RUSSELL - Key Persons

J. Blanco, D.M. Bird, J. Samour (2007) Reproductive Physiology. In: Bird D.M, Bilddstein K.L. (ed), Raptor Research and Management Techniques. Hancock House Publishers. 286-292.

Job Titles:

• Veterinary Surgeon

Jaime Samour is a veterinary surgeon who has devoted the best part of his professional life to falcon medicine. He graduated with honours at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1978. After a short period of time in his native El Salvador working in private practice, he returned to Veracruz and became an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In 1981, Jaime travelled to London to study and to carry out research projects in reptilian and avian medicine of the Institute of Zoology , Zoological Society of London . He learned and practised haematology under the supervision of Dr Christine Hawkey and Mike Hart. He was awarded a PhD degree on reproductive biology in birds by the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, in 1987. Immediately after, Jaime moved to the Middle East, where he has worked ever since firstly in the Kingdoms of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and finally in the United Arab Emirates. Jaime has edited five textbooks and produced 17 chapters in different textbooks on avian and exotic animal medicine, and more than 120 peer-reviewed papers in international journals. Jaime was recipient of the British Veterinary Zoological Society/Parke-Davies/Upjohn Award in 1998 and the Ted Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year Award in 2006. Jaime was awarded Diplomate status of the European College of Zoological Medicine in the Avian Specialty in 2OO4 and became Professor of Raptor Medicine at the Veterinary College, University of Parma, Italy, in 2018. Jaime became a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Biology based in London, England in 2018. Currently, Jaime continues to provide consultancy services in wildlife medicine and management and on medicine and reproduction of bustards and falcons and he is still active in the area of teaching. J. H. Samour, D. M. J. Spratt, M. G. Hart, B. Savage and C. M. Hawkey (1987). The Zoological Society of London expedition to the Republic of the Seychelles. Zoological Society of London, internal Report presented to the Royal Society and Zoological Society of London. Jones, T. A. Bailey, P. K. Nicholls and J. H. Samour (1994). Cestode parasites of captive bustards in the UAE. International Conference of Parasitologists. J. H. Samour (2003). Semen collection, spermatozoa preservation and artificial insemination in non-domesticated birds. European Association of Avian Veterinarians Conference, Tenerife, Spain, 124 - 129. Jaime Samour (2017) Vasectomy in birds. GSG Symposium on avian and exotic animal medicine and conservation, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. C. M. Hawkey, M. G. Hart and J. H. Samour (1985). Normal and clinical haematology of greater and lesser flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus and phoeniconaias minor). Avian Pathology, 14: 537 - 541. J. H. Samour, R. C. Parsons, S. L. Pugsley and A. L. Ryan (1989). Observations of parasitic infections in captive reptiles. Clinical and husbandry considerations related to helmintiasis in captive Serpentes and Sauria. Herpetopathologia, 1(2): 27 - 39. J. H. Samour and M. Peirce (1996). Babesia shortti infection in a saker falcon (Falco cherrug altaicus). The Veterinary Record, 139: 167 - 168. J. L. Naldo, J. H. Samour, T. A. Bailey (1998). Radiographic monitoring of the ossification of long bones in kori (Ardeotis kori) and white-bellied (Eupodotis senegalensis) bustards. Research in Veterinary Science, 65: 161-163. Judith C. Howlett, Thomas A. Bailey, Jaime H. Samour, Jesus L. Naldo and Marie-Ann D'Aloia (2002). Age-related hematologic changes in captive-reared houbara, white-bellied and rufous crested bustards. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 38(4): 804 - 816. L.M. Gibbons, P.K. Nicholls, T. Bailey and J. Samour (2004). Paraspiralatus sakeri n.g., n.sp. (Nematoda: Spiruroidea, Spirocercidae) from saker falcon, Falco cherrug, in Saudi Arabia and the first report of larvae from the subcutaneous tissues of houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii in Pakistan. Journal of Helminthology, 78: 33 - 40. Jaime H. Samour, Jesus Naldo (2003). Diagnosis and therapeutic management of trichomoniasis in falcons in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 17(3), 136 - 143. J. H. Samour. Semen collection, spermatozoa cryopreservation and artificial insemination in non-domesticated birds (2004). The Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 18(4):219 - 223. J. Samour (2010). Vasectomy in birds: a review. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 24(3):169-173. Jaime Samour, Melodiya Nyela Magno (2016). Point of care blood gases and critical care blood chemistry and haematology reference values in captive gyr falcons (Falco rusticolus). Comparative Clinical Pathology, 25(5): 993-999.

T. C. Bailey., J. Samour and T. A. Bailey (2000). Trichomonas spp. and falcon health in the United Arab Emirates. In: Raptor Biomedicine. Lumeij JT, Remple JD, Redig PT, Lierz M, Cooper JE (eds). Zoological Education Network. 53-58.

T. A. Bailey and J. H. Samour (1996). The National Avian Research Centre - A new conservation organisation established in the Middle East with an active veterinary department. Newsletter of World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians. Jones, T. A. Bailey, P. K. Nicholls, J. H. Samour and J. Naldo (1996). Cestode and acanthacephalan infestations in captive bustards: New host and location records, pathology, control and preventive medicine. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 27(2): 201 - 208. T. A. Bailey, J. H. Samour, J. E. Cooper and R. Chromie (1996). Veterinary considerations of captive breeding and restoration programs for houbara bustards in the Middle East. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 10(4): 268-277. J. Naldo. T. A. Bailey and J. H. Samour (1997). Radiological monitoring of the appearance of ossification centres and epiphyseal fusion of long bones of houbara (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii and rufous-crested (Eupodotis ruficrista) bustards. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 11(1): 2530. T. A. Bailey, U. Wernery, J. Naldo and J. H. Samour (1997). Concentrations of creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase in captive houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) following capture. Comparative Haematology International, 7: 113-115. T. A. Bailey, U. Wernery, J. Naldo, J. Howlett, and J. H. Samour (1998). Normal blood chemistry and age-related changes in the white-bellied bustards (Eupodotis senegalensis), with some clinical observations. Comparative Haematology International, 8: 61-65. T. A. Bailey, R. S. Sheen, C. Silvanose, J. H. Samour, A. Garner and D. W. G. Harron (1998). Pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin after intravenous, intramuscular and oral administration in houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii). Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 21: 288-297. Thomas A. Bailey, Jaime H. Samour and Theresa C. Bailey (1998). Hunted by falcons, protected by falconry: Can the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) fly into the 21st Century? Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 12(3): 190-201.