1998
  8. Mahgoub, O. Ultrasonic scanning measurements of the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle to predict carcass muscle content in sheep. Meat Science 48, 41 to 48.1998
  9. Eltaher, Y., and others including Gaafar, O.M. Investigation on Brucella infection in farm animals in Saham, Oman, with reference to a human brucellosis outbreak. BMC Veterinary Research 15, 378.2019

1991 to 2019

Advisory and committee appointments

Service to ministries, universities and international conferences. A record of appointments rather than of published research.

Ministry and national committees

  • Joint committee with the Omani Ministry of Education to develop the curriculum for Agriculture Teachers Colleges1992
  • Joint committee with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Oman, to set animal feed standards for the GCC countries1994
  • Joint committee with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Oman, evaluating the effects of camels on the environment1999
  • Committee preparing the national report on animal genetic resources, Ministry of Agriculture2003
  • Omani committee to establish the Animal and Plant Genetic Resources programme, The Research Council2010 to 2019
  • Committee on job opportunities in agriculture1993 to 1997

Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

  • Founding member, Committee of Animal Ethics1991 to 2019
  • Committee on the Autonomous Village Project1993
  • Committee on the study of traditional farm practices in Oman1994
  • Task force on sheep and goat facility improvement1996
  • Committee to establish a Centre for Environmental Studies1999
  • Committee to establish a Centre for Community Services and Continuing Education
  • Committee for appeals against the University Academic Promotion Committee2011
  • Academic Promotion Committee2012 to 2013, 2018 to 2019
  • Academic Council2013 to 2014

Conferences and editorial

  • Organising committee, International Conference on Animal Production in Hot Climates1995
  • Chair, organising committee, International Conference on Small Ruminant Production and Health in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions2007
  • Editorial board, Journal of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture

Alongside these appointments, on-the-job training was delivered to Omani technicians in animal handling, live-weight growth measurement, slaughter and carcass analysis technique, and data entry and analysis.

Awards and recognition

  1. Best Scientific Oral Presentation, Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies Congress, Bali.

  2. Best Paper, 8th World Conference on Animal Production, Seoul.

  3. Best Researcher, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University.

  4. Distinguished Service Award, College of Agriculture, Sultan Qaboos University.

  5. Distinguished Service Award, International Goat Association.

Certificate of appreciation from the Deanship of Graduate Studies, King Abdulaziz University.
King Abdulaziz University, Deanship of Graduate Studies, 2025. For work as international reviewer of the Executive Master Program in Food Safety and Quality.
The King Abdulaziz University certificate of appreciation in Arabic.
The same certificate in Arabic, dated 1446 AH.
Certificate of appreciation from the College of Science, United Arab Emirates University.
United Arab Emirates University, College of Science, March 2024. For serving on a PhD defence panel in Ecology and Environmental Sciences.

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