Prof. Shamall Mohammad Amin Abdullah

Professor
Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Parasitology from University of Baghdad, Iraq

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Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
Parasitology
Microbiology
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics

Selected Publications

  1. Mhaisen, F.T. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2016. Checklists of parasites of farm fishes of Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Iraqi J. Agric. Res., 21: 204-216.

  2. Koyee, Q.M., R.A. Khailany, K.S. Al-Marjan and S.M. Abdullah, 2016. Molecular-based identification of Polystoma integerrimum by 28S rDNA, phylogenetic and secondary structure analysis. Jordan J. Biol. Sci., 9: 117-121.

  3. Hassan, H.F., D.S. Hashim and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2016. Identification of some Iraqi fish parasites by using biochemical and molecular protocols. Int. J. Curr. Res. Acad. Rev., 4: 54-64.

  4. Al-Marjan, K.S.N. and S.M. Abdullah, 2016. Histopathological changes in gills of goldfish, Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Infested with Icthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, 1876 from Erbil Aquariums. ZANCO J. Pure Applied Sci., 28: 20-23.
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  5. Abdullah, Y.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2016. Dactylogyrus dulkeiti Bychowsky, 1936 (Monogenea: Dactylogyride): first occurrence on the gills of Carassius auratus Linnaeus, 1758 from Dukan Lake in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Kurdistan J. Applied Res., 1: 66-69.

  6. Hashim, D.S., S.M.A. Abdullah and H.F. Hassan, 2015. Investigation of parasitic helminthes in fresh water fishes in higher Zab river in Aski kalak, Erbil, Iraq. Kirkuk Univ. J./Sci. Stud., 10: 309-329.

  7. Al-Marjan, K.S.N. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2015. Trichodina Sp. as bioindicator for evaluation of biochemical oxygen demand (Bod5) in aquaculture fish farms (Ponds). Sci. J. Univ. Zakho, 3: 27-31.

  8. Al-Marjan, K.S., Q.M. Koyee and S.M. Abdullah, 2015. In vitro study on the morphological development of eggs (nits) and other stages of head lice Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1767. ZANCO J. Pure Applied Sci., 27: 35-40.

  9. Abdullah, Y.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2015. The parasitic infections of some freshwater fishes from Darbandikhan lake, Kurdistan region, Iraq. J. Garmian Univ., 2: 874-884.

  10. Abdullah, Y.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2015. Observations on fishes and their parasites of Darbandikhan lake, Kurdistan Region in North Iraq. Am. J. Biol. Life Sci., 3: 176-180.

  11. Abdullah, S.M.A. and M.O. Nasraddin, 2015. Monogenean infections on some fishes from lesser Zab river, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Am. J. Biol. Life Sci., 3: 161-167.

  12. Abdullah, Y.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2014. Dactlogyrus scrjabinensis (Monogenea: Dactylogyride): First occurrence on the gills of Capoeta trutta from Iraq. J. Univ. Zakho, 2: 299-303.

  13. Muhammad, I.M., S.F. Dhahir, S.J. Bilal and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Parasitic fauna of some freshwater fishes from Greater Zab river, Kurdistan region, Iraq. J. Univ. Zakho, 1: 620-627.

  14. Khoshnaw, Z.O. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Study on the parasites of chukar partridge Alectoris chukar from Shaqlawa district, Kurdistan region, Iraq. Tikrit J. Pure Sci., 18: 26-30.

  15. Bilal, S.J. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Study on the cestode Postgangesia inarmata from the Silurid Fish Silurus glanis from Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Basrah J. Agric. Sci., 26: 132-141.

  16. Ali, W.K., Q.M. Koyee, R.K. Ahmed and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Prevalence of some medical insects and arachnids (lice and scabies) depending on records from the ministry of health in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Pak. Entomol., 35: 89-93.
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  17. Al-Alem, L.S., N.S. Khdhir and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Detection of copper and cadmium concentrations in some local fishes from greater Zab River, Iraq. J. Koya Univ., 26: 75-84.

