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Dr. Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Personal Data:
Name:
Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Aziz
Date and Place of Birth:
16/09/1953, Alexandria, Egypt
Position:
Professor of animal breeding and
quantitative genetics
Address:
Home:
103 Abdel-Kareem El-Khataby Street
Ibrahimiah, Alexandria, Egypt Apt# 14
Work:
Department of Animal Production
Faculty of Agriculture
Alexandria University
Shatby, Alexandria
Egypt
Tel:
Home: 00203 425 75 88/427 9321
Work: 00203 592 1683
Fax: 00203 592 2780
Marital Status: Married with two children
Qualifications:
B.Sc. Animal Production with an average grade
excellent, 1975. Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt.
M.Sc. Dairy Cattle Breeding, 1980. Faculty
of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt
Ph.D. Sheep Breeding and Genetics, 1989. Department
of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, USA
Professions:
Demonstrator:
1976-1980, Department of Animal Production, University of Alexandria, Egypt
Assistant Lecturer: 1981-1983, Department of Animal Production, University
of Alexandria, Egypt.
Assistant Professor: 1990-1997, Department of Animal Production,
University of Alexandria, Egypt.
Associate Professor: 1997-2003, Department of Animal Production,
University of Alexandria, Egypt.
Professor: 2003-now Department of Animal Production, University of
Alexandria, Egypt.
Scientific Interests:
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Estimation of variance
components
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Estimation of
genetic and phenotypic parameters and breeding
values.
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Designing breeding
programs
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Research in the areas of growth, milk production, reproduction and fiber.
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Biotechnology research and its application in
the livestock
industry, mainly QTL and gene markers.
Experience:
Computer Literacy:
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Word processors (typing in Arabic and English, using WORD and any other
word processor).
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Spread sheets, suhc as EXCEL.
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Data bases such as ACCESS and DBASEs.
Statistical Packages:
I can handle any of them such as: SAS, SPSS, GENSTAT, GLIM, MINITAB, MTDFREML,
DFREML, ASREML, PEST, VCE?RRGIBBS.
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Graphic software, such as HARVARD GRAPHICS and GNUPLOT
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Writing computer programs using FORTRAN
Teaching:
I teach the following classes for undergraudate and graduate students:
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Animal Breeding (Animal Prod 103)
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Animal Genetics (Anim Prod 102)
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Animal Production (General, Anim Prod 1)
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Principles of Statistics
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Experimental Design
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Animal Production in the Tropics (Anim Prod 204)
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Advanced Animal Breeding (Anim Prod 216)
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Quantitative genetics
Publications
:: Theses
M.Sc.
Thesis Title " Sire evaluation and genetic parameters for some economic
traits in cows and buffaloes". University of Alexandria, Egypt.
Ph.D.
Thesis Title " Genetic and phenotypic variation in growth, reproduction
and wool of several breeds of sheep and their crosses. University of Minnesota,
USA.
:: Papers and articles:
1. M.A. Aziz; Sharaby,
M.A. and I.S. El-Kimary. 1982. Sire evaluation and genetic parameters of
first lactation length in Egyptian buffaloes and high grades of Friesian
cows. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 31: 418-426.
2. M.A. Aziz; I.S. El-Kiamry and M.A. Sharaby. 1982. Genetic control
and sire evaluation for age at first calving in Egyptian buffaloes and Friesian
cows. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 31: 8-15.
3. Sharaby, M.A.; I.S. El-Kimary and M.A. Aziz.
1987. Genetic and environmental control of first lactation milk yield in
cows and buffaloes. Live. Prod. Sci., 17: 225-233.
4. Badran, A.; M.A. Aziz and M.A. Sharaby.
1991. Performance of Friesian cattle under two environmental conditions.
Alex. J. Agric. Res. 36: 83-93.
5. M.A. Aziz and A.E. Badran. 1992. Effect
of age at first calving on milk yield and lactation length in Egyptian buffalo.
International Symposium on Prospects of Buffalo Production in the Mediterranean/Middle
East, Cairo, Egypt, 9-12 Nov., 1992.
