PREVALENCE OF ECTOPARASITES AND THEIR EFFECT ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL INDICES IN CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS) AT SHALATIN CITY | ||
| Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 13, Volume 50, Issue 100, January 2004, Pages 164-187 PDF (2.78 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/avmj.2004.252446 | ||
| Authors | ||
| O. M. MAHRAN; M. A. SALEH | ||
| Shallatin laboratory, Animal Heallh Research. ARC, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Field and abattoir survey was done on a total of 810 male and female camels at different ages and seasons to study the prevalence of ectoparasites at Shalatin City, Rod Sea Govemorate, Egypt. Out of 680 examined camels in the field study, 45.59% revealed infestation with ectoparasites. Of these animals lll76% were infested with sarcoptic scabiei var camell, 30.14% with ticks and 3.67% showed mixed infestation. The incidence of ectoparasitw in the abattoir survey was higher (87.7%) because of the high incidence of Cephalopenia titillator (67.69%). Tick species like Hyalomma dromedarii, Amblyoma lepidum and Ornithodoros savignyi species were recorded. Older camels were more susceptible than younger individuals. Mange mites and bot flies were more prevalent with higher intensity in females than male camels, meanwhile tick infestation was more prevalent in males but females had higher burden. Contrarily to ticks, the highest rate of mites and nasal bot infestation was recorded in winter while the lowest was in summer. Nonnocytic not-mochromic anaemia was the hallmark of tick and nasal bot infestation, but infestation with mites revealed microcytic hypochromic anaemia. All infested groups showed lencccytosis accompanied by lymphocytosis and eosinophilia. Proteinogr-am showed hypoproteinaemia consequent to hypoalbuzninaemia and hypetglobulinaemia. There was marked hyper ct-globulinaemia and hyper rglobulinaemia without changes in _B-globulin fraction. Cases of sarcoptic mange treated with ivermcctin showed disappearance of the initiated clinical signs and restored haematological and biochemical indices. | ||
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d.romeda.ry, ectoparasites, prevalence, protein lectrophoresis. | ||
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