Two cultures of anaerobic fungi were isolated from the forestomach of an Indian camel (Camelus dromedarius). Phylogenetic analysis using both the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and large-subunit (LSU) regions of the rRNA locus demonstrated that these isolates were identical and formed a distinct clade within the anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota). Morphological examination showed...

Pharmacological effects of camel urine (CU), its protein precipitate (PP), diluted urine (DU) and chloroformic extract (CE) were investigated. The PP inhibited the spontaneous movements of the isolated rat duodenum at a dose rate of 0.1ml/bath. Diluted female camel urine (0.4 ml/bath) or its protein precipitate (0.8 ml/bath) on rat fundus and rabbit jejunum revealed serotonin like effect which ...

The present work was undertaken to evaluate the stimulatory effect of Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) on the intestinal calcium (Ca) absorption using stable strontium (Sr) as a surgoate marker in 10 Camels. The animals were randomly divided into two groups of five animals. Just after an oral Sr load (4.1 mmol of SrCl2), the first and the second (control) groups received either an i....