CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Professor/ Mukhtar Taha Abu-Samra
E- mail: mukhtarabusamra@hotmail.com
Postal address: Sudan University of Science and
Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Khartoum North, Hilat Kuku.
Telephone Number: 00249155205002
Mobile Telephone Number: 00249913946830
Marital Status: Married and have two sons and one
daughter
Academic and Scientific Qualifications:
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B.V.Sc. (Honors Degree) – Faculty of Veterinary Science –
University of Khartoum (1970) with:o Merit in Introductory Animal Husbandry (Licos Prize).
o Merit in Chemistry.
o Merit in Animal Genetics and Breeding (Licos Prize).
o Merit in Parasitology.
o Merit in Medicine, Therapeutics and Toxicology.
o Merit in Animal Production.
During my undergraduate studies, I published the following scientific
articles in popular journals: Our animal wealth between the present economic hiatus and the future.
El-Baittar, 8: 37-38 (1966).
 Anthrax. El-Baittar, 10: 14-17 (1969).
 A Fortnight in El Kawa. El-Baittar, 10: 51-52 (1969).
 Our animal wealth present and future. The Sudan News 23rd November,
(1969) pp.2.
 Improvement of dairy production in the Sudan. El-Baittar, 11: 6-8
(1970).
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April - August (1970): Served with the Ministry of Animal Resources
as Veterinary Officer at Kuku Research Station, Omdurman Veterinary
Clinic and Omdurman Central Abattoir.
August (1970): Appointed Research Assistant in the Department of
Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University
of Khartoum - acted as Assistant House Surgeon and assisted in
practical classes.
November (1971): Registered for the Degree of M.V.Sc. In the
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary
Science, University of Khartoum.
April (1974): Obtained my M.V.Sc. Degree - Thesis entitled “Some
Skin Diseases of Domestic Animals in the Sudan with Special
Reference to Cutaneous Streptothricosis”.
April (1974): Awarded a British Council Scholarship to prepare for the
Degree of Ph.D. in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine,
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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May (1975): Appointed student Demonstrator in the Department of
Veterinary Preventive Medicine, University of Liverpool, United
Kingdom.
April (1977): Obtained my Ph.D. Degree- Thesis entitled “Studies on
Dematophilus congolensis” - University of Liverpool, England.
July (1977): Appointed Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine, Department
of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
University of Khartoum.
July (1983): Promoted to the status of Associate Professor in
Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics .
July (1988): Promoted to the status of Professor in Veterinary
Medicine Therapeutics.
March 1997- February 1998: Appointed Director of the Camel
Research Centre- Faculty of Veterinary Science-University of
Khartoum.
February 1998-July 2004: Appointed Camel Consultant-Directorate
General of Camel Affairs- Diwan of Royal Court-Sultanate of Oman.
August 2004 -August 2005: Returned to the Sudan and joined the
teaching staff of the Department of Clinical studies occupying the
post of Professor in Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics.
August 2005-March 2007: Appointed Camel Disease Expert by the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Kingdom of Saudi Arabia- Ministry of Agriculture- Camel and
Range Research Centre-Al-jouf.
April 2007-July 2009: Appointed Chief Technical Advisor for
Project/Camel Breeding, Protection and Improvement Centre in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)- Ministry of Agriculture- Camel and Range
Research Centre-Al-jouf.
During the period August, 2005-July, 2009 I made several
achievements targeted towards the improvement of camel health,
breeds and production:
Training of the national cadre.
Rehabilitation of research laboratories and construction of a camel
clinic.
Purchased the most modern equipment for research and diagnosis of
camel diseases and camel milk production.
Established an extension and communication unit in the Camel and
Range Research Centre.
Prepared and published the following books:
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The most important diseases of camels in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (English/Arabic)
The one-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) in health and disease
(English).
Field procedures for the diagnosis of camel diseases
(Arabic/English).
A comprehensive review on camel breeds and camel production in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic).
Final report on the mortality of a large number of camels fed on
wheat bran in some of the Governorates of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
Introductory note on the Camel Breeding, Protection and
Improvement Centre in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(UTF/SAU/021/SAU).
Gave public lectures in camel diseases and production.
Participated in many workshops and Seminars.
Attended, participated and chaired sessions on camel diseases in the
Two International Conferences held on Camelids (KSA and Tunisia).
