Prof. Abdulkarim E. Ahtash

Personal information

Name

Ahtash  Abdulkarim E.

Date of birth

August 8,1958

Place of birth

Tripoli-Libya

Marital status

Married

Address

Ain-Zara, Tripoli/P.O. Box 13212, University of Tripoli. Tripoli – Libya.

E. mail

a.ahtash@uot.edu.ly  ahtash582000@yahoo.com.

Mobile Phone

+218913774748

 

Educational Qualification

 

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BSc. Agric. Science/Anim. Prod.

1976-1980. University of Tripoli, Tripoli /Libya.

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Title

MSc. Agric. Science/Anim. Breeding

1982-1986. University of Tripoli, Tripoli /Libya.

Environmental factors affecting weaning weight of Libyan Barbary Lambs.

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Title

Ph.D. Genetic and Animal Breeding

1993-1998. Cairo Univ., Cairo / Egypt.

Wool characteristics of Libyan Barbary sheep

Language

Arabic, English.

Communication Techniques

Use of computer and internet.

 

 

 

 

Experience

  • Professor/animal breeding and genetic, Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli.
  • Vice dean of Faculty of Agriculture from 2018 until now.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the research, consulting and training Centre at University of Tripoli from 2014 - 2019.
  • Editor-in-Chief of the Libyan Journal of Agriculture since 2009 until now.
  • Coordinator of Higher Studies of Animal Production Department during 2017 - 2019.
  • Coordinator of Higher Studies of Animal Production Department during 2013-2015.
  • Coordinator of Higher Studies of Animal Production Department during 2005-2009.
  • Chairman of Animal Production Department during 1999-2002.
  • Head of Scientific Affairs of High Institute of Veterinary and Agriculture Science at Zentan city during 1988-1989.
  • Researcher at Agriculture research centre 1980-1981.

Teaching experience

  • Animal husbandry course for undergraduate students.
  • Introduction to Animal production Science course for undergraduate Students.
  • Principle of Animal Breeding course for undergraduate students.
  • Applied Animal Breeding course for undergraduate students.
  • Sheep and Goat production course for Undergraduate students.
  • Agriculture Statistics course for Undergraduate students.
  • Animal and Avian Genetics course for postgraduate students.
  • Population Genetic course for postgraduate students.
  • Experimental Design course for postgraduate students.


 

Research

-      Main supervisor for MSc. Degree:

  • Improving the performance of local Goats (total milk production, fat and protein percentage).MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac. / University of Tripoli.2006.
  • Improving the performance of local Goats (Growth rate before and after weaning and carcass characteristics). MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac. / University of Tripoli.2007.
  • Influence of face colour on production characteristics of Libyan Barbary sheep. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli .2008.
  • Genetic parameters of growth rate and wool trait of Libyan Barbary sheep. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli, 2014.

-      Second supervisor for MSc. Degree:

  • Crossbreeding of local goats with Shami goats and Mortia-Grinada goats. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Effects of Season and lactating season on production and reproduction performance of dairy cattle under Libyan conditions. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Effects of body condition on milk yield and fertility of dairy cattle. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Use of RAPD-PCR for studying genetic diversity of Local poultry breeds. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Estimates of repeatability coefficient for productive and reproductive traits of dairy cattle on Al-Naser and Ghot-Sultan station. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Study of sheep Production system and their effects on productive performance of Barbary sheep. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac./ University of Tripoli.
  • Weaning and ram effects on sexual puppetries and reproductive traits of local Barbary female’s sheep. MSc. Thesis, Agric. Fac. / University of Tripoli.

