Bacteriological and Pathological Study on Pneumonia in the One-Humped Camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Jordan

Rearing systems, stress factors, climatic changes, unhygienic conditions, sudden changes in feed and a low level herd health status were stated as predisposing factors to bacterial and viral pneumonia. In camels, pneumonia outbreaks are usually observed during the change from the dry to the rainy season (5, 17, 19, 25, 27). Only few studies were found in the available literature on pathological and bacteriological affections of pneumonic lungs in camels. Most of the studies on camels were about parasitic infections (7, 12, 22). In Jordan, only one study on camel diseases was available (6). Therefore, the objective of this work was to study the etiology (bacterial) as well as histopathological findings of pneumonia in camels in the northern part of Jordan.