Abstract:
During 2014 out of 13866 racing camels (To Gulf) tested for brucellosis in Kassala Veterinary Research Laboratory 1479 (10.7%) were positive. In PortSudan 542 (2.2%) out of 24916 were positive. In the ordinary situation all positive camels should be excluded from the cargoes. During the period from March 19th to December 24th 2014 a total of 14 (average = 1.2 ship/month) merchant ships loaded with 655 heads of camels were rejected from Saudi Arabia and returned to Swakin seaport. The mentioned reasons are pseudotuberculosis, camel pox, brucellosis and others. In most cases the retesting revealed no confirmation for these reasons.