6. Kosba, M.A.; M.F. Hassan; F.N.K. Soliman;
M.A. Aziz and M. Bahie El-Deen. 1992. Selection for dressing percentage
in Japanese quail. Egyptian Poultry Sci., 12: 333-346.
7. Sharaby, M.A. and M. A. Aziz. 1993. Factors
affecting lactation curve of Friesian cows in Saudi Arabia. J. King Saud
University (Agric. Sciences), 6: 253-259.
8. M.A. Aziz and M.A. Sharaby. 1993. Collinearity
as a problem in predicting body weight from body measurements of Najdy sheep
in Saudi Arabia. Small Ruminant Res., 12: 117-124.
9. M.A. Aziz and M.Abdelsalam. 1993. Additive
and multiplicative correction factors for lamb birth weight in some Egyptian
sheep breeds. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 38: 139-151.
10. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1993. Origin and domestication
of the Dromedary (Arabic camel). Proceedings of the 6th World Symposium
on the History of Science of Arabs. Ras El-Kheimah, United Arab Emirates,
December, 1996.
11. M.A. Aziz.; E. Kalm and A.E. Badran. 1994.
Genetic merit of first lactation milk yield of water buffaloes using animal
model. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 39: 61-70.
12. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1994. Sire evaluation
and environmental and genetic trends of milk yield in water buffalo. Alex.
J. Agric. Res., 39: 129-148.
13. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1994. Evaluation of
some environmental factors affecting weaning weight of Rahmany and Barki
sheep breeds. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 39: 149-166.
14. M.A. Aziz; M. Abdelsalam and E. Kalm. 1995.
Frequency distribution of lambing month and its relationship with some environmental
factors in some breeds of sheep on Egypt. Proceedings of the International
Conference on Animal Production in Hot Climates. Oman, 8-10 January, 1995
(abstract). The paper was further published in the Egyptian Journal of Applied
Science (Zagazig University), 15: 719-726.
15. M.A. Aziz; R. Rohe, and E. Kalm. 1995.
Genetic and environmental factors associated with firmness of the mammary
gland in sows using quasi-loglinear and linear models. Arch. Tirez. Dummerstorf,
38: 665-761.
16. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1996. The effect of
data imbalance and small herd size on heritability estimated by different
methods. A case study on a buffalo herd. Proceedings of the Third Symposium
on the FAO Inter-Regional Research Network on Buffalo, Cairo 14-17 October,
1996 (asbtract).
17. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1997. Comparison of
animal model evaluations for first lactation milk yield of Egyptian buffalo
using different priors, (abstract). Proceedings of the Fifth World Buffalo
Congress, October 13-16, 1997, Castera, Italy. P 545.
18. M.A. Aziz; A.E. Mahdy and O.B. El-Shafie.
1997. Frequency distribution of calving month in Egyptian buffaloes. Proceedings
of the Fifth World Buffalo Congress, October 13-16, 1997, Castera, Italy.
Pages, 706-709.
19. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1997. Group breeding
schemes as a method of choice for improving the productivity of livestock
populations in the Arabic countries, (in Arabic). Development and Agriculture,
16(4): 23-26.
20. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1999. The principles
of genetic improvements of farm animals (In Arabic). Bovine and Ovine, 22:
8-11.
21. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 2000. Heritability,
genetic and phenotypic correlations between pre-weaning growth traits in
Rahmany and Barki lambs. Alex. J. Agric. Res., 45:13-21.
22. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 2000. Evaluation of
ram breeding values for pre-weaning growth traits in Rahmany and Barki lambs.
Alex. J. Agric. Res., 45:1-11.
23. M.A. Aziz and A.E. Badran. 2000. Efect
of data imbalance and small herd size on the heritability estimated by different
methods (A case study of milk yield in a buffalo herd). Alexandria J. Agric.
Res., 45(3): 1-7.
