I had recently a camel in the hospital for chronic weight loss and diarrhea. The camel was loaded with trichostrongyle type eggs and on bacterial culture of the feces we detected Salmonella. The blood work of the animal showed abnormal liver values and other than that it was not too bad. He was never leukopenic or had a high fever. I treated him with Ceftiofur and Enrofloxacin, as well as deworming, rumen juice, fluids, etc, but the animal deteriorated rapidly and I had to put it down. On necropsy we found the button like ulcerations in the GI tract and I think he might got toxic from the salmonella ( we are also investigating other reasons for him to deteriorate). Anyway, his buddy a 5 year old camel was also infected but does not show any clinical signs. My question is would you actually treat this camel or would you wait until it shows clinical signs? I would appreciate all your input on salmonellosis in camels.
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Salmonellosis in camels
October 27, 2008More Recent Camel Deaths in Saudi Arabia
December 21, 2007Saudi Arabia… Camel Deaths Alarm Yanbu Livestock Owners
Arab News – Saudi Arabia – 9 December 2007
Over 20 camels have died in Yanbu recently after eating contaminated fodder, said livestock owners. They complained that the Ministry of Agriculture has failed to deploy vets to deal with the problem.