Author(s)

El Tigani-Asil El Tigani Ahmed^1,2*, Abdulkhalig Babiker Hassan³, Adam Dawoud Abakar⁴

¹Department of Pathology and Sample Management, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, UAE, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
²Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Nyala, Nyala, Sudan.
³Department of Pathology, Faculty of Vet, Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
⁴Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

The study was aimed to investigate the pathological changes of condemned lungs of dromedary camels in the Sudan abattoirs using conventional H & E and Zeihl Neelson (ZN) staining procedures. Proliferative granulomatous reaction was demonstrated in one H & E stained lung section which was characterized by focal fibrosis and infiltration of mononuclear cells resembled to tuberculous lesions. While ZN stained sections demonstrated acid fast rod in one pulmonary associated lymph node. These lesions were evidenced presence of tuberculous mycobacteria in camel tissues and recommended further deep investigation of tuberculosis among camels in the Sudan.

Camel, Tuberculosis, Acid Fast Bacteria, Granulomas

Ahmed, E. , Hassan, A. and Abakar, A. (2017) Pathology of Tuberculosis in Camels ( Camelus dromedaries) in the Sudan. Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 5, 77-80. doi: 10.4236/jtr.2017.51008.