24. Abdelaziz, N.M.; M.M. Abdelsalam; M.A.
Aziz and Eman Serag. 2000. Studies on some factors affecting some wool traits
through vital stages of sheep. Proc. All Africa. Conf. Anim. Agric. &
Conf. Egyptian Soc. Anim. Prod. Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November, 2000. pp.
707-711.
25. M.A. Aziz; S.J. Schoeman; G.F. Jordaan,
O.M. El-Shafie and A.T. Mahdy. 2001. Genetic and phenotypic variation of
some reproductive traits in Egyptian buffaloes. South African Jouranl of
Animal Science, 31: 195-199.
26. M.A. Aziz; S.J.S. Schoeman and G.F. Jordaan.
2002. The influence of outliers on a model for the estimation of crossbreeding
parameters for weaning weight in a beef cattle breed. South African Journal
of Animal Science, 32: 164-170.
27. Schoeman, S.J.S., M.A. Aziz and G.F. Jordaan.
2002. The infleunce of multicollineairy on crossbreeding parameter estimates
for weaning weight in beef cattle. South African Journal of Animal Science,
32(4): 239-246.
28. M.A.Aziz; M. Enoch; T. Kojima; K. Oshima
and M. Komatsu. 2002. Estimation of Genetic and Phenotypic parameters and
genetic and environmental trends of pre-weaning growth traits of Japanese
Black calves using animal model. Poster presented in Annual Meeting of the
Japanese Scoiety of Animal Breedcing and Genetic, held in Kyoto University
9-11 November 2002, (abstract).
29. Komatsu, M.; M.A. Aziz; Niibayashi; T.
Kojima; K. Oshima; Y. Mizogichi and Y. Sugimoto. 2002. A primary screen
of the bovine genome for quantitative trait loci affecting some growth traits
of Japanese Black calves. Poster presented in Annual Meeting of the Japanese
Scoiety of Animal Breedcing and Genetic, held in Kyoto University 9-11 November
2002, (abstract).
30. M.A. Aziz; Schoeman, S.J. and G.F. Jordaan.
2003. Estimation of additive, maternal and nonadditve genetic effects of
pre-weaning growth traits in mutlibreed beef cattle project. Animal Science
Journal, 74: 169-179
31. M.A. Aziz, J.B. Owen, S.A. Azhar, A.E.
Mahdy and O.M. El-Shafie. 2003. Genetic and phenotypic variation of lactation
length and milk yield of Pakistani and Egyptian buffaloes. Alexandria J.
Agric. Res., 48(2): 11-22.
32. M.A. Aziz; A.E. Mahdy; O.M. El-Shafie and
N.A. Shalaby. 2003. A comparison of different models of the lactation curve
in Egyptian buffaloes. Journal of Agricutural Science, Mansoura Univ., 28(7):
5253-5268.
33. M.A. Aziz; S. Nishida, K. Suzuki and A.
Nishida. 2004. Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for some
growth and carcass traits of Japanese Black calves using a multi-trait animal
model. Accepted as a poster presentation in the next EAAP meeting, held
in Bled, Slovenia, during the period from 4 to 9 September, 2004.
34. M.A. Aziz; O.M. El-Shafie and A. Nishida.
2004. Genetic and phenotypic parameters of milk yield and lactation curve
parameters estimated by the Gamma function in Egyptian buffaloes. Accepted
as a poster presentation in the next EAAP meeting, held in Bled, Slovenia,
during the period from 4 to 9 September, 2004.
35. M.A. Aziz , S. Nishida, K. Suzuki and A.
Nishida. 2005. Estimation of direct and maternal genetic and permanent environmental
effects for weights from birth to 356 days of age in Japanese Black cattle
using random regression. Journal of Animal Science (USA), 83: 519-530.
36. M.A. Aziz, N.A. Shalaby, O.M. El-Shafie,
H. Shinohara and A. Nishida. 2005. Comparison between the shapes of lactation
curve of Egyptian buffalo milk yield estimated by the incomplete gamma function
and a new model. Submitted to Buffalo Bulletin.