Gave several consultations and prepared many reports concerning
camel breeding, protection and improvement to the Ministry of
Agriculture and other related and concerned Ministries.
October 2009 to Date: Appointed Professor in Veterinary Medicine
and Therapeutics-Faculty of Veterinary Medicine- Sudan University
of Science and Technology.
Participation in the Promotion of Academic Performance and
Scientific Research:
 I refereed the scientific work of (19) members of staff from different
Universities and Research Institutes inside and outside the Sudan for
the promotion to the status of Professor and Associate Professor.
 I refereed and revised (31) scientific papers submitted for publication
in the different journals inside and outside the Sudan.
 I evaluated (48) research proposals submitted for funding by the
International Foundation for Science (IFS), King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology (KACST) and the Sudan National Council for
Research.
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Memberships:
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Member of the Sudan Veterinary Association (S.V.A).
Member of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology
(ISHAM.).
Member of the British Society for Mycopathology (B.S.M.).
Member of the American Society of Microbiology (A.S.M.).
Member of the World Association of Veterinary Educators (W.A.V.E).
Conferences, Workshops and Seminars:
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Participated in the meeting of the British Society for Mycopathology,
March, 1975, in Glasgow.
Participated in the 12th International Congress in Microbiology,
September 1978, in Munich.
Participated in many seminars and Workshops in the various disciplines
of Medical Sciences, held at the Centres for Disease Control (C.D.C.),
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., during the period July 1987 to March 1988.
Participated in the IGADD Forum on Camel production, Marketing and
Research in the IGADD Sub-Region - Mogadishu, June 5-7, 1989.
Participated in the seminar on scabies in the Sudan held by the Sudanese
Dermatological Association -Invited paper entitled “Human and Animal
Scabies” – 11th February, 1993, Grand Hotel Lecture Hall, Khartoum,
Sudan, pp. 1-17.
Participated in the International Scientific Conference on Camels-held
at Al-Gassim University-College of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine-during the period 9-11/5/2006 and acted Co-chairman for
Veterinary Medicine sessions- Microbiology and Immunology.
Gave a lecture entitled “The Arabian Camel in Health and Disease”, Aljouf Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 27/2/2006, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
Participated in the first agricultural meeting for exchange of experience,
paper entitled “Camel breeds and production in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia”, Kingdom tower, Riyadh, KSA, 11-12/3/2007.
Participated in the workshop on “Aldubduba Syndrome in Camels in
KSA”, organized by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
in collaboration with King Faisal and Al-Qassim Universities,
11/5/2008.
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Participated in the meeting on the “The Future of Camel Research”,
held by the Camel Research Centre, King Faisal university in
collaboration with the Saudi Biological Society, paper entitled “Modern
Technologies in the Diagnosis of Camel Diseases”, Intercontinental
Hotel, 28th May, 2008.
Participated in the Second Conference of the International Society of
Camel Research and Development (ISOCARD), paper entitled
“Diseases of the One-humped Arabian Camel (Camelus dromedarius)”,
and chaired the session on Camel Medicine, Dejerba, Tunisia, 12-15
March, 2009.
Awards:
I am the first Sudanese Scientist awarded the prize of Abdel Hamid
Showman (Arab Bank-Jordan) for the best young scientist in the Arab World
in Agricultural and Biological Sciences for the year 1982.
Field and Research Experience and Consultations:
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Consultant and adviser to the International Foundation for Science
(IFS), January 1984-February 1996.
Consultant for Al-Raja Agricultural project March 1993-March 1995.
Consultant for the Blue Nile Dairy company April 1995-February 1998.
Consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
in many aspects related to camel breeding, protection and improvement
during my secondment from University of Khartoum working for the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Feasibility Studies:
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Conducted with other colleagues an extensive feasibility study using
agricultural by-products for the fattening of camels and sheep in
mechanized agricultural schemes in Eastern Sudan.
Conducted many feasibility studies during my work as consultant for
Al-Raja agricultural project.
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Sabbatical Leave:
1st July 1987 to 30th March 1988 awarded Fulbright Senior Scholarship
on study leave of absence- affiliated to the Centers for Disease Control
(C.D.C.), Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., conducting research on the
Development of Murine Model for Pulmonary Infection with Histoplasma
capsulatum and Laboratory Research in Immunochemistry of Fungal
Antigens.
