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
