The prevalence of new born calf-camel scours with special reflection to epidemiology, bacterial etiology and physiology processing at Taif, KSA [electronic resource].

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Camels are the top herds wealth in KSA, since is considered as heavy animal population, breeding resist more dangerous diseases. Calf-camels are precious nuclei for veterinary farms. It's catch easily infection and ended by death. Present study based on the more infectious diseases at nursery period for neonatal calf-camels. The study was conducted at Taif, during 2012. Taif is a rich area of camels population and breeding. Data were collected included numbers of total calf-camels aged 0-14 days, scoured calf-camels, morbidity and mortality rates according the clinical signs and specimens collected for examination. Total calf-Camels under study were 1200, morbidity rates were 240(20%) from all examined calf-camels, born at winter 130(54.2%) and at summer 110(45.8%). Mortality rates were 109(54.4%) from the scoured calf camels, at winter 57(52.3%) and at summer 52(47.7%). The predominant isolates were E. coli(56.3%), Clost. p.(53.3%), Cam. j. (29.6%), Sal. t.(18.8%), Prot. v. (15.4%), Ent. f.(15%), Br. a.(14.2%), ETEC (9.6%) and Yer. e.(9.2%).

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