| Gross and microscopic pulmonary lesions of camels from Eastern Ethiopia. | |
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PMID: 18551775 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Camels are important animals for pastoralists in the northeastern, eastern, southeastern and southern parts of Ethiopia. This paper reports on abattoir study of respiratory lesions in 104 adult camels at the Dire Dawa abattoir (88 male and 16 female). The study showed 98% of the examined lungs had one or more lesions. The most common lesions were pulmonary fibrosis (50.00%), pneumoconiosis (34.62%), hydatid cyst (30.80%), pulmonary abscess (3.85%) and parasitic bronchopneumonia (0.96%). The distribution of pneumoconiosis and hydatid cyst varied significantly (p<0.05) among different lobes, the highest being seen in the caudal lobe. For the different lesions there was no significant (p>0.05) difference in distribution among male and female camels. Possible explanations for the occurrence of the lesions are discussed. And recommendations forecasted are made. Southern Ethiopia (Bekele 1999). Camel respiratory problem has received little consideration, even though it is an emerging disease in Ethiopia causing considerable loss of production and deaths (Rufael 1996; Bekele 1999). This paper reports a study of pulmonary lesions of 104 adult camels (88 male and 16 female) of unknown age and health status brought for slaughter to the Dire Dawa abattoir. |
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Authors:
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Samuel T Bekele |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Tropical animal health and production Volume: 40 ISSN: 0049-4747 ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Publication Date: 2008 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-13 Completed Date: 2008-08-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1277355 Medline TA: Trop Anim Health Prod Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 25-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Parasitology and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 123110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. saambeek@yahoo.com |
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Animals Camels* Female Histocytochemistry / veterinary Lung Diseases / pathology, veterinary* Male |
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