Prof. Dr. Manal Hadi Kanaan

Editor-in-Chief

Biography & Expertise

Prof. Dr. Manal H.G. Kanaan holds a BSA and an M.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, and earned her Ph.D. in Public Health, with specialisation in Meat Microbiology and Meat Safety, from the same institution. She is currently a Lecturer in Microbiology and Anatomy at the Technical Institute of Suwaira, Middle Technical University, Iraq.

Prof. Dr. Kanaan has published numerous research articles in national and international journals covering public health, meat microbiology, meat safety, food microbiology, veterinary science, and antimicrobial resistance. Her research interests focus on veterinary public health, food safety, meat microbiology, and antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens, with particular emphasis on molecular resistance mechanisms, resistance genes, their role in the emergence of resistant pathogens, and interventions for improving food safety.

Selected Publications

Kanaan, M. H. G., Al-Shadeedi, S. M. J., Al-Massody, A. J., & Ghasemian, A. (2020). Drug resistance and virulence traits of Acinetobacter baumannii from Turkey and chicken raw meat. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 70, 101451.

Kanaan, M. H. G. (2018). Antibacterial effect of ozonated water against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contaminating chicken meat in Wasit Province, Iraq. Veterinary World, 11(10), 1445.

Kanaan, M. H. G., Khalil, Z. K., Khashan, H. T., & Ghasemian, A. (2022). Occurrence of virulence factors and carbapenemase genes in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis isolated from chicken meat and egg samples in Iraq. BMC Microbiology, 22(1), 279.

Kanaan, M. H. G. (2023). Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium isolated from retail chicken meat in Wasit markets, Iraq. Veterinary World, 16(3), 455.

Kanaan, M. H. G., & Abdulwahid, M. T. (2019). Prevalence rate, antibiotic resistance and biotyping of thermotolerant Campylobacter isolated from poultry products vended in Wasit markets. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 7(3), 905.

Kanaan, M. H. G., & Tarek, A. M. (2020). Clostridium botulinum, a foodborne pathogen and its impact on public health. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health, 23(5), 346–359