Pathologic Studies On Some Liver Affections Of Camels

One thousand camels of different ages and sexes were examined at Cairo, Zagazig and Belbis abattoirs during the period from November 1993 to December 1995 to evaluate and study the pathological changes of liveraffections in camels. The positive cases were 130 out of 1000 camels.The prevalence of hydatidosis was 7.8%, Fascioliasis was 0.3%, bacterial infections were 3.1%, fungal affections were 1.3%, metabolic changes were 0.30/0 and miscellaneous changes were 0.2%. The lesion of hydatidosis, in camels infested with hydatid cyst,represented by large cystic cavity (viable cyst) which represented by thinhomogenous eosinophilic sheets followed by moderately thick fibrous tissuecapsule infiltrated with lymphocytes and macrophages and containing manycongested capillaries. The other hydatid cyst was degenerated cyst whichshowed focal caseated mass containing reminant of dead and livingneutrophils, lymphocytes and macrophages surrounded by thick zone of aggregated lymphocytes, macrophages and eosinophils. The lesion of fascioliasis, in camels infested with Fasciola giganti