The prevalence of new born calf-camel scours with special reflection to epidemiology, bacterial etiology and physiology processing at Taif, KSA

Abstract EN

Camels are the top herds wealth in KSA, since is considered as heavy animal population, breeding resist more dangerous diseases.

Calf-camels are precious nuclei for veterinary farms.

It's catch easily infection and ended by death.

Present study based on the more infectious diseases at nursery period for neonatal calf-camels.

The study was conducted at Taif, during 2012.

Taif is a rich area of camels population and breeding.

Data were collected included numbers of total calf-camels aged 0-14 days, scoured calf-camels, morbidity and mortality rates according the clinical signs and specimens collected for examination.

Total calf-camels under study were 1200, morbidity rates were 240(20%) from all examined calf-camels, born at winter 130(54.2%) and at summer 110(45.8%).

Mortality rates were 109(54.4%) from the scoured calf-camels, at winter 57(52.3%) and at summer 52(47.7%).

The predominant isolates were E.

coli(56.3%), Clost.

p.(53.3%), Cam.

j.

(29.6%), Sal.

t.(18.8%), Prot.

v.

(15.4%), Ent.

f.(15%), Br.

a.(14.2%), ETEC (9.6%) and Yer.

e.(9.2%).

The haematology parameters were at winter and summer as follows Blood pH 7.13 and 7.12, Hb 11.1 and 11.0 gm/dl, total RBCs 10.3 and 10.2X106 /Cumm, PCV 52.1 and 52.3%, and total WBCs 11.2 and 11.7X103 /Cumm respectively.

The biochemical parameters were at winter and summer as follows total protein was 8.14 and 8.15 g/dl, sodium 117.1 and 117.2 m.Eq/L, potassium 7.3 and 7.4 m.Eq/L, chloride 69.5 and 69.8 m.Eq/L, urea 38.3 and 38.6 mg/dl, finally createnine 3.1 and 3.2 mg/dl respectively.