Infertility in the Female dromedaries: A Review on Pathological Ovarian Structure and Uterine Pathology

Abstract

The dromedary camel (camelus dromedaries) has a natural ability to produce quality meat, milk and fibre under very hot and most hostile climatic condition; however it is reproductively weak and has received the least attention among livestock animal species. Camel is a seasonal breeder, induced ovulatory and the gestation period is about 13 months. In this concise review, we shed the light on some ovarian and uterine pathological conditions that dramatically affect female camel reproductive efficiency including ovarian follicular cysts, corpus luteal cysts, persistent corpus luteum, early embryonic loss and camel breeders and owners and require early and careful interference to improve the camel reproduction.