Hematological and biochemical studies on camels infested with parasitic nematodes of the family trichostrongylidae

Camels occupy an important vi tal - plaee among rants in Egypt, because of :their ec onomfce.L importanceei ther to the farmers in the village or normadic beduin ·in desert. Infestation of-camels with gastro-intestinal parasites especially that of the family Trichostrongylidaewas studied by various authors in A.R.E., but the effectof these parasites either on b1~od cells or blood constituentswas not full filled. The present investigation was performed on 1600 male eamels (7-9 years old) slaughtered at Cairo abattoir, bloodand faecal samples were collected before slaughter, post- morteum examination was conducted for the presence of hy-datid cysts or other pathological lesions also collectionot gostric contents was perform.edResults revealed that out of 1600 tested camels 20were proved to be parasitic ree and also free from any.pathological lesions in there ~nternal org-a.ns, that anjmalsserved as cuntrolThe percentage of different parasitic infestation ofthe examined camels were as follows :.77.62% nematodes 1.41% bloOd parasites4.·,3 % c es toda .32.30% hydatid cysts13.50% external parasitesLarval calture waa carz-Led out and identification of