Administration:
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Established a diagnostic and research laboratory for Veterinary
Mycology and Dermatology in the Department of Veterinary Clinical
Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum.
Initiated and supervised the maintenance of the Department of Clinical
Studies and the Veterinary Clinic.
Visualizing the urgent need of the Department for more offices and
laboratories, I undertook to prepare the necessary plans and made the
follow up for execution.
Improved the Veterinary Clinic affiliated to the Department and
increased its efficiency for treatment and teaching purposes.
Adviser to the Student Veterinary Association November 1978December 1979.
Academic Supervisor for Shambat Student Campus- University of
Khartoum, October 1980 - July 1983.
Participated in various committees and University functions e.g.
Member of the Department and Faculty Boards.
March 1987-July 1992 unanimously elected Head, Department of
Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Chairman of the Department Board and member of the Faculty
Research Board.
Visualizing the urgent need of the Department for a postmortem room,
animal examination room and stores- I undertook to prepare the
necessary plans and follow up for execution.
Introduced drastic improvement in the buildings and administration of
the Department and Veterinary Clinic.
Repaired old equipment and purchased new ones and chemicals to
improve the efficiency of the Department laboratories. Purchased
Veterinary drugs and equipment to improve the efficiency of the
Veterinary Clinic.
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Unanimously elected by the Members of the Faculty Board to represent
the Faculty of Veterinary Science in the Board of Directors of Soba
Teaching Hospital and the Staff Housing Affairs Committee.
May-June 1987 appointed Acting Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
and for short periods thereafter.
Chairman of the Faculty and Faculty Research Boards, Member of
Senate and University Council.
Visualizing the need for more members of staff, I pursued the matter,
which ended in the appointment of four Lecturers and four Teaching
Assistants.
July 1989-July 1992, supervised the execution of the new buildings of
the Department and the Veterinary Hospital. The estimate cost of this
project was 150 million Sudanese Pounds and was a joint venture
supported by the USAID and the Ministry of Planning.
Participated in revising the Curriculum of the Faculty of Veterinary
Science in the Universities of Khartoum and Darfur.
Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Khartoum farm,
1987-1992.
Appointed Chairman of the Committee for the revision of the
regulations governing the registration for higher degrees (M.V.Sc. &
PhD.) by the Faculty Board of Veterinary Sciences.
March 1997-February 1998, appointed Director of the Camel Research
Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum.
February 1998-July 2004: Responsible for all administrative and
technical work related to camel health in the Directorate General of
Camel Affairs-Diwan of the Royal Court-Sultanate of Oman.
August 2005-March 2007: Responsible for all administrative and
technical work related to camel health in the Ministry of AgricultureKingdom of Saudi Arabia -working for FAO as Camel Disease Expert.
April 2007-July 2009: Responsible for all technical, financial and
administrative work related to Project “Camel Breeding, Protection and
Improvement Centre in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” working for
FAO as Chief Technical Advisor for the project.
Professional Experience:
 40 years experience in veterinary medicine and therapeutics (clinical
and laboratory diagnosis of diseases, treatment and control).
 40 years experience in veterinary clinical work, administration of
veterinary clinics and affiliated diagnostic laboratories.
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37 years experience teaching theory and practical veterinary medicine
at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Conducted several field surveys for diseases in the different animal
species especially cattle and camels.
Found and introduced new clinical and laboratory techniques for the
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of animal diseases:A new skin biopsy technique.
A new technique for the isolation of Sarcoptes scabiei and another for
the isolation of Demodex bovis and D. ghanensis from infected
material.
A new technique for the isolation of Dermatophilus congolensis
organism.
Introduced amendments in the life cycles of Dermatophilus congolensis
and Demodex bovis and the epizootiology of the disease caused by
these organisms.
Teaching Experience:
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Teaching practical classes to the students of B.V.Sc. IV and V, of the
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum from August
1970 to April 1974.
Teaching practical classes to final students in the University of
Liverpool, England from May 1975 to May 1977.
Taught Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics, both theory and practical
to the semi-final and final year students of the Faculty of Veterinary
Science, University of Khartoum from July 1977 to February 1998 &
from August 2004 to August 2005.
Taught Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics, both theory and practical
to the students of Kuku Technical Institute 1980-1981.
