Vision

The specialty of parasites is characterized by being one of the basic sciences and its existence is associated with different departments and overlapping with it, for example: Zoonotic parasite between humans and animals, insects, ticks and dreams, physiology and environment of parasites, and molecular biology. The department looks forward to achieving a scientific and academic future through many visions:

 

- Competence in the diagnosis and treatment of zoonotic parasitic diseases that can be transmitted between humans and animals. Humans and animals using the latest technologies and at a high level of scientific development, as well as the development of scientific skills in the fields of accurate field and laboratory diagnosis.

- Conducting scientific research covering various aspects of parasitology through cooperation with other departments and disciplines of the college.

- Work on the development of master's and doctoral studies to comply with scientific development, the need of society and the labor market, through the preparation of scientific staffs specialized in the field of diagnosis and treatment of various parasitic infections. 

- Finding safe ways and alternatives in controlling parasitic epidemics if they spread through the study of the parasite, its biology and life cycle, and the search for solutions to address crises if they spread, especially seasonal ones, which spread in waves that may infect humans, animals, or both.

- Work to raise the quality of higher education, leadership and innovation in scientific research through scientific research, modern survey studies, sound scientific publishing, and the introduction of software and computer in laboratory diagnostics to reach a college with a high level of sobriety to upgrade it to the field of international rankings.

 

About the Department

The college, over the years of its presence at the university, is working hard to prepare graduates with competence and experience in community service, meeting the requirements of the labor market and raising the level of higher education by providing high-quality programs, developing research capabilities, and striving to spread the spirit of joint scientific and practical cooperation among its counterparts in Iraqi universities and scientific cooperation at the international and global levels through conferences, seminars, supervision of graduate students and twinning between Arab and foreign universities. The parasitic department came to be supplemented by:

- The number of distinguished students in their field of work.

- Linking scientific degrees to the needs of the labor market

- Development of knowledge, targeted activities and professional skills that serve the community

- Applying modern technologies at a high level of quality. 

- Developing middle staffs from inside or outside the college.

- Working in a team spirit of supporting each other and developing the spirit of innovation and initiative and exchanging knowledge with others.

Objectives

- Preparing scientific staffs who believe in their specialization and are able to manage crisis programs and epidemics that are emerging.

 - Search for new and safe ways to detect parasitic diseases that affect public and animal health through scientific research based on modern technologies. 

- Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of veterinary drugs spread in the local markets for parasitic diseases, searching for new alternatives, and working on plant derivatives and introducing them into the animal nutrition program.

- Developing laboratory diagnostic methods to detect parasitic infections that have recently emerged and have adversely affected public health and livestock and reduce their spread.

- Giving guidance and preventive programs among breeders the great role in order to introduce the prevailing parasitic diseases or emergency emergence in order to preserve their animals and protect that wealth from waste and loss.

- Linking the department with the community through continuous participation in research projects sponsored by the university, veterinary departments and the governorate.

Department tasks

1. Teaching primary studies students (third stage), the subject of veterinary parasitology.

2. Conducting laboratory tests for animals entering the college for the purposes of diagnosis and treatment, as well as examining K9 animals

4. Conduct field visits to slaughterhouses and veterinary clinics to examine animals and diagnose their infections in the laboratory.

5. Organizing workshops and training courses to develop the department’s staff in multiple specializations.

6. Conducting visits that aim to link the university with the community and introduce the veterinary medicine profession through these visits.

​The department’s scientific plan includes the following:

 

First: The teaching staff:

 

NO	Full Name	Certificate	Year	The country granting the certificate	Date of appointment to the job	The scientific title	Year	specialization
1	Suzan A.A Al-Azizz	PhD	2005	Iraq	1997	Professor	2012	Parasitology
2	Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	PhD	2007	Iraq	1993	Professor	2015	Parasitology
3	Nadia Kadhim Thamir	PhD	2013	Iraq	2002	Professor	2016	Insects
4	Muna Mohamed Jori	PhD	2006	Iraq	1993	Professor	2016	Parasitology
5	Alaa Tariq Abdulwahid	PhD	2016	Britain	2003	Professor	2023	Veterinary Public Health
6	Israa M. Essa	PhD	2022	Iraq	2011	lecturer	2014	Parasitology
7	Alaa Ismail Saood	PhD	2023	Iraq	2013	lecturer	2023	Parasitology
8	Zahra Abbas Hassan	Master's	2002	Iraq	1993	lecturer	2006	Parasitology
9	Katheine Bander Faraj	Master's	2012	Iraq	2016	lecturer	2021	Parasitology
10	Zainab Emad Kadhim	Bachelor's	2019	Iraq	2023	veterinarian

Second: Teaching staff, certificates and academic titles

	Diploma	Master	Doctorate	Total	Assistant lecturer	lecturer	Assistant Professor	Professor	Total
Female	0	1	6	7	0	3	0	4	7
male	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2
	0	1	8	9	0	4	0	5	9

Third: Professional staff

 

No	Full Name	Certificate	specialization	Date of appointment to the job	The work
1	Zainab Emad Kadhim	Bachelor's	Veterinary medicine and surgery	2023

 

Fourth: Undergraduate studies

Stage	Morning study	Evening study	Total
First		-
Second		-
Third	59	-	59
Fourth		-
Fifth		-
Total

 

Fifth: Study subjects for the undergraduate stages:

Third level

Veterinary parasitology

 

Subject	Parasitology
Stage	Third
Theoretical Unit	3 hours in week
Practical Unit	2 hours in each group
FULL Name of Lecturer	Suzan A.A Al-Azizz )First semester) Muna Mohamed Jori(First semester) Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal (Second semester) Nadia Kadhim Thamir (Second semester)
	syllabus
First semester	According to the weekly lesson schedule
Second semester	According to the weekly lesson schedule
Methodical and helpful books	Veterinary Parasitology- fifth edition

