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

Infrared Thermography in Dromedary Camels With Injected and Stretched Lips in Camel Beauty Pageants

  • Author:
  • Mohamed Tharwat12, Abdulla Al-Hawas13, Yaser Alboti3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Dec 30, 2021
  • Page Number: 355 to 359

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, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt

University Veterinary Hospital, Qassim University, P.O. Box 6622, Buraidah, 51452, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study was carried out during the events of the 5th King Abdulaziz Camel Festival (KACF), Saudi Arabia. It was designed to evaluate the infraed thermography (IRT) in 4627 dromedary camels with either injected lips with cosmetic medicine or stretched lips. Ninety camels with healthy lips were tested for IRT and were used as a control group. During the KACF, 14 camels were found to be injected by cosmetic fllers in the lips and 60 had stretched lips. When tested by IRT, the injection sites appeared darker than that the surrounding tissue. The stretched lips appeared longer, fabby and puffy. When tested by IRT, the mucosal surface in the stretched lips appeared lighter and heterogeneous compared to the darker and homogenous pattern in the non-stretched lips. In conclusion, IRT proved highly feasible for the diagnosis of injected or stretched lips in camel beauty pageants.

Keywords

Beauty pageants, Camel, Cosmetic medicine, Infrared thermography, Plastic surgery