Camel Dermatophilosis in Kenya, Sudan and Saudi Arabia
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1998Author
Gitao, C G
Agab, H
Khalifalla, A J
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Camel dermatophilosis has been found in Kenya, Sudan and
Saudi Arabia. Camel dermatiophilosis has been reported in Kenya
from Samburu and Laikipia districts. In Sudan it has been described
in outbreaks in the Butana region and in Saudi Arabia there were
outbreaks in a commercial dairy farm in the Buraidah region. The
clinico-epidemiological patterns and bacterial isolates were
compared.
In all cases, it was found that camel calves were more seriously
affected than adults. The disease affected most parts of the skin.
Affected animals were weak and unable to feed properly. The fatality
rates ranged from 0% in Saudi Arabia to 30% in Sudan.
Confirmation of the disease was by bacterial isolation and
histopathlogy. All the bacterial isolates had similar biochemical
properties. In Saudi Arabia, however, mixed infection involving
Dermatophilus congolensis and Microsporum gypseum were found
in forty eight camels which had discrete circumscribed lesions. This
is in contrast to the mainly confluent crusty hairless brown lesions
caused by Dermatophilus congolensis. Dermatophilus congolensis is
one of the conditions that impede camel production in the three
countries.
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Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting for Animal Production Under Arid Conditions, Vol. 2: 93-107 © 1998 United Arab Emirates UniversityPublisher
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi