1 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been persistent in 2 the Middle East region since 2012. Abundant scientific evidence showed that dromedary 3 camels are the primary host of the virus. Majority of human cases (i.e. 75% or 88%) are 4 due to human-to-human transmission, while the others are due to camel-to-human transmis5 sion. Mathematical modelling of MERS-CoV camel-...

This study was designed to reveal out the prevalence of Sarcoptic mite infestation and the risk factors associated with occurrence of mange in one-humped camels (Camulus dromedarius) at smallholder farms in Upper Egypt, and to develop an applicable therapeutical protocol for the Sarcoptic mange infested camels. A total of 660 one-humped camels were randomly selected from different villages of A...

Wild Bactrian camels (Camela ferus) are listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and only persist in some of the most remote locations in northern China and southern Mongolia. Although the species has been recognized as an umbrella species for the fragile central Asian desert ecosystem and has been high on the conservation agenda, little is kn...

BACKGROUND Rift valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral disease of domestic livestock and wild ruminants. In camels RVF may cause abortion among pregnant camels, but is most often asymptomatic among other camels. In this study, a seroepidemiological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of RVFV antibodies and to identify the potential risk factors associated with RVFV seropositi...

Abstract For thousands of years, camels have produced meat, milk, and fiber in harsh desert conditions. a sustainable development to provide protein resources from areas, it is necessary pay attention genetic improvement camel breeding. By using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method we over 14,500 genome wide markers conduct genome- association study (GWAS) for investigating the birth weight, d...

The camel is one of the typical and the best adopted animals of the desert, capable of enduring thirst and hunger for days and is the most patient of land animals. For desert nomads of Pakistani Cholistan, it is a beloved companion, a source of milk and meat, transport facility provider and a racing/dancing animal, thus, playing an important role in the socioeconomic uplift of the local communi...

A cross-sectional study to investigate prevalence, seasonal prevalence and causative agents of clinical and subclinical dromedary camel mastitis in Saudi Arabia (KSA) was conducted. The prevalence of acute mastitis was 3.6% and of chronic mastitis was 2.2%. Physical tests, California mastitis test (CMT) and somatic cell count (SCC), were done in normal and infected milk specimens to draw a bord...

BACKGROUND Pastoral social-ecological systems (SESs) are adaptive and complex systems rooted in the extensive exploitation of forage plants for livestock-based livelihoods and culture. There are species and relations that are foundational to the existence of these SESs. Nucularia perrinii Batt. (Chenopodiaceae) is an endemic halophyte plant of central and western Sahara seldom cited in the scie...

Camels showed clinical signs of contagious skin necrosis (CSN), with or without trypanosomosis, were subjected to study. The following samples were collected; sterile bacteriological swabs from skin necrosis area, whole blood samples for hematological analysis and for diagnosis of trypanosomosis, and serum for measuring lipid peroxidation product (Malondialdehyde, MDA). The bacteriological exam...