37. M.A. Aziz, N.A. Shalaby, O.M. El-Shafie
and A. Nishida. 2005. Estimation of lactation curve parameters of Egyptian
buffalo using the linear form of the gamma function, ridge regression and
principal component regression. Submitted to Livestock Production Science.
38. A. Nishida, M.A. Aziz, S. Nishida and K.
Suzuki. 2005. Modeling the genetic and permanent environmental effects on
number of services to conception of Japanese Black cows by random regression.
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
(Germany).
39. M.A. Aziz, S. Nishida, K. Suzuki and A.
Nishida. 2005. Estimation of direct and maternal genetic parameters for
growth and carcass traits in a herd of Japanese Black cattle in Miyagi prefecture,
using a multitrait animal model. Animal Sceince Journal (Japan), 76 (3):
183-193.
40. M.A. Aziz, A. Nishida, S. Nishida and K.
Suzuki 2004. Modelling the maternal effect for beef marbling score of Japanese
Black calves by random regression. In preparation.
:: Books:
1.
Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. Principles of Statistics (in Arabic). 1998. Manshaat
El-Maaref Publishing Co., Alexandria, Egypt.
2. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. The Arabic Camel. (in
Arabic). 1999. Dar Al-Eshaa Publishing Co., Alexandria, Egypt.
3. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. Design of Agricultural
Experiments (in Arabic). 1999. Dar El-Maaref El-Masriah, Publishing Co.,
Alexandria, Egypt.
4. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. The Arabic Camel. (in
Arabic). 2003 (second reprint). The Egyptian Company for Publsihing and
Distribution, Alexandria, Egypt.
5. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. Design of Agricultural
Experiments. (in Arabic). 2003 (second reprint). The Egyptian Company for
Publsihing and Distribution, Alexandria, Egypt.
6. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. The Horse (two parts,
in Arabic). 2004. The Egyptian Company for Publsihing and Distribution,
Alexandria, Egypt. (in prepration).
:: Scientific reports (unpublished):
1.
Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1996. Future needs and priorities of biotechnology research
in livestock.
2. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 1997. Genes with large
effects and their utilization in breeding programs.
3. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 2000. Marker assisted
selection (MAS) and the genetic response.
4. M.A. Aziz.; G.A. Bright and J.B. Owen. A
spread sheet simulation model for calculating the nutrition requirements
of Egyptian buffaloes (BUFFMOD).
5. Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz. 2002. Development of
breeding program for improving body weight and mothering ability of the
Japanese Black cattle based on selection index and utilization of QTL .
A lecture given in the 2002 special meeting of Western Region of Japan on
Animal Breeding and Reproduction.
6. Mahmoud Abdel Aziz 2003. Detection of Quantitative
Trait Loci.
:: Projects:
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Improving wool characteristics in Barki and Rahmany sheep breeds.
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Determination of some factors affecting post-weaning growth traits in
local sheep breeds.
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Genetic improvement of milk yield in some local goat breeds.
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Estimation of direct, maternal and nonadditive genetic effects of some
pre-weaning growth traits in some goat breeds and their crosses.
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Determination of the reproductive efficiency of the Egyptian sheep breeds.
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Improving growth and body shape of the Japansese Black cattle.
Projects of interest to be done in the future whenever fund is available:
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Determination of factors affecting reproduction traits in the Egyptian sheep
breeds. (The traits of interest are litter size, ovulation rate and embryonic
loss). It is also of interest to determine whether any of our local breeds
has a major gene or not.
• Genetic
polymorphisms in local cows.
• I wish,
in the future, to establish a group breeding scheme in an area close to
Alexandria. It is a newly agricultural community established West of Alexandria.
This community contains about 40 villages. I hope to get fund to start this
project.
• There are
many problems facing the reproduction of Egyptian buffalo and we need to
determine the nature of its variation. The results we have obtained up to
now indicated that there is a seasonality problem in breeding water buffalo.
:: Theses supervision:
• Seasonal
variation in wool traits and their relationship to blood parameters in Barki
sheep breeds. (Ph.D student)
• Factors
affecting fattening steers under the Egyptian enviroment (M.Sc. student)
Conferences and visits attended:
1.
