A 6-year retrospective study based on abattoir records was carried out to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in dromedaries in Khorasan province in north-eastern Iran. Between 20 March 2004 and 19 March 2010, 25,255 dromedaries were slaughtered in the study area and the livers of 2791 (11.1%) and the lungs of 3289 dromedaries (13.2%) were discarded due to hydatidosis. The annual prevalence...

Abattoir survey was carried out to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and the seasonal fluctuations in intestinal worm burdens and faecal worm egg counts of camel in Khorasan Razavi province in the northeast of Iran. A total of 306 dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) in the Mashhad abattoir, in the northeast of Iran and the capital of Khorasanprovince were examined between Oct...

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar las características histológicas del hígado la llama. Se estudiaron 20 llamas adultas, machos y hembras, con edad promedio dos años. Las muestras fueron procesadas utilizando técnicas tinción hematoxilina-eosina, tricrómica Masson, reticulina, orceína, PAS, inmunohistoquímicas microscopía electrónica transmisión. parénquima estroma similares a encontrada...

Front cover: Cover image: see E. Schachner et al., 'Anatomy, ontogeny, and evolution of the archosaurian respiratory system: a case study on Alligator mississippiensis Struthio camelus', this issue.

We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-CoV infections have not yet been detected.

To determine risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from camels to humans, we tested serum from 191 persons with various levels of exposure to an infected dromedary herd. We found no serologic evidence of human infection, suggesting that zoonotic transmission of this virus from dromedaries is rare.

Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother-calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly calves. Delayed social separation of calves might reduce human infection risk.

In the face of climate change, eco-dromedary seems to adapt meteorological constraints. This work compares skin forehead, hump, and axillary part two populations Algerian dromedaries, namely Sahraoui Targui. We worked on six young adult dromedaries sexes genders. removed from part; they were fixed in 10% formalin. After 48 hours fixation, different samples subjected stages histological techniqu...

In a molecular epidemiology study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in dromedaries in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, HEV was detected in fecal samples from 3 camels. Complete genome sequencing of 2 strains showed >20% overall nucleotide difference to known HEVs. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses revealed a previously unrecognized HEV genotype.