Sternal pad affections in camels

ABSTRACT

Affections of the sternal pads of camels are both painful and decapacitating to the animal. Sixteen camels suffering from sternal pad affections were examined and treated. Corynebacterium pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes were isolated as single isolate or in mixed infection from the lesions. Examination of the blood of affected camels showed the presence of microfilariae in five cases, while the remaining cases showed good response to the filaricidal treatment. Both surgical and therapeutic management gave highly beneficial effects as all the dealt with cases did well at a moderately short period