  18. Abdullah, Y.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2013. Monogenean infections on fishes from Darbandikhan lake in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Basrah J. Agric. Sci., 26: 117-131.

  19. Abdullah, S.M.A., Q.M. Koyee and R.K. Ahmed, 2013. Seasonal prevalence of intestinal parasites among human in Kurdistan Region, Iraq during 2009. J. Koya Univ., 26: 105-114.

  20. Moravec, F., S.J. Bilal and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2012. Two species of Rhabdochona (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the cyprinid fish Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel) in northern Iraq, including R. (Globochona) kurdistanensis sp. n. Folia Parasitol., 59: 139-147.

  21. Mama, K.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2012. First record of Paradiplozoon cyprinid Khotenovsky, 1982 (Monogenea) on common carp Cyprinus carpio from Ainkawa Fish Hatchery in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Int. J. Environ. Water, 1: 281-284.

  22. Mama, K.S. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2012. A comparative study on the parasitic fauna of the common carp Cyprinus carpio from Ainkawa fish hatchery (Erbil) and Lesser Zab river in Kurdistan region, Iraq. Mesopotamia J. Agric., 40: 19-26.

  23. Bilal, S.J. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2012. Procamallanus siluri (Nematoda: Procamallanidae): First record in Iraq from Silurus glanis from Greater Zab river, Kurdistan region. J. Tikrit Univ. Agric. Sci., 12: 205-208.

  24. Abdulla, S.S., K.K. Abdulrahman, L.S. Hasan and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2012. Incidence of Toxoplasma gondii in placenta of aborted fetus. Duhok Med. J., 6: 111-116.

  25. Khdhir, N.S., L.S. Al-Alem and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2011. Bioaccumulation of some heavy metals in the tissues of two fish species (Barbus luteus and Cyprinion macrostomum) in Greater Zab river-Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 14: 71-77.

  26. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2011. Infection of fishes from Greater Zab and Lesser Zab rivers in north of Iraq with larvae of nematode Contracaecum spp. Kirkuk Univ. J. Sci. Stud., 6: 694-701, (In Arabic).

  27. Shwani, A.A.A., S.M.A. Abdullah and G. Asmat, 2010. Two new species of trichodina ehrenberg, 1830 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Silurus triostigus in Iraq. Eur. J. Sci. Res., 40: 598-604.

  28. Shwani, A.A.A. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2010. Endoparasites of the Asian catfish Silurus triostegus (Heckel, 1843) from Greater Zab river-Kurdistan Region-Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 13: 172-179.

  29. Bashe, S.K.R. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2010. Parasitic fauna of spiny eel Mastacembelus mastacembelus from Greater Zab river in Iraq. Iran. J. Vet. Res., 11: 18-27.

  30. Bashe, S.K. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2010. The ecology of Mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus (Monogenetic trematode) parasitizng gills of Mastacembelus mastacembelus from Greater Zab rivers, Kurdistan region-Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 13: 139-143.

  31. Al-Marjan, K.S.N. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2010. Balantidium polyvacuolum Li, 1963 (Ciliophora: Spirotricha): First occurrence in the intestine of Cyprinus carpio from three fish farms in Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 13: 82-85.

  32. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2010. Comparative study on the parasitic infections of some sympatric fish species in greater Zab and Lesser Zab Rivers, North of Iraq. Basrah J. Agric. Sci., 23: 70-80.

  33. Abdullah, S.M.A. and A.A.A. Shwani, 2010. Ectoparasites of the Asian catfish Silurus triostegus (Heckel, 1843) from Greater Zab river-Kurdistan Region-Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 13: 164-171.

  34. Abdullah, S.M., 2010. Neoechinorhynchus zabensis (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) in Capoeta damascina and C. trutta (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) from Dokan Lake and Greater Zab River, Northern Iraq. Jordan J. Agric. Sci., 5: 38-48.

