Pathological Studies On Skin Afnections Of Camels And Its Relation With Lymph Nodes

This investigation was carried out on 1030 specimens of sloughtered and 127 living camels (Total 1157 camels) showing gross skin lesion at various localities of Egypt, Cairo, Zagazig, Belbis and Saudia Arabia (Hofof) during the period from 1986 to 1992. Sof 980 specimens were obtained from skin lesions of sloughtered animalswhile 50 specimens were takend from skin and drained lymph nodes.Biopsy of 127 camels were taken from admited cases to clinical teachinghospital of King Fasail University.The camels ages were between 6 months and 25 years old fromboth sexes (males and females). Biopsy of skin of 20 sloughtered normalcamels skin’ were used as control.Specimens were collected, submitted - for histopathological, bacteriological, virological, mycological and. parasitological examinations. In the sametime, smears were prepared from cut surface of the lesions and were stained by Grams, Methylen blue or Zieneelson’s for bacteriological examination. Specimens of the diseased skin and its lymph nodes were used for bacteriological, mycological andseruological examinations.Specimens for histopathological examination were fixed in 10%neutral buffered formalin and Bouin’s, a paraffin sections of 4-5J...lthickness were stained by H. & E., Van Gieson’s and P.A.S .