Journal of Camel Practice and Research
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue: 3

Biomarkers of Stress in Healthy and Diseased Dromedary Camels: A Mini Review

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6622, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia

Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Fish Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Abstract

This review was designed to describe the commonly used stress and infammatory biomarkers in healthy and diseased dromedary camel medicine through providing insights by ongoing research on these biomarkers. The review especially focuses on the stress and infammatory biomarkers in some of the very important disorders affecting camels such as paratuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, mange, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, liver abscessation and stress during camel transport. It is believed that these biomarkers will be increasingly used in the future in the diagnosis and prognosis of different disorders of camels.

Keywords

Camels, Glutathione, Malondialdehyde, Stress biomarkers, Superoxide dismutase