The University of Minnesota, USA, to study for Ph.D. degree
during the period from 1983 to 1990 on a governmental
schoalrship
2. NC-111 meeting, Superior, Wisconsin, USA. 1986.
3. The National Meeting of the American Society of Animal
Production, Athens, Georgia, USA, August, 1985.
4. The Third World Congress of Genetics
Applied to Livestock,
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, August, 1986.
5. International Symposium on Prospects of Buffalo Production in
the
Mediterranean/Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, 9-12, November,
1992.
6. A leave to Kiel University, Germany, to work with professor E.
Kalm, Director of the Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics. December,
1992, sponsored by the German DFG.
7. A leave to Kiel University, Germany, to work with professor E.
Kalm, Director of the Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics. July-October,
1994, sponsored by the German DFG.
8. The International Conference of Animal Production in Hot Climate,
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 8-10 January, 1995.
9. A leave to work at the Ministry of Agriculture in Oman, during
the period from January, 1996 to August, 1996, to work as an animal breeding
expert.
10. Third Symposium on the FAO Inter-Regional Research Network on
Buffalo. Cairo, Egypt, 14-17, 1996.
11. A leave to the University of Wales, Bangor, UK, to work with
Professor J.B. Owen, during the period from July, 1997 to December 1997,
sponsored by the Royal Society.
12. Visiting Professor at the University of Zambia, during the period
from 25 February, 2000 to 10 March, 2000 to give some lectures in the area
of animal breeding and genetics. Sponsored by the Association of the African
Universities.
13. The joint meeting of 3rd All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture
and 11th Conference of the Egyptian Society of Animal Production, November
6-9, 2000, Alexandria, Egypt.
14. Visiting professor at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
during the period from February 14, 2001 to July 15, 2001, on a grant offered
by UNESCO.
15. Visiting professor at the Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction,
National Agricultural Research Center of Western Region (WeNARC), the Japanese
Minsitry of Agriculture. On a fellowship granted by the Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (JSPS), during the period from February to December,
2002.
16. Visting professor at the unviersity of Tohoku, Japan, starting
from January to November, 2004, on a grant from the JSPS to conintue the
work on improving the growth of the Japanese Black cattle.
17. The 55th EAAP meeting, Bled, Slovenia, 4-9 September 2004.
The Egyptian community:
•
I have given several lectures to the newly graduates as well as the animal
breeders of Egypt on the issue of animal imrpovement and the importance
of designing breeding programs which is greatly needed in Egypt.
• I gave also
some lectures to the small entrepreneurs. This project is established in
cooperation with the Minsitry of Agriculture to encourage unemployed people
to esablish small projects in the area of agriculture.
• I am also
cooperating with the Egyptian Desert Institute on some projects, mainly
on imporving the productivity of goats and sheep under the desert conditions.
Awards and Membership
The
scientific merit of the University of Alexandria, Egypt in the year of 1997.
• Member of
the Japanese Society of Animal Science
•
Editorial Conultant for
the EAAP from January to December 2005.
References
Professor
Gamal El-Din Abdel-Raheem
Head of the Department of Animal Production
Faculty of Agriculture,
Alexandria University,
Shatby, Alexandria
Egypt
Tel: 00203 5439425
Fax: 00203 592 2780
Professor
Adel Hassan
Professor Emeritus
Department of Animal Production
Faculty of Agriculture
Alexandria University
Shatby, Alexandria
Egypt
Tel: 00203 583 2869
Fax: 00203 592 2780
Professor
Akira Nishida
Graduate School of Agricultural Science,
Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University,
Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics,
981-8555 Amamiya-machi, Tsutsumi-dohri,
Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, JAPAN
Tel/Fax: 022-717-8692
Professor Farahy El Noty
Department of Animal Production
Faculty of Agriculture
Alexandria University
Shatby, Alexandria
Egypt
Tel: 00203 583 2869
Fax: 00203 592 2780