-      Publications

  • Environmental factors affecting weaning weight of Libyan Barbary lambs under range conditions. The Libyan Journal of Agriculture. 1999, Vol.14.
  • Wool traits of different body positions of Libyan Barbary sheep. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences.2003, Vol.12, No.12.
  •  Wool fibre density and shrinkage percentage of wool of Libyan Barbary sheep. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 2004, Vol. 13, No.13.
  •  Wool characteristics of the Libyan Barbary sheep and factors affecting them. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 2005, Vol.15, No.1.
  •  Effect of docking on growth rate and carcass characteristics on Libyan Barbary sheep. Egyptian Journal for sheep and goat science. 2006, Vol.1, No.1.
  • Improving the performance of local Libyan goats by crossing with Cyprus Damascus goats.1- Growth rate before and after weaning of first generation kids. Journal of Sebha University.  2007, Vol.6, No.3.
  • Improving the performance of local Libyan goats by crossing with Cyprus Damascus goats.3- Milk production and some milk constituents of F1 female.  Journal of Sebha University. 2007, Vol.6, No.1.
  • Birth weight, weight at 70-day of age, weaning weight and the weight after weaning in Libyan Barbary sheep. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 2007, Vol.17, No.2.
  • Growth performance in crossbred of local goats with Damascus and Mortia Grinada goats. Egyptian Journal for sheep and goat sciences. 2008, Vol.3, No.1.
  • Carcass characteristics of the Libyan purebred Mahali Goat and their crosses with Damascus and Morcia Granada Goats. Agricultural and Marine Sciences.2010, 15:21-27.
  • Face colour effects on growth rate of Libyan Barbary lambs. Egyptian Journal for sheep and goat sciences. 2010, Vol.1,No.1.
  • Wool of the Libyan Camel, 1- Yield and fibre characteristics. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences.2007.Vol. 17, No.3.
  • Libyan Camel wool, 2- Wool characters on different body positions. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. (In press).
  • The use of incomplete-gama function in describing the lactation curve in local goats and their crosses. The Libyan Journal of Agriculture. 2013, Vol.17, No.1, 24-31.
  • The Effect of Urea Treated Straws and Urea-Molasses Feed Blocks (UMB) on Reproductive Performance of Libyan Barbary sheep. Proceedings, Part I. The 6th ISTAP:International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2015.Scientific Conferences
  • First conference on Animal production at Halep University (Syria), 21-23/11/2004.
  • Agriculture production conference at Tajora - Libya, 29-30/11/2005.
  • First International scientific conference on small ruminant production. (Cairo), 7-9/2/2006.
  • Regional Workshop on recent advances in goat production under arid conditions. (Cairo), Desert research centre and FAO, 10-13/4/2006.
  • International scientific conference on production and health of small ruminant at arid and semi-arid region. (Muscat), 26-28/1/2008.
  •  Second International scientific conference on small ruminant production .(Cairo),12-14/2/2008.
  • Scientific conference on meat concerning production, control and manipulation. (Libya) , 3-4/12/2008.
  • 3rd International Scientific Conference on Small Ruminant Development. Hurghada, Egypt, 12-15 April, 2010.
  • Preparatory events “4th UN Conference on LDCs”- Science, Technology and Innovation: Setting Priorities and implementing Policies for Least Developed Countries. Istanbul, Turkey 7-8 Feb.2011.
  •  3rd Conference of International Society of Camelid Research and Development. 29th January – 1st February 2012, Muscat Sultanate of Oman.
  • The 6th International Seminar on Tropical Animal Production. 20-22 October 2015, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Technical Committees

  • Membership of technical committee for characterization of sheep and goats, (Animal breed’s improvement project).
  • Membership on the committee of preparing report about genetic resources of animal on Libya, (Agriculture and Animal research centre).
  •  Membership on technical committee for editing the studies and research abstracts of Livestock on Libya.
  • Membership on scientific committee of animal breeds improvement project.
  • Membership of evaluation and recommend the proposed scientific researches committee under the authorities of National Association of Scientific Research.
  • Membership of improving the educational process of Agriculture Faculty 2013.
  • Head of preparatory committee of sheep work shop during 28-29 October 2013 organized at Faculty of Agriculture – University of Tripoli, Libya.
  • Head of preparatory committee of food security symposium 3 during 14-16 October 2019, organized at Faculty of Agriculture – University of Tripoli, Libya.