  35. Moravec, F., A. Saraiva, S.M. Abdullah, S.J. Bilal and Z.I. Rahemo, 2009. Two species of Rhabdochona Railliet, 1916 (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) parasitising cyprinid fishes in Iraq, with a redescription of R. tigridis Rahemo, 1978 (emend.). Syst. Parasitol., 74: 125-135.
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  36. Bilal, S.J. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2009. Protozoa and crustacea infesting some Cyprinid Fishes from Bahdinan River in Kurdistan region-Iraq. J. Duhok Univ., 12: 108-112.

  37. Bilal, S.J. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2009. Parasitic infections with Dactylogyrus (Monogenetic trematodes) on some cyprinid fishes from Bahdinan river in Kurdistan region-Iraq. Kairkuk Univ. J. Sci. Stud., 4: 117-126.

  38. Bilal, S.J. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2009. Helminthes fauna of some cyprinid fishes from Bahdinan river in north of Iraq. J. Arab Univ. Basic Applied Sci., 8: 17-29.

  39. Al-Marjan, K.S. and S.M. Abdullah, 2009. Some ectoparasites of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Ainkawa fish hatchery, Erbil province. J. Duhok Univ., 12: 102-107.

  40. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2009. Additional records of Dactylogyrus (Monogenea) from some cyprinid fishes from Darbandikhan lake, Iraq. Jordan J. Biol. Sci., 2: 145-150.

  41. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2009. Seasonal variations of Myxobolus pfeifferi from Acanthobrama marmid caught in Lesser Zab and Greater Zab Rivers in north of Iraq. Kairkuk Univ. J. Sci. Stud., 4: 108-116.

  42. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2009. Population biology of worm cataract due to metacercariae of Diplostomum spathaceum from two cyprinid fishes in Greater Zab River, north of Iraq. Iraqi J. Agric., 14: 194-199.

  43. Al-Marjan, K.S.N. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2008. Experimental study of the life cycle of the Anchor worm Lernaea cyprinacea L. J. Dohuk Univ., 11: 110-116.

  44. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2008. First record of Dactylogyrus fallax (Monogenetic Trematoda) from Chalcalburnus mossulensis from Greater Zab River, Kurdistan region, Iraq. J. Dohuk Univ., 11: 57-61.

  45. Al-Marjan, K.S.N. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2007. Trichodinids ectoparasites (Ciliophora: Peritrichida: Trichodinidae) from common carp Cyprinus carpio in Iraq. J. Dohuk Univ., 10: 50-55.

  46. Abdullah, S.M.A., Z.I. Rahemo and A.A. Shwani, 2007. The inhabitant fishes in Darbandikhan lake in north of Iraq and methods for developing their culturing. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 11: 1-7.

  47. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2007. First record of Dactylogyrus rectotrabus (Monogenetic Trematoda) from Garra rufa from Greater Zab River, North of Iraq, regarding its ecological aspects. Egypt. J. Aquat. Biol. Fish., 11: 1029-1040.

  48. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2007. Some ecological aspects of the Acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus parasitic in Barbus xanthopterus from Lesser Zab River in the north of Iraq. J. Educ. Sci., 20: 160-166.

  49. Abdullah, S.M. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2007. Experimental life cycle of digenetic trematode Diplostomum spathaceum (Rud., 1819). J. Dohuk Univ., 10: 19-23.

  50. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2006. Effects of sex and length of Cyprinus carpio from Lesser Zab River in northern Iraq and seasonal variations on the infection with some parasites. Raf. J. Sci., 17: 1-9.
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  51. Rahemo, Z.I.F. and S.M.A. Abdullah, 2005. Histology of the pharynx in Polystoma integerrimum (Monogenea: Polystomatidae). Rivista Di Parassitologia, 66: 245-250.

  52. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2005. Parasitic fauna of some freshwater fishes from Darbandikhan lake, north of Iraq. J. Dohuk Univ., 8: 29-35.

  53. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2005. The first record of three species of Dogielius (Monogenea) from cyprinid fishes from Greater Zab river, north of Iraq. Ibn Al-Haitham J. Pure Applied Sci., 18: 7-12.

  54. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2005. Myxobolus infections of the cyprinid fishes from Lesser Zab and Greater Zab rivers, north of Iraq with the record of seven species of Myxobolus for the first time in Iraq. Ibn Al-Haitham J. Pure Applied Sci., 18: 1-14.

  55. Kritsky, D.C., K.C. Pandey, N. Agrawal and S.M. Abdullah, 2004. Monogenoids from the gills of spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq, proposal of Mastacembelocleidus gen. n., and status of the Indian species of Actinocleidus, Urocleidus and Haplocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae). Folia Parasitol., 51: 291-298.

  56. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2004. Comparison between the parasitic infections of fishes caught in two of each of small natural habitats and fish farms in Erbil city. Zanco, 16: 43-50, (In Arabic).

  57. Abdullah, S.M.A. and T.F. Ismail, 2004. Observations on the anchor worm Lernaea cyprencea L. parasite of freshwater fishes in Kurdistan of Iraq. Zanco, 16: 25-34, (In Arabic).

  58. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2004. Parasitic infections with Monogenetic trematodes on fishes of Lesser Zab and Greater Zab Rivers in northern Iraq. Zanco, 16: 43-52.

  59. Abdullah, S.M.A. and A.A.M. Rasheed, 2004. Parasitic fauna of some freshwater fishes from Dokan Lake, North of Iraq. II: Endoparasites. Ibn Al-Haitham J. Pure Applied Sci., 17: 1-12.

  60. Abdullah, S.M. and A.A.M. Rasheed, 2004. Parasitic fauna of some freshwater fishes from Dokan Lake, north of Iraq. I: Ectoparasites. Ibn Al-Haitham J. Pure Applied Sci., 17: 34-46.

  61. Amin, O.M., S.M. Abdullah and F.T. Mhaisen, 2003. Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) zabensis sp. n.(Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from freshwater fish in northern Iraq. Folia Parasitol., 50: 293-297.

  62. Amin, O.M., S.M. Abdullah and F.T. Mhaisen, 2003. Description of Pomphorhynchus spindletruncatus n. sp.(Acanthocephala: Pomphorhynchidae) from freshwater fishes in northern Iraq, with the erection of a new pomphorhynchid genus, Pyriproboscis ng and keys to genera of the Pomphorhynchidae and the species of Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905. Syst. Parasitol., 54: 229-235.
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  63. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2003. The ecology of Ergasilus barbi (Copepoda: Crustacea) parasitizng gills of Barbus luteus from Greater Zab rivers in north of Iraq. Iraqi J. Agric., 8: 141-147.

  64. Abdullah, S.M.A. and F.T. Mhaisen, 2002. Some physico-chemical properties of water of Lesser Zab and Greater Zab rivers in north of Iraq. J. Basrah Univ., 28: 13-23, (In Arabic).

  65. Abdullah, S.M.A., 2000. Isolation of some parasites in samples of fishes taken from Erbils market. J. Dohuk Univ., 3: 1-6, (In Arabic).

  66. Abdullah, S.M.A. and L.A. Ali, 1999. Effects of sex and length of Barbus esocinus from Dokan lake and seasons of the year on the infection with Neoechinorhynchus rutili. Zanco, 11: 17-25, (In Arabic).

  67. Gussev, A.V., N.M. Ali, K.N. Abdul-Ameer, S.M. Amin and K. Molnar, 1993. New and known species of Dactylogyrus diesing, 1850 (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from cyprinid fishes of the River Tigris, Iraq. Syst. Parasitol., 25: 229-237.
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