Swaid is a veterinarian who originally hails from Kashmir. Most recently, Swaid has worked at the University of Bristol and Queen’s University Belfast, where he has worked on a range of parasites and vector-borne pathogens. Swaid completed his PhD at the University of Bristol. His project produced the most extensive survey of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in dogs in the UK.
Publications
Journal Articles 19Journal Article
Cooper, A. R., Nixon, E., Vineer, H. R., Abdullah, S., Newbury, H. and Wall, R. (2020). Fleas infesting cats and dogs in Great Britain: spatial distribution of infestation risk and its relation to treatment. Medical and Veterinary Entomology mve.12462. doi: 10.1111/mve.12462
Abdullah, Swaid, Lait, Phillipa, Helps, Chris, Newbury, Hannah and Wall, Richard (2020). The prevalence of Rickettsia felis DNA in fleas collected from cats and dogs in the UK. Veterinary Parasitology, 282 109143, 109143. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109143
Abdullah, Swaid, Helps, Chris, Tasker, Séverine, Newbury, Hannah and Wall, Richard (2019). Pathogens in fleas collected from cats and dogs: distribution and prevalence in the UK. Parasites and Vectors, 12 (1) 71, 71. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3326-x
Hassan, Noor, Rafiq, Muhammad, Rehman, Maliha, Sajjad, Wasim, Hasan, Fariha and Abdullah, Swaid (2019). Fungi in acidic fire: A potential source of industrially important enzymes. Fungal Biology Reviews, 33 (1), 58-71. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2018.08.002
Abdullah, Swaid, Davies, Saran and Wall, Richard (2018). Spectrophotometric analysis of lipid used to examine the phenology of the tick Ixodes ricinus. Parasites and vectors, 11 (1) s13071-018-3102-3, 523. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3102-3
Duplan, Florent, Davies, Saran, Filler, Serina, Abdullah, Swaid, Keyte, Sophie, Newbury, Hannah, Helps, Chris R., Wall, Richard and Tasker, Séverine (2018). Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., haemoplasma species and Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting cats: A large-scale survey. Parasites and Vectors, 11 (1) 201 doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2789-5
Abdullah, S., Helps, C., Tasker, S., Newbury, H. and Wall, R. (2018). Prevalence and distribution of Borrelia and Babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the U.K. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 32 (1), 14-22. doi: 10.1111/mve.12257
Alanazi, A.D., Abdullah, S., Helps, C., Wall, R., Puschendorf, R., Alharbi, S.A., Abdel-Shafy, S. and Shaapan, R.M. (2018). Tick-borne pathogens in ticks and blood samples collected from camels in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Zoological Research, 14 (1), 30-36. doi: 10.3923/ijzr.2018.30.36
Hornok, Sándor, Sándor, Attila D., Beck, Relja, Farkas, Róbert, Beati, Lorenza, Kontschán, Jeno, Takács, Nóra, Földvári, Gábor, Silaghi, Cornelia, Meyer-Kayser, Elisabeth, Hodžić, Adnan, Tomanović, Snežana, Abdullah, Swaid, Wall, Richard, Estrada-Peña, Agustín, Duscher, Georg Gerhard and Plantard, Olivier (2017). Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females. Parasites and Vectors, 10 (1) 545 doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2424-x
Davies, Saran, Abdullah, Swaid, Helps, Chris, Tasker, Séverine, Newbury, Hannah and Wall, Richard (2017). Prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: Babesia and Borrelia species in ticks infesting cats of Great Britain. Veterinary Parasitology, 244, 129-135. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.07.033
Medlock, J. M., Hansford, K. M., Vaux, A. G. C., Cull, B., Abdullah, S., Pietzsch, M. E., Wall, R., Johnson, N. and Phipps, L. P. (2017). Distribution of the tick Dermacentor reticulatus in the United Kingdom. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 31 (3), 281-288. doi: 10.1111/mve.12235
Abdullah, Swaid, Helps, Chris, Tasker, Severine, Newbury, Hannah and Wall, Richard (2016). Ticks infesting domestic dogs in the UK: A large-scale surveillance programme. Parasites and Vectors, 9 (1) 391. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1673-4
Tewari, Anita and Abdullah, Swaid (2015). Bacillus cereus food poisoning: international and Indian perspective. Journal of Food Science and Technology-Mysore, 52 (5), 2500-2511. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1344-4
Dar, L. M., Darzi, M. M., Mir, M. S., Kamil, S. A., Rashid, A., Abdullah, S., Hussain, S. A., Rather, F. A. and Parihar, Shrada (2014). Histopathological and histoenzymatic studies on bronchopneumonia in sheep. Journal of Applied Animal Research, 42 (3), 289-296. doi: 10.1080/09712119.2013.845101
Dar, Latief Mohammad, Darzi, Mohammad Maqbool, Mir, Masood Saleem, Kamil, Shayuaib Ahmad, Rashid, Adil and Abdullah, Swaid (2013). Prevalence of lung affections in sheep in northern temperate regions of India: A postmortem study. Small Ruminant Research, 110 (1), 57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2012.08.006
Abdullah, Swaid, Yadav, C. L. and Vatsya, S. (2013). Comparative efficacy of two synthetic pyrethroids against Rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus. Acarina, 21 (1), 84-87.
Vatsya S., Abdullah S., Sharma D. and Mudasir M. (2012). Parasitic ova and oocysts observed in intestinal contents of a Leopard (Panthera pardus)- A case report. Journal of Veterinary Parasitology, 26 (2), 170-171.
Abdullah, Swaid, Yadav, C. L. and Vatsya, Stuti (2012). Esterase profile of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus populations collected from Northern India exhibiting varied susceptibility to deltamethrin. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 58 (3), 315-325. doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9584-3
Abdullah, Swaid, Dar, Latief M. , Rashid, Adil and Tewari, Anita (2012). Hirudotherapy /Leech therapy: applications and indications in surgery. Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 1 (3), 172-180. doi: 10.5455/aces.20120402072447