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Viral and bacterial infections associated with camel (Camelus dromedarius) calf diarrhea in North Province, Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Khalil, Umar
al-Ruwayli, Mushrif A.
Sami, Salmi A.
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2012), pp.35-41, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2012-03-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Diarrhea and deaths in new-born camel calves were noticed by veterinary investigators and pastoralist in Saudi Arabia to be very high.
Hence, it is thought to be necessary to investigate this problem from the virological and bacteriological point of view.
The role of pathogenic bacteria and viruses in six different towns of North Province (Al-Assafia, Arar, Domat Aljandal, Hail, Skaka and Khoa) in Saudi Arabia was studied.
Survey was conducted in diarrheic camel calves aged 12 months or younger.
In our study calf diarrhea was reported in 184 out of 2308 camels examined clinically during one year, the prevalence of diarrhea was found to be 8.0% in calves ranging from one month to one year.
In the present study group A rotavirus and Brucella abortus were detected in 14.7% and 8.98%, respectively, using ELISA technique.
Escherichia coli was isolated from diarrheic calf camel (58.2%) 99/170 samples during dry and wet season.
Salmonella spp.
and Enterococcus spp.
were detected in 12% and 8.8% of the specimens, respectively.
In this study enterotoxogenic E.
coli (ET E.
coli) was isolated from 7% of diarrheic camel, which indicates the strong correlation between the camel calf diarrhea and the detection of enterotoxogenic E.
coli.
This study represented the first report for the detection of group A rotavirus and B.
abortus antigen and antibodies in calf
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ruwayli, Mushrif A.& Khalil, Umar& Sami, Salmi A.. 2012. Viral and bacterial infections associated with camel (Camelus dromedarius) calf diarrhea in North Province, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.35-41.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ruwayli, Mushrif A.…[et al.]. Viral and bacterial infections associated with camel (Camelus dromedarius) calf diarrhea in North Province, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 19, no. 1 (2012), pp.35-41.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-360024
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ruwayli, Mushrif A.& Khalil, Umar& Sami, Salmi A.. Viral and bacterial infections associated with camel (Camelus dromedarius) calf diarrhea in North Province, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012. Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.35-41.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-360024
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 40-41
Record ID
BIM-360024