Taught Veterinary Dermatology and Therapeutics, both theory and
practical to B.V.Sc. IV and V students, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
El-Fatih University, Libya as a Visiting Professor, March/April 1982
and November/ December 1982.
Taught Animal Health and Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics, for
the students of the Faculty of Natural Resources, Juba University for
four years.
Taught Veterinary Medicine and Therapeutics, to B.V.Sc. V students, of
the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bahr El-Gazal University for three
years.
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Currently teaching both theory and practical Veterinary Medicine and
Therapeutics to B.V.Sc. IV and V, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Sudan University for Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan.
Research:
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Initiated, guided and lead research projects with Colleagues in my
Department, other Departments in the Faculty of Veterinary Science
and other Faculties in the University of Khartoum (See list of
publications).
Published 66 scientific papers in international scientific journals (See
list of publications), and eight scientific papers are currently under
preparation for publication.
Supervision of Post-Graduate Students:
Degree of M. V. Sc.
 Dr. Abdel Basit Osman Ahmed.
(Study of Common Goat Diseases in the Sudan with Special Reference to
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia). November, 1981.
 Dr. Kamal El Din Mohamed Ali.
(Studies on Common Animal Superficial Mycoses in the Sudan). July 1982
 Dr. Mohamed Abdel Razig Abdel Aziz.
(Bovine Demodicosis in the Sudan: Clinical and Experimental Studies on its
Etiology, Pathology and Epizootiology). March 1983.
 Dr. Abdel Karim Mahgoub Mohamed Salih.
(Bovine Demodicosis in the Sudan: Clinical and Experimental Studies on its
Bacteriology, Serology, Economic Significance and Epizootiology). March,
1983.
 Dr. Naway Gubir Naway.
(Studies on the Normal Clinical Values, Haematology and Serum
Constituents of the One-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius). May, 1983.
 Dr. Nayel Mohamed Nayel.
(Studies on Sarcoptic Mange in the One-humped camel). October, 1983.
 Dr. Kamal El Din El Siddig Ibrahim.
(Investigations on the Defects Caused by Physical Damage, Streptothricosis
and Mange on Crust Leather and their Economic Significance in Leather
Industry). October 1983.
 Dr. Mohamed El Amin Hamid Ali.
(Identification of the Causative Agents of Bovine Farcy by Simple Lipid
Analysis and Rapid Biochemical Tests). April 1988.
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Degree of Ph.D.:
 Dr. Kamal El Din El Siddig Ibrahim.
(Studies on the Bovine Hide-meibomian Gland Demodicosis Complex).
June, 1989.
Note:
All post-graduate students have been awarded their degrees with excellent
reports from their internal and external examiners who highly commended
their theses. Most of the work of these candidates has been published in
international scientific journals (see list of publications).
Veterinary Extension:
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Published a series of articles in Arabic language in El-Sahafa and ElIsboua News Papers (Scientific page) and gave many Lectures to
enlighten animal owners, breeders, skin and hide merchants, exporters
and tanners, leather technicians, chemists, manufacturers, veterinarians
and economists on the deleterious effects and economic losses resulting
from damage on crust leather produced by skin and hide diseases
prevalent in the Sudan.
 Held a series of seminars and workshops, and gave a series of public
lectures on the following:
 Studies on Sarcoptic Mange in the One-humped Camel.
 Studies on the Processing of Camel Hides and the Manufacture of
Leather Goods from the Prepared Crust leather.
 Studies on Bovine Demodicosis and the Economic Losses on Crust
Leather Resulting from Damage Caused by the Disease.
 Studies on Sarcoptic Mange in Goats and Sheep and the Economic
Losses on Crust Leather Resulting from Damage Caused by the
Disease.
 Studies on Bovine Cutaneous Streptothricosis and the Economic Losses
on Crust Leather Resulting from Damage Caused by the Disease.
 Studies on the Defects and the Economic Losses on Crust Leather
Resulting from physical Damage.
 The Economic Impact of some skin Diseases of Domestic Animals.
 Ectoparasites in Disease and Economics.
 Human and Animal Scabies in the Seminar on scabies in the Sudan.
 Complex scientific data and findings on the defects caused by these
diseases on the quality of the crust leather produced are published in
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specialized journals (see list of publications)-Some of these findings are
being published for the first time.
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