Biochemical changes in the serum of camels infested with some intestinal parasites [electronic resource].

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Clinical and laboratory investigations of 60 camels aged 2 -5 years in Giza province, Egypt, revealed that 12 of them were apparently healthy and 48 suffered variable degree of diarrhea. Parasitological examination revealed that all of the diarrheic camels (80 %) were infested with gastrointestinal parasites. Eimeria cameli infestation was recorded in 26 (43.33 %), 18 of them (69.23 %) were mixed infestations with gastrointestinal nematodes. The severity of infection and recovered species of nematodes were recorded and tabulated. Decreased serum concentrations of the total proteins, albumin, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, calcium, inorganic phosphorus, magnesium, sodium. and chlorides together with increased AST. AP. urea and uric acid serum levels are the most characteristic alterations that accompanied para- sitic gastroenteritis. Significantly increased serum ALT activity together with decreased serum potassium concentration were only detectable in camels with severe Eimeria cameli infection and may be considered indicative for severe camel coccidiosis.

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