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ArticleVeterinary medicine international2021

Reproductive Diseases and Disorders of Female Camels: An Assessment and Pathological and Bacteriological Study in Eastern Ethiopia.

Dinaol Belina, Amare Eshetu, Sisay Alemu, Bekyad Shasho, Tajudin Mohammed, Ahmedin Mohammed, Bahar Mummed, Dereje Regassa

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  3. Advances in the Diagnosis of Reproductive Disorders in Female Camelids.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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8 authors.

Dinaol BelinaHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6004-5428
Amare EshetuHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Sisay AlemuHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-0797
Bekyad ShashoHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Tajudin MohammedHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Ahmedin MohammedWollo University School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 1145, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Bahar MummedHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
Dereje RegassaHaramaya University College of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Camels are the most efficient domesticated animals in arid and semiarid areas of the world. In Ethiopia, they are the main livestock kept to sustain the livelihoods of pastoralists, as camels are used for milk and meat production and also for transportation. However, she-camel reproductive diseases are one of the major constraints for camel-producing communities. A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2018 to December 2019 to identify and characterize pathological lesions and isolate possible bacteria associated with reproductive diseases and disorders in she-camels slaughtered at Dire Dawa and Babille municipal abattoirs. A total of 155 study animals were examined by recruiting all she-camels slaughtered during every abattoir visit. Overall, 562 reproductive organs, the ovaries, oviducts, uterus, and cervix, were examined through observation, palpation, and incision, and the animal- and organ-level pathological lesion prevalence were found to be 29% and 64.6%, respectively. Degenerative changes, inflammatory lesions (endometritis and salpingitis), growth disturbances (e.g., ovarian hypoplasia), and noninflammatory lesions (e.g., noninflammatory edema) were the identified pathological lesions. Occurrences of pathological changes among reproductive organs had differences where significantly the highest proportion (

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