Camel Neonatal Diarrhea and Its Management

Abstract

Tthis study was proposed to investigate diarrhoea occurred in camel calves. Affected caves showed pale mucus membrane, inappetence and colic. High values of PCV, Leukocyte and lymphocyte counts were observed in the diarrhoeic calves compared to normal ones. The serobiochemical changes showed low values of sodium, and potassium and high values of creatinine, urea, ALT, AST and AP in diarrhoeic calves compared to healthy calves. Investigation of fecal samples of diarrheic calves revealed 84.9% of samples were positive for bacteria; E.coli being the most prevalent bacteria , and 41.5%of samples were positive for Cryptosporidium. Presence of mixed infection was demonstrated. The camel calves were found agamma globulinalimic , but attained high serum concentration of immunoglobulins after feeding colostrum. The diarrhoeic calves displayed low concentration of immunoglobulin compared to healthy calves. Diarrhoea significantly inhibited intestinal tissue cytokines. Feeding of colostrum to