Studies on eye affections among camels in Egypt: Clinical and bacteriological studies

Clinical and bacteriological studies were carried out on 260 out of 2500 camels from Sinai and El Fayoum provinces and police and military services "Hagana "in the period between 19861996 . These animals presented with ocular affections of varying manifestations. Trials for treatment according antibiogram sensitivity test were performed .At the same time 100 healthy eyes were subjected to bacteriological examination to determine the normal ocular microflora. The ocular affections were differentiated according to the affected anatomical structures and bacteriological finding. The incidence of ocular disease was found to be 10.40. Corynebacterium ulcerans,Streptococcus pyogenes , Moraxella Lacunata, Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were only isolated from diseased cases. Introduction: Eye affections such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, endophthalmitis, uveitis and panophthalmitis are commonly reported among animals. (Gellat1981; Slatter, 1981 and Severin, 1984). Recently many investigators have studied the camel in health and disease (Ramadan, 1994) but little attention has been paid to eye diseases in this species. The objective of the present study was to investigate the different types of camel eye affections, describe the clinical symptoms, identify the etiological agents and propose suitable treatment. Material and methods: The present investigation was carried out on 2500 camels from Sinai and El Fayoum provinces, and from herds of the police and military services "Hagana" in the period between March I986 till April 1996. 260 camels suffered from different ocular afflictions. These affected camels were subjected to clinical and bacteriological investigations. Treatment trials