Firas Rashad Al-Samarai

Profile
Firas is an experienced in a Biostatistics whose practical skills
are supported by different academic of a high quality college of
University of Baghdad. He was acquired his expertise in an
often difficult circumstances and has emerged stronger as a
result, he was an excellent ability in handling most of a higher
education people, senior staff of University. His organizational
abilities coupled with his language skills make him an ideal
candidate for senior lecturer.

Academic Qualifications
1986"Bachelor Degree in Animal Resource" College of
Agriculture , University of Baghdad, Iraq
1989 "Msc. Degree in Animal Breeding" College of
Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Iraq
2006 "Ph.D. Degree in Animal Breeding" College of
Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Aspects of Expertise & Knowledge

Statistical Analysis (SAS, SPSS, MedCalc, Graphpad
Prism, CompuSyn, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis)
Experimental Design of a higher studying
Offering a statistical consultant for a difficult problem
facing postgraduate students

 Offering scientific consultation in preparing manuscripts

for publishing in scientific journals.

Academic Work
Giving lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate students in
Biostatistics at:
College of Veterinary Medicine/Univ. of Baghdad/Iraq.
College of Science for Women/Univ. of Baghdad
The Higher Institute of Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted
Reproductive Techniques. Univ. of Al-Nahrain/Iraq.
Publishing Books
1- Analysis of data by using SAS Program
2- Fitting dose response curves
3- Statistics and Diagnostic Medical tests.(Dr.Firas &
Dr.Sama Ebdulkareem

Scientific Activities
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A member in Asian Council of Scientific Editors

Having a page in
ResearchGate:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Firas_Al-Samarai

liveDNA : 964.1439
ResearcherID is: M-4626-2014

Google Scholar Citations:

scholar.google.com/citations?user=x7wDmjsAAAAJ&hl=en

- Publishing three books:

a- Analysis of Data by using The Statistical SAS Program
b- Fitting Dose-Response Curves
c- Statistics and Medical diagnostic tests.
- Publishing the following manuscripts
Al-Samarai F.R.Al-Anbari N.N. and Al-tmimi Y.K., 2006.
Genetics aspects of reproductive performance for
Holstein. Iraqi J. Vet. Med.Vol. 8,2:95-105. (In Arabic).
Al-Nedawi A.M., Al-Samarai F.R. and Al-Soudi K.A. 2008.
Effect of pause size and its number on egg mass for a

stock of White Leghorn in Iraq. International Journal

of Poultry Science. 3: 240 242.
Al-Samarai F.R. and Al-Kassie G.A. 2008. Prediction of total
egg production from partial or cumulative egg production
in a stock of White Leghorn hens in Iraq. International
Journal of Poultry Scince. 7: 890 - 893.
Al-Samarai F.R. 2012. Effect of some environmental factors on
abortion and offspring sex ratio in Holstein cows in Iraq.
I.J.S.N., VOL. 3(2) 2012: 361-365.
Al-Samarai F.R. 2008. Best linear unbiased prediction of sires
for age at puberty of their daughters in Holstein cattle.
Life Sciences International Journal. 4: 804 - 808.
Al-Samarai F.R.2008.Some factors influencing gestation length
in Holstein cows. Life Sciences International Journal. 4:
774 - 778.
Al-Samarai F.R.2008. Some factors influencing twinning rate in
a herd of Holstein cattle in Iraq. Life Sciences
International Journal. 4: 841 846.
Al-Samarai F.R.2008.Best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP)
for sires depending on the days open of their daughters in
a herd of Holstein. Jordan J. Agr.Sci.4:419-426.
Al-Anbari, N.N. and Al-Samarai. F.R. 2009. Muzzle
Dermatoglyphics of Holstein and its Applicability in
Predicting the Major Milk Contents. Life Sciences
International Journal. 3: 1126 1129.
Al-Samarai, F.R. and Al-Anbari, N.N. 2009. Genetic evaluation
of rams for total milk yield in Iraqi Awassi sheep. Journal
of Agricultural and Biological Science. 3: 54 57.
Al-Samarai, Firas R. Thamer K. Al-Ganabi, Ahmed M. AlNedawi, Kalid A. Al-Soudi. 2009. Genetic evaluation of
roosters for fertility and hatchability according to semen
index and individual semen traits. Journal of Agricultural
and Biological Science. 4: 17 22.
Firas R. Al-Samarai & Sadi S. Khalaf.2011. Genetic evaluation
of sires and daughters for average daily milk yield in two

stations of Holstein cows. Anbar J. Agri. Sci. 138-148.

(In Arabic).
Al-Samarai, Firas R.2011. Odds ratio of dystocia in Holstein
cows in Iraq. R.O.A.V.S., 1(1): 35-39.
Al-Samarai, Firas R.,2012. The Effect of Some Factors on
Stillbirth in Primiparous and Multiparous Holstein
Cattle in Iraq. Global Journal of Medical Research. 12,
3: 23-29.
Al-Samarai, Firas R.,2012.The Effect of Some Factors on
Stillbirth in Primiparous and Multiparous Holstein Cattle
in Iraq. Global Journal of Medical Research.12(3):22-29.
Eman H. Al- Anbari, Ahmed A. Abbas, Firas R. Al-Samarai,
Jenan S. Al-Shamire & Falah H. Al-Zaidi. 2013. Effect
of using cumin oil (Cuminum cyminum) as feed additive
on profile analysis and growth curve of broiler. Global
Journal of Bio-Science and Biotechnology.2 (3) 2013:
326-330.
Al-Samarai, Firas Rashad, Sadi Shalan Khalaf & Falah Hamad
Al-Zaidi.2013. Estimation of correlated response in some
lifetime traits according to other traits in Holstein cows.
I.J.A.B.R, VOL. 3(2): 227-230.
Al-Samarai, Firas R., and Falah H.Al-Zaydi.2014. Genetic
evaluation of longevity in dairy cattle. Global Journal of
Scientific Researches. Vol. 2(4), pp. 98-104, 30.
Al-Samarai, Firas R., 2014. A MetaAnalysis of the Impact of
Parity on Dystocia and Stillbirth in Holstein Cattle.
Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 2 (7): 381
389.
Al-Samarai, Firas R., et al., 2014. Influence of some Genetic
and Non-Genetic Factors on Total Milk Yield and
Lactation Period in Iraqi Awassi Sheep. Advances in
Animal and Veterinary Sciences 2 (12): 662 667.
Al-Samarai, Firas R., et al., 2014. Estimates of environmental
and genetic parameters influencing some growth traits of
Awassi lambs in Iraq. The Scientific Committee of the

"The 5th International Scientific Conference on Sheep &

Goats Production. Sharm El-El Shiekh.Egypt.
Al-Samarai, Firas R., et al., 2014. Comparison of several
methods of sires evaluation for total milk yield in a herd
of Holstein cows in Yemen International Scientific
Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering, which
is being held 20-21 December, 2014 at Pearl International
Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Language
Arabic: Speaking, reading, listening & writing
English: Speaking, reading, listening & writing

Personal Details
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Date of Birth: 1 May 1966

Nationality: Iraqi
Religion: Moslem
E-mail: firas_rashad@yahoo.com
Degree: Assis. Prof.
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Baghdad
IRAQ