assess the camel scientific trends in the world

the camel is known to be a multipurpose animal able to produce milk, meat, wool, hides and skins, to be used for riding, agricultural activities, packing and carting, racing and many cultural events. the present paper aims to propose an analysis of the situation of camel studies worldwide and of the main trends since 1961 up to 2014. the main field involved the camel sciences and some remarks on camel population. it appears that the camel population is not endangered even though there are some countries marked by a strong or regular decline of their camel population. the camel population was increased regularly since 1961, but the present estimated world population by fao (27010350 in 2014). regarding camel sciences, the scientific article quantity in three periods (before 1990, 90 decade and after 2010) were discussed. it was observed, the number of publications involving the camel is regularly increasing, but still there is an infrequent or occasional of studies on important challenges regarding camel, especially in local economy, management, camel production improvement the role of camel in climate changing, socio-economic challenges in arid and semiarid regions, multifactorial diseases and interactions with the environment.