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Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report
Camel trypanosomosis is a life-threatening disease in the camel species and responsible for severe economic losses either in milk or meat productions. This study was carried out on the south-east area of Algeria on 100 camels of various ages and either sex from two herds. Microscopic examination of...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568684 |
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author | Bennoune, Omar Adili, Nezar Amri, Khaled Bennecib, Lakhdar Ayachi, Ammar |
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description | Camel trypanosomosis is a life-threatening disease in the camel species and responsible for severe economic losses either in milk or meat productions. This study was carried out on the south-east area of Algeria on 100 camels of various ages and either sex from two herds. Microscopic examination of blood smears revealed higher levels of trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi, an elongated parasite with a kinetoplast and a single nucleus located in its half-length and one flagellum with great heterogeneity. This first investigation reveals higher infection rate than those observed in other countries using blood smears, the trypanosomosis attack has reached an alarming level and the occurrence of trypanosomosis at this high level on blood smears is like "the tree that hides the forest" and make up a serious and potential danger both on animal and public health. Therefore, radical preventive and offensive drastic measures must be taken against this menacing disease at the critical points to prevent the economic losses and to avoid possible human transmission. |
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spelling | pubmed-42796202015-01-07 Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report Bennoune, Omar Adili, Nezar Amri, Khaled Bennecib, Lakhdar Ayachi, Ammar Vet Res Forum Short Communication Camel trypanosomosis is a life-threatening disease in the camel species and responsible for severe economic losses either in milk or meat productions. This study was carried out on the south-east area of Algeria on 100 camels of various ages and either sex from two herds. Microscopic examination of blood smears revealed higher levels of trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi, an elongated parasite with a kinetoplast and a single nucleus located in its half-length and one flagellum with great heterogeneity. This first investigation reveals higher infection rate than those observed in other countries using blood smears, the trypanosomosis attack has reached an alarming level and the occurrence of trypanosomosis at this high level on blood smears is like "the tree that hides the forest" and make up a serious and potential danger both on animal and public health. Therefore, radical preventive and offensive drastic measures must be taken against this menacing disease at the critical points to prevent the economic losses and to avoid possible human transmission. Urmia University Press 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4279620/ /pubmed/25568684 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Bennoune, Omar Adili, Nezar Amri, Khaled Bennecib, Lakhdar Ayachi, Ammar Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title | Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title_full | Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title_fullStr | Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title_full_unstemmed | Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title_short | Trypanosomiasis of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Algeria: First report |
title_sort | trypanosomiasis of camels (camelus dromedarius) in algeria: first report |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4279620/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25568684 |
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