Proteomic analysis of bovine, caprine, buffalo, equine and camel milk highlighted significant interspecies differences. Camel milk was found to be devoid of β-lactoglobulin, whereas β-lactoglobulin was the major whey protein in bovine, buffalo, caprine, and equine milk. Five different isoforms of κ-casein were found in camel milk, analogous to the micro-heterogeneity observed for bovine κ-casei...

A problem inherent to the performance of disk systems is the data placement in cyinders in such a way that the seek time is minimized. If successive searchers are independent, then the optimal placement for conventional one-headed disk systems is the organ-pipe arrangement. According to this arrangement the most frequent cylinder is placed in the central location, while the less frequent cylind...

The Bactrian camel includes various domestic (Camelus bactrianus) and wild (Camelus ferus) breeds that are important for transportation and for their nutritional value. However, there is a lack of extensive information on their genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure. Here, we studied these parameters by examining an 809-bp mtDNA fragment from 113 individuals, representing 11 domestic b...

Mortality among camel calves (Camelus dromedarius) is one of the most serious problems faced by camel herdsmen and, although there are several reasons for this mortality, diseases play a major role. In an investigation of outbreaks of contagious ecthyma in camels in the Turkana district of Kenya, four outbreaks were detected involving only camel calves. The principal lesions were distinct or la...

In this study production, reproduction, population, management and economic parameters resulted from recording of 7 flocks with size 57 to 400 and 721 heads of camels in a cycle of reproduction, during three years from 2011 to 2013 were used to find out of the economic values of important traits in one hump camel in desert areas rearing system. The economic traits that appeared in profit equati...

Gariss is the most popular stable food for the camel herders who depend on Gariss for the sustainability of their livestock. The objective of the current study is to assess the traditional fermented camel milk (Gariss) prepared by nomadic camel woman herders in AlGadarif State in Butana. It is also meant to improve the quality of camel milk products through sharing knowledge. The samples (n= 19...

I thank Dr. Cole for focusing on a figure I recently published in CHEST (August 2004).1 However, I totally disagree with his comments. Dr. Cole claims that the time interval between the two peaks of the so-called camel transpulmonary thermodilution curve (with two humps) that was presented in my article is “much too short” to mimic a right-to-left intracardiac shunt. When the camel curve is due...

The prediction of sperm fertility is of paramount importance for breeding animals. Multiple laboratory approaches have been developed for this purpose, but they have yielded equivocal results. The objective of this study was to develop and standardize to a method for predicting fertility in vivo in boars using the in vitro penetration assay. To increase the sensitivity and reduce false-negative...

Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a major public health problem worldwide. The main aim of this study was evaluate the inhibitory potential lactic acid bacteria (LAB) against MRSA. Six strains LAB isolated from camel milk, were identified by phenotypic method, which revealed their belonging species “Lc.lactis […]