 

Sixth: Research of staff

 

No	Full Name	Title	Starting date	Date of publication
1	Prof. Dr. Suzan A.A Al-Azizz  Prof. Dr.Nadia Kadhim Thamir Lecturer Dr. Huda Shakir Farhan	Pathological and molecular diagnosis of lice isolated from goats	10/2023
2	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	Theileria orientalis molecular diagnosis In the Iraqi buffalo	12/2023
3	Prof. Dr.Nadia Kadhim Thamir Abdullah Kazem Hameed	A comparative study of some adhesives used to fix arthropod and insect specimens	11/2023
4	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	Molecular sequence analysis of liver flukes in camels	11/2023
5	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	Molecular sequence analysis of liver flukes in camels	/122023
6	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	Molecular diagnosis of Theileria orientalis in cows and the ticks that infect them	12/2023
7	Falah Hassan Ahmed Sharif Prof. Dr. Suzan A.A Al-Azizz Lecturer Zahra Abbas Hassan	Molecular profiling of two types of ticks and genetic detection of the first one inside them	11/ 2022
8	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal	Molecular recording Babesia occultansin Iraqi cows	11/ 2023
9	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal Prof. Dr.Nadia Kadhim Thamir	the first molecular diagnosisBabesia, gibsoni in ticks/Iraq	11/2023
10	Lecturer Dr. Israa M. Essa Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal Prof Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdul wahid	Molecular sequence analysis of liver worms in sheep	11/2023
11	Amir Ibrahim Abdul Zahra Lecturer Dr. Alaa Ismail Saud Afaq Talib Farhoud	Serological detection of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic ducks and chickens in Basra Governorate.
12	Afaq Talib Farhoud Amir Ibrahim Abdul Zahra Lecturer Dr.Alaa Ismail Saud	Using a gene to identify the causative strains For Adria bags Isolated NADH dehydrogenases From some medium hosts in the governorate Babylon/Iraq
13	Prof. Dr. Suzan A.A Al-Aziz Prof Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdulwahid Prof. Dr. Hassan Burji Prof Dr. Ghazi  Yaqoop Azzal Prof. Dr.Nadia Kadhim Thamir Prof Dr. Muna Mohamed Jori	Guide to parasitic diseases for veterinarians
14	Prof. Dr. Suzan A.A Al-Aziz Prof Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdulwahid	Medical guide to poisonous Iraqi snakes

Seventh: Study sessions during 2023-2024

 

Eight: Scientific conferences expected to be held 2023-2024

No	Conference name	place	Date	notes
	Patent Conference	College of Veterinary Medicine/University of Basra	28/12/2023

 

Nine: Scientific seminars expected to be held

There is no

Tenth: Educational supervision

Every teacher who holds a doctorate or master’s degree in the department has educational supervision over three students from the stage third or first

Eleven: Conferences, delegations, and training courses inside and outside Iraq

No	Type of forum	Date	notes
	Second International Conference on Agricultural Sciencesand veterinary production towards development Sustainability and environmental sustainability	(15-16-17) -2- 2024	Member of the scientific Committee

 

Twelve: Community service

No	Service name	Date	Beneficiaries	notes
1	Conducting field visits to two schools in Basrah Governorate	February 2024 April 2024	University and society
2	Visiting the orphanage in Basrah	March 2024	University and society
3	Visit the Children's Hospital for cancer	April 2024	University and society

 

Thirteen: Workshops

No	Workshop	Date	Beneficiaries	notes
1	Design an interactive video on the Edbazzle websiteWhat's new in synchronous and yoked learningsynchronous	25- 24 /10 2023	Staff and postgraduate study
2	Statistical analysis skills in scientific research using SPSS	14- 13 /2 2024	Staff and postgraduate study
3	Processing and editing images using Imagej program for scientific purposes And research	5- 4 /3 2024	Staff and postgraduate study
4	Methods of laboratory diagnosis of infections Parasitic	20- 19 /3 2024	Staff, postgraduate study and Veterinary hospital staff

 

Fourteen: Other scientific activities 2023/2024

1- Agreement on scientific cooperation with Ferdowsi University - College of Veterinary Medicine in terms of conducting research and participation. In supervision, discussions, conducting post-doctoral studies, writing and translation

The scientific committee of the department

1. Prof. Dr. Ghazi Yacoub Ezzal/Chairman

2. Prof. Dr. Suzan Abdel Jabbar Abdel Azizz / Member

3. Prof. Dr. Nadia Kazem Thamer/member

4. Prof. Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdel Wahed / Member

Department Council

1. Prof. Dr. Suzan Abdel-Jabbar Abdel-Azizz/Chairman

2. Prof. Dr. Mona Mohamed Jouri/member

3. D. Alaa Ismail Saud/member

4. M. Zahra Abbas Hassan / Member

Committee concerned with adjudication

1. Prof. Dr. Nadia Kazem Thamer/ Chairman

2. D. Alaa Ismail Saud/member

3. T.B. Zainab Imad/member

Media Committee

1. Prof. Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdel Wahed

Absences follow-up committee

1. Veterinarian Zainab Imad

Parasitology Laboratory Committee

1. Mr. Dr. Nadia Kazem Thamer, President

2. M.D. Alaa Ismail Saud, member

3. i. B. Zainab Imad, member

Quality Officer

Mr. Dr. Mona Muhammad Jori

Government program officer

Mr. Dr. Alaa Tariq Abdel Wahed

 

 

Prof. Dr. Suzan Abdel-Jabbar Abdel-Azizz

Head of the Veterinary Parasitology