Pathological Findings of Respiratory Diseases in one Hump Camel (Camelus dromedaries) in Wasit governate | ||
| AL-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences | ||
| Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 56-61 PDF (1.08 M) | ||
| Author | ||
| Zainab Ismail Ibrahim | ||
| Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Respiratory diseases represent one of the infectious diseases which caused serious effects in animals and important loss economic products as in case of camels. Methodology: The current study included twenty clinical respiratory disorders in one Hump Camel (Camelus dromedaries) from eastern-south area in Iraq were it's the living environment of these animals. Results: Respiratory symptoms varying from coughing, nasal discharge fatigue and raised their temperature, weakness, loss of appetite and lost weight. Post-mortem examination of camels carcasses in abattoir investigate stages of pneumonia and pleuropneumonia characterized as heavyweight of their lungs were edematous, congested with rounded and flabby edges, pale-pink color to gray consolidation with emphysematous areas and petechial hemorrhage sometimes. On microscope acute pulmonary edema and congestion were predominant, bronchitis and bronchiolitis, emphysema and collapse with pleurisy. Conclusion: predominant respiratory infection in camels may due to pathogenic agents from bacteria or viruses may even two agents in mixed infection together causes' serious respiratory distress. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| camel; pathological changes; respiratory infections | ||
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