RUMEN AND BLOOD CONSTITUENTS ALTERATIONS IN GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES INFESTATION IN EGYPTIAN DROMEDARY CAMELS | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Veterinary Medical Association | ||
| Volume 77, Issue 1, April 2017, Pages 81-93 PDF (658.57 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research Articles | ||
| Abstract | ||
| It was necessary to emphasize the rule of gastrointestinal parasites in clinical physical examination, prevalence and impact on rumen and blood constituents in apparently healthy, infected and treated dromedary camels. Complete clinical examination of 240 camels (including 60 infected cases); rumen and blood samples were examined during the affection and after treatment with Netobimin 15% (Hapadex®) as 5 ml/100kg body weight. High prevalence rate of gastrointestinal parasites was recorded as Trichostrongylus and Nematodirus were 53.7 and 52.5 %; while that of Heamonchus, Trichuris, Cooperia and Monezia were 22.1, 21.7, 21.3 and 12.5% respectively in camels examined around the year. The infected camels suffered from mild rumen acidosis with significant increases (p<0.001) in the level of acetic, propionic, butyric and isovaleric acids; macrocytic hypochromic anemia, hemodilution, moderate hypokinemia and hypercupremia. The increases in the rumen calcium, magnesium and zinc were significant (p<0.001). The study of the correlations confirmed the tight interaction between the rumen and blood constituents in health and disease. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Body fluids; camel; gastrointestinal parasites; Netobimin 15% | ||
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