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Mourad Rekik
Dr. Mourad Rekik is a livestock scientist with more than 25 years of experience in animal reproduction and small ruminants’ production and management in drylands. His expertise includes sheep and goat reproduction, and its interaction with nutrition, health, and genetics. His current research interests focus on boosting the resilience and productivity of livestock production systems at the household level, and attenuating the impact of environmental and economic stressors.
Prior to joining ICARDA, Dr. Rekik was a researcher and lecturer at several universities in Tunisia, and coordinated research-for-development projects involving multidisciplinary teams. He served as a member of the British Society of Animal Science and the FAO-CIHEAM network on sheep and goats nutrition. Dr. Rekik is author of more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters, and conference papers. He holds a Ph.D. in animal production from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
Mourad Rekik's Publications

Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth traits in Menz sheep under community-based breeding programs

First Molecular and Phylogenetic Identification of Toxoplasma Gondii in Sheep Liver Intended for Human Consumption in Northern Tunisia

Nutritional and Food Safety Characteristics of Jameed - A Traditional Dairy Product of Drylands

First morphometric and molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. in Northwest Tunisia

Genetic diversity of Hyalomma marginatum in Tunisia is not influenced by the bio-climate

Conservation agriculture has no significant impact on sheep digestive parasitism

Marker-assisted introgression of fecundity mutation into Barbarine sheep breed under low input production system

How to succeed in implementing community-based breeding programs: Lessons from the field in Eastern and Southern Africa

Going to scale—From community-based to population-wide genetic improvement and commercialized sheep meat supply in Ethiopia

Detection and molecular identification of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia spp. infections in Hyalomma aegyptium ticks in Tunisia

A climate-based model for tick life cycle: positive semigroup theory on Cauchy problem approach

Genome variation in tick infestation and cryptic divergence in Tunisian indigenous sheep

Three easy fixes for sire use can enhance genetic progress in community-based breeding programmes

Tunisian Consumer Quality Perception and Preferences for Dairy Products: Do Health and Sustainability Matter?

Presence of antibodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in sheep in Tunisia, North Africa

Genome-wide insights on gastrointestinal nematode resistance in autochthonous Tunisian sheep

Estimates of genetic parameters and trends for reproduction traits in Bonga sheep, Ethiopia

Seroprevalence of anti‐Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis antibodies in female sheep in Tunisia

Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefits

Neospora caninum Natural Infection in Tunisian Rams: Serological Study and Molecular Identification of Infection in Semen

Infestation of small ruminants by the metacestode stage of Taenia hydatigena in slaughterhouse, North East Tunisia

Genetic progress and economic benefit of community-based breeding programs for sheep out- and upscaling options in Ethiopia

Risk Factors for Reproductive Disorders and Major Infectious Causes of Abortion in Sheep in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Toxoplasma gondii infection and toxoplasmosis in North Africa: a review

Livelihoods Strategies and Household Resilience to Food Insecurity: A Case Study from Rural Tunisia

Molecular survey and genetic characterization of Anaplasma centrale, A. marginale and A. bovis in cattle from Algeria

Molecular detection and phylogenetic analyses of Toxoplasma gondii from naturally infected sheep in Northern and Central Tunisia

FecXBar a Novel BMP15 mutation responsible for prolificacy and female sterility in Tunisian Barbarine Sheep

Feed supplementation improves estrus response and increases fertility of sheep induced to breed out of season

GnRH and prostaglandin-based synchronization protocols as alternatives to progestogen-based treatments in sheep

Potential anthelmintic effect of Capparis spinosa (Capparidaceae) as related to its polyphenolic content and antioxidant activity

First Molecular Identification and Genetic Characterization of Theileria lestoquardi in Sheep of the Maghreb Region

Recurrent 3-day cycles of water deprivation for over a month depress mating behaviour but not semen characteristics of adult rams

Chemical composition, insecticidal and in vitro anthelmintic activitiesof Ruta chalepensis (Rutaceae) essential oil

Melatonin administration enhances the reproductive capacity of young rams under a southern Mediterranean environment

First molecular isolation of Mycoplasma ovis from small ruminants in North Africa
