Clinical pregnancy diagnosis in the camel and a comparison with bovine pregnancy

Musa, B. E.; Abusineina, M.E.

doi:10.1136/vr.102.1.7

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“…The 2-fold increase in size of the pregnant horn at 60 days agreed with the findings of Barmintsev (1951) for the Bactrian camel. However, the absence of palpable swelling of the uterus until the 8th week reported by Musa & Abusineina (1978b) can be ascribed to the pregravid size of the uterus as a function of age and parity of the camels examined.…”

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A study of the genital organs of the female dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)

Elwishy

1988

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Summary. Camels (416 pregnant, 118 non-involuted post partum and 730 nonpregnant) were examined post mortem. Large follicles (>10 mm), small follicles (5\p=n-\10mm) and non-functional ovaries were observed in 144 (20\m=.\7%), 127 (18\m=.\3%) and 424 (61\m=.\0%)respectively out of 695 normal non-pregnant organs. Season did not exert any significant influence on the frequency of these groups. Recently formed and regressing CL after sterile mating were occasionally seen. Corpora albicantia (3\p=n-\15mm) were the most frequent structures observed in non-pregnant organs of parous camels as well as in pregnant tracts, together with the CL of pregnancy: 17% of ovaries contained more than one luteal structure. Pregnancy was easily recognized as early as 40\p=n-\45 days of gestation because of the marked swelling of the left uterine horn in which 99\m=.\52%of the pregnancies were located.

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A study of the genital organs of the female dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)

Elwishy

1988

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“…Chi square analysis for comparison between seasonal occurrences of Brucella infection revealed high significant differences between different seasons (P ≤ 0.05). The prevalence was being high in spring and autumn (Abdel-Raouf and El-Naggar, 1964;Shalash, 1965;Musa and Abusineina, 1978;Mares, 1954).…”

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Sero-prevalence of camel brucellosis (Camelus dromedarius) and phenotypic characteristics of Brucella melitensis biovar 3 in Shalateen City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

El‐Sayed¹,

Sayed-Ahmed²,

El-Diasty³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.

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The objective of this study was to estimate the sero-prevalence of brucellosis in camels in Shalateen city, Red sea Governorate. A total of 801 Sera were collected from apparently healthy dromedary camels from 2014 to 2015 spring. Sera were consequently serologically tested and confirmed using Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT), buffer acidified plate antigen test (BAPAT) and complement fixation test (CFT). 103 (12.90%), 93 (11.60%), and 92 (11.50%) were positive for RBPT, BABAT and CFT, respectively. Young camels were more sero-positive than old one (13.30 vs.10.80%). In addition, females were more sero-positive than males (19.10 vs. 7.10%). Moreover, Brucella melitensis biovar 3 was isolated from stomach content of aborted camel fetus. Statistically, the apparent prevalence (AP) was estimated to be 11.50%, while true prevalence (TP) was 13.60% (95% CI: 11.20 to 16%; P < 0.05). There was non statistical significant association between different age groups, while a highly significant difference were detected between seasons and genders. This study documented a high prevalence of camel brucellosis in the area of study and there is a need for planning and implementation of joint programs by stakeholders in prevention and control of the disease as well as raising public awareness in decreasing the distribution of the disease.

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“…In the non-breeding season there is reduced testicular activity (Sharma, 1981 ;Bedrak et ai, 1983;Friedländer, Rosenstrauch & Bedrak, 1984) associated with decreased serum testosterone concentrations (Yagil & Etzion, 1980;Bedrak et ai, 1983). It is generally accepted that the male camel has a period of sexual activity which corresponds to the oestrous period of females (Volcani, 1954;Charnot, 1964;Abdel-Raouf, Fateh El-Bab & Owaida, 1975;Yagil & Etzion, 1980 Musa & Abusineina, 1978a fig. 1), in which oestrus recurred 7 days after the first mating.…”

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