Incidence of microfllaria among coast guard borders camels

The incidence of blood miarofilariae of DiRetalon-~ eyansi among 300 eame Ls belonging to the Wiill taxr,yCoast Guard in-~±uua looalities was determined. The total-),ercentage was 5%.The- •-:per.iodiaity ()i; oamel’ s blood miorofilariae wasno~turDal; the larvae appear in~th~ blood~ maxjmumoounts at midJUght and in minimum counts at midday!The skin of filarci..d camels was response to the adll:t:tworm and mic.rot:iJ.rial antigens nt,. Dipetalonema evans,i,these antigens were of hiGh diagnostic value and highlyspecifio as all oamels infeoted with filari&sis gave p~itivedermal reaotion and no oross-reation ’\;Ias noticed in canie:btin:t’e~ed frith gastro-int£stinal nema’t odes zs,- ~,I’d’Pa1.!u (z,:l1J() - The blood pioture of filarid ’oawels showed in6r in-c the Leueooytri,c oount and deorease in the ho.em..oglObi~content, vh i.Le the ()ther blood values wer-e of n